Álvaro is certain that an episode of The X-Files he saw while growing up in Puerto Rico has been mysteriously altered since its broadcast, but no one believes him. A darkly compelling tale about the dread of having no one to trust — and how families, and nations, keep circling the places that haunt them.

Reviews of Recent Alien Abductions: 

“A play that examines the many meanings of ‘alien’.”
–The New York Times

“Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas’s heartbroken thriller Recent Alien Abductions weaves a delicate spider’s web.”
–Time Out

“The cast is unfailingly strong. A striking work.”
–Lighting and Sound America

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