EMPANADA FOR A DREAM by writer/performer Juan Francisco Villa is one boy's story of growing up hard and fast on the Lower East Side. A moving, beautiful tale of love, loss, heartache and forgiveness. EMPANADA FOR A DREAM is a poignant and entertaining portrait of family and neighborhood Ð set against the secret that destroys it all. ItÕs a story about growing up. ItÕs a story about getting out. And coming back -- to one boyÕs Lower East Side.