There are plays about mothers and daughters that are sentimental. There are plays about mothers and daughters that are comedies. There are plays about the mothers and daughters where women of the older generation try to give women of a younger generation serious advice. But few mother-daughter plays contain all those elements. Gracia Morales’ “Como Si Fuera Esta Noche” (“As If It Were Tonight”) at Teatro de la Luna is an exception, tying together emotion, comedy and wisdom, expressing them in a unique brand of lyrical drama.

The notion of time in “Como Si Fuera” is never fixed, but is a fluid concept that illuminates and shapes the lives of the seamstress mother, Mercedes (Andrea Aranguren), and her daughter, Clara (Karen Morales-Chacana).