7th Annual Political Theatre Festival
February 14—March 2, 2008
Performance Schedule
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 *A: 8 PM |
15 *B: 8 PM |
16 A: 8 PM |
| 17 A: 2 PM *B: 7 PM |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 B: 8 PM |
22 A: 8 PM |
23 B: 8 PM |
| 24 B: 2 PM *A: 7 PM |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 A: 8 PM |
29 C: 8 PM |
1 C: 8 PM |
| 2 B: 2 PM |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Series A
- * Thursday, February 14 - 2 for 1 date night!
- * Sunday, February 24 - Pay what you can
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Out of Cordoba
By Hector Roberts
Directed by Pedro Bayon
Issues between a father and son show how borders–real or imagined–affect every aspect of a family.
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For Mi ChiChi
By Tere Martínez
Directed by Silvia Pontaza
A lesson between student and teacher brings to light the interpersonal struggles of one young Latina.
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American Latino!
By Dominic Orlando
Directed by Christina Akers
The triumphant return of popular reality show American Immigrant from 2007! This year’s show highlights perceptions on Latino identity through an interactive singing competition.
Series B
- * Friday, February 15 - Pay what you can
- * Sunday, February 17 - Pay what you can
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Hurricane In A Glass
By Kimberly del Busto
Three generations of Cuban-American women struggle to preserve a lost culture after the family's matriarch designs a mental escape to Cuba through Alzheimer's disease.
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The Great All-Dominican Championship Playoff Game
By Robin Rice Lichtig
Directed by Steve Moulds
The baseball game in which winning is literally life or death. A dramatization of the true story of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo and his exploitation of a national obsession and young baseball rookie Satchel Paige.
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Variations on Mixed Generations
By Eric Silva Brenneman
Directed by David Lind
Different takes on questions of identity heard far too often from a society that believes it to be a culturally tolerant and sensitive melting pot.
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Mucho Latino!
By Dominic Orlando
Directed by Brian Balcom
Join host Guapo Freddy in this exploration of Latino identity and the stereotypes that accompany this concept. An interactive comedic look at who knows more about “Latinos.”
Series C
Special performances by Rapsoda, a contemporary performance ensemble from Colombia. The ensemble is directed by Patricia Ariza, award-winning artists in producing theatre for social change. Rapsoda creates socially challenging movement-based work surrounding such themes as the displacement of the people and the politics of Colombia's internal war.
