Lost
Dreams takes place in modern-day Mexico in a small rural village where
traditional gender roles and family relationships remain dominant. The story describes a young woman who
hesitantly enters into marriage and realizes her dream of a loving and
compassionate husband will remain only a dream. This story is inspired by the collective experiences of
oppression against women in the community San Francisco Tetlanohcan.
El Veneno de mi Suegra
This
is a story of the complicated ways that migration oppresses women left behind
in Mexico through negative stereotypes and power struggles. A young wife lives with her in-laws in
Mexico while her husband looks for work in the U.S. The play asks us to reflect on the various ways in which
traditional gender roles within families combined with migration perpetuates oppression
against women and leaves them vulnerable within their communities.
Mariposa Viajera
A
story of globalization and migration, this is the history of a mother of three
who decides to migrate to the U.S. to earn enough money to afford a Quinceñera
in Mexico for her daughter. The
play presents how a new material standard of living in Mexico, thanks to the
expansion of global corporate markets there, has attributed to an increase in
migration to the U.S. from poorer regions of Mexico. Participants are made to reflect on the various root causes
of migration over history and the current relationship between the global
economy and migration.
All plays are in Spanish
with English super titles. All
interventions will have simultaneous translation.
