The Stranger

The Cook begins in the kitchen of a Cuban mansion on New Year's Eve in 1958, the night before Castro's army seizes Havana. The owners of the house flee and their cook Gladys (the excellent Zabryna Guevara) vows to protect the mansion until they return. That turns out to be a long damn time, during which the cook, her pigheaded Communist husband, and her terrified gay cousin flail around in the dangerous politics of Castro's worker's paradise. The denouement comes in 1997, when the owners' daughter—an angry Miami Cuban—shows up for lunch. (Seattle Rep, 155 Mercer St, 443-2222. 7:30 pm, $15–$53.) by Brendan Kiley

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