br ings ▁the ▁wonder ▁into ▁wonderful ." ▁ ▁Z oot ▁Su it ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁despite ▁the ▁large ▁Latin x ▁population ▁in ▁Texas , ▁Car a ▁M ía ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁company ▁to ▁bring ▁Luis ▁Val de z ' s ▁Z oot ▁Su it ▁to ▁the ▁state . ▁The ▁musical ▁comedy ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁race ▁ri ots ▁and ▁S leep y ▁L ago on ▁murder ▁trial ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁Crit ic ▁Jer ome ▁We eks ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁production ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁drama ▁still ▁had ▁" point ed ▁relev ance ." ▁The ▁production ▁marked ▁Car a ▁M ía ' s ▁first ▁attempt ▁at ▁a ▁musical . ▁ ▁L yd ia ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁Car a ▁M ía ▁Theatre ▁Company ▁produced ▁L yd ia ▁by ▁Oct av io ▁Sol is ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁AT & T ▁Perform ing ▁Arts ▁Center ' s ▁E lev ator ▁Project . ▁O ften ▁compared ▁to ▁icon ic ▁American ▁family ▁dram as ▁such ▁as ▁Death ▁of ▁a ▁Sales man , ▁the ▁play ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁El ▁Pas o , ▁Texas ▁and ▁cent ers ▁around ▁the ▁bond ▁between ▁an ▁und ocument ed ▁ma id ▁and ▁her ▁b oss ' s ▁disabled ▁te en age ▁son . ▁The ▁production ▁received ▁pra ise ▁from ▁Theatre ▁Jones ▁critic ▁Mark ▁Low ry , ▁who ▁described ▁L yd ia ▁as ▁" ch alleng