From: Eva Tessler [mailto:wetborderdog@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 2:05 PM
Subject: Borderlands Theater Press Release
BORDERLANDS THEATER
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Eva Tessler 9/29/11 wetborderdog@hotmail.com
BORDERLANDS THEATER TO PRESENT THE PLAY ARIZONA: NO ROOSTERS IN THE DESERT BY KARA HARTZLER (BASED ON FIELDWORK BY ANNA OCHOA O’LEARY), OCTOBER 20-23, 2011 AT ZUZI’S THEATER, 738 NORTH 5TH AVENUE
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! ONE WEEKEND ONLY!
Winner of the Edgerton Foundation American New Play Award and the NEA Access to Excellence!
A new play commissioned by Borderlands Theater
Rolling World Premiere sponsored by National New Play Network: Mexico City, Tucson, Chicago.
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. Directed by Barclay Goldsmith.
En esta poderosa obra, cuatro mujeres cruzan el desierto hacia el Sueno Americano. En la jornada arriesgan la vida y establecen lazos frágiles pero poderosos entre ellas a través de los cuentos mágicos de una de ellas, una joven indígena de Chiapas.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE AND TICKET INFORMATION
Preview Performance: October 20, 7:30 pm.
$17 General. $15 Senior. $10 Student.
Opening Night Celebración: October 21, 7:30 pm • Opening Night Celebración includes postres plus meet and greet the playwright and actors.
$22 General and Senior. $10.75 Student.
Regular performances: October 22, 7:30 pm. Sunday Matinees: 23, 2 pm.
$19.75 General. $17.75 Senior. $10.75 Student.
STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES OCT 20&21, 10 AM
$7 General and Senior. $5 Students
Lectura en Español: 28 de Octubre , 19:00 Apollo Middle School, 256 W. Nebraska Street
¡Gratis para el público!
TICKET OUTLET: BORDERLANDS THEATER, 40 W. BROADWAY
RESERVATIONS (520)882-7406 OR www.borderlandstheater.org
(For group sales, or to arrange accommodations for patrons with disabilities, please contact the box office)
Supported in part by Tucson Pima Arts Council, Kresge Arts in Tucson, National Endowment for the Arts, Arizona Commission on the Arts, U of A College of Humanities, Spanish and Portuguese Department, and Coalición de Derechos Humanos.
*Phoenix performance:Saturday, October 29, 2011, 7:30pm. Third Street Theatre, 1202 N. Third Street, Phoenix
Tickets at the door are $10
For more information - http://theatrefilm.asu.edu/borderlands
ASU Herberger Institute for Design and The Arts
Arizona State University
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