A play about what happens to a community, and the people that live there, when four intersecting freeways are built right through the heart of their neighborhood. Adapted from the novel by Helena Maria Viramontes, Their Dogs Came with Them ascribes new meanings to gang life dramas, gender queer identities, and Chicana/o/x coming of age barrio tales. Much like the structure of a freeway, the lives of four Mexican-American youth intersect and intertwine, unearthing the effects and aftereffects of the Vietnam War, displacement, mental illness, and state violence.