BORDERLANDS THEATER
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Eva Tessler 7/30/11
wetborderdog@hotmail.com
BORDERLANDS THEATER 2011/12 SEASON
“TRAILBLAZING THE GLOBAL VILLAGE”
Borderlands Theater announces a Trailblazing season! Journey with us as we traverse landscapes and encounter the experiences of people of diverse cultures: Cuban-American, Pakistani, Mexican, Tzotzil, Bulgarian, East Indian, Liberian.... through plays arising from the pen of women playwrights who are making their own mark in the new American Play Landscape.
26 MILES by Quiara Alegría Hudes
“Cancel the Amber Alert!”
“A joyful new comedy…”
The Denver Post
In this hilarious and sweet coming of age tale, a vivacious Cuban mother reunites with her lonely, half-Jewish teenage daughter after eight years of estrangement. They embark on an impromptu cross-country road trip where they finally unpack the tension of different cultural identities and resentments as they discover a commonality they never knew they had.
Supported in part by LULAC
September 15- October 2,
Temple of Music and Art, Cabaret Theater
330 S. Scott Avenue
ARIZONA: NO ROOSTERS IN THE DESERT by Kara Hartzler,
based on the fieldwork by Anna Ochoa O’Leary.
“…evokes the universal experience of all of us…”
The Tucson Weekly
Back by popular demand! One weekend only!
In this riveting play - based on actual interviews by Anna Ochoa O'Leary - four women trek the desert towards the American dream. On their way they push the limits of their physical and emotional endurance, as they establish profound yet fragile connections with each other through the magical storytelling of the youngest of them, an indigenous woman from Chiapas.
October 20-23, 2011 (Tucson)
Zuzi’s Theater
738 N. 5TH Avenue
October 29, 2011 (Phoenix)
Arizona State University
Supported in part by TPAC Kresge Arts Tucson and the University of Arizona Spanish and Portuguese Department (College of Humanities)
Community Partner: Derechos Humanos
A TUCSON PASTORELA by the Pastorela Ghost Writers
“…merry Pastorela reflects the spirit of Tucson…”
The Tucson Weekly
Join us once more for a cherished Tucson family tradition for the Sweet 16th time!
Once again shepherds, dog and sheep march towards Belen to witness the nativity. What are Lucifer and his minions planning this time? Will Glorious Michael and Cool Gabriel be able to save the travelers from the eternal haboob, or roasting in Phoenix-like heat? The fun continues with lovely Christmas carols in Spanish and English accompanied by Gertie & the T.O. Boyz rocking Waila band! Piñatas for the niños after every show!
December 15-18
TCC, Leo Rich Theater
260 S. Church Ave.
Supported by Friends of the Pastorela
Undewriter: Catherene Morton Phd.J.D.
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP: a tall tale by Aditi Brennan Kapil
“Rich in feeling, wide in scope, teeming with poetry…”
The New York Times
A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, and Recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2009 Distinguished New Play Development Project
Five vibrant souls redefine themselves in their new world against the subterranean rhythms of a subway train! Funny and powerful, this new play explores the intersecting lives of Agnes, a Liberian homecare worker, a Bulgarian ringmaster and his wife, an Indian call center escapee, and an itinerant transit busker. Borderlands Theaters’ production of Agnes Under the Big Top is part of a Rolling World Premiere that includes productions at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, MN and a production at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT.
February 14-March 4
Zuzi’s Theater
738 N. 5TH Avenue
Supported in part by NNPN (National New Playwrights) Rolling World Premiere.
Underwriters: Dr. Thomas and Karinn Rothe.
Community Partner: Iskashtaa Refugee Harvesting Network
LIDLESS by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
“If Henrik Ibsen had been alive in the era of Guantanamo,
he'd surely have written a play every bit as scintillating as Lidless..”.
The Scotsman, August 2010
Winner of the Yale Drama Series Award for Playwriting in 2009
A searingly poetic and incisively political play that explores the nature of trauma, the conflicting eroticism and brutality of violence, and the blurry line between revenge and redemption-
It has been fifteen years since Alice served in the U.S. Army at Guantánamo Bay and she has successfully reinvented herself and suppressed all memories of her prior life, living contentedly with her husband and teenage daughter. Until Bashir, a Pakistani Muslim, shows up at Alice’s flower shop and asks for an unusual request. His visit sets into motion a series of visceral and spiritual encounters among six characters whose lives will be forever connected and defined by a single act of inhumanity.
April 5-22
Zuzi’s Theater
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