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Las Azurduy Staged Reading


  • Brava's Cabaret 2773 24th Street San Francisco, CA, 94110 United States (map)

La Lengua Teatro en Español and Brava present a staged reading of Florencia Aroldi’s

Las Azurduy 

Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 7pm (PST)
Live in Brava’s Cabaret

Sunday, November 21, 2021 3pm (PST)
Streaming Online

In Spanish with English subtitles.
Para mas información en español, visite el siguiente enlace.


Join La Lengua Teatro en Español for an experimental staged reading of Las Azurduy, their first-ever commissioned play. This work-in-progress will be presented in Spanish and Quechua (with English and Spanish supertitles) and will feature an all-female Latina ensemble in a piece that invokes the powerful figure of Juana Azurduy, a South American female war leader, whose courage, conviction, and spirit requires three characters to tell her feats. Las Azurduy is a story that celebrates the strength and power of female collective action.

Juana Azurduy’s story is not as well-known as it should be. She was a Mestiza who behaved outside the parameters of what was expected from a woman in her time. She fought for her people's independence from the Spanish crown in colonial times in the South American Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Even though she and her troops won key battles, her victories were mostly forgotten. Half of the South-American countries owe it to her to include her name in their pantheon of heroes as Founding Mother. But she was erased from the glory; nowadays, nobody even knows what she looked like.


TICKETS FOR THE IN-PERSON PERFORMANCE

Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 7pm in Brava’s Cabaret

Sliding Scale $20, $40, $50
There are no additional taxes or fees on purchases.

Tickets for this event must be purchased in advance, they will not be available at the door.Only vaccinated persons may attend as patrons at this time.

Brava has undertaken appropriate modifications to comply with current health and safety protocols provided by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. These measures include requiring proof of vaccination, mandatory face covering that completely covers nose and mouth, secured with ear loops or head strap (gaiters and bandanas are not acceptable), increased cleaning before performances, and a no-touch or low-touch experience.


TICKETS FOR THE ONLINE STREAM

Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 3pm (PST)

Sliding Scale $15, $20
There are no additional taxes or fees on purchases.

Upon purchasing your ticket, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to watch the stream. The stream will be accessible on November 21, 3pm until 11:59pm (PST). No special software is necessary to watch the stream outside of internet access.


CAST/CREATORS


Elenco:
Deborah Cortez, Elena Estér, Virginia Blanco

Lectora: Eugenia Arbol

Dirección: Rosa Navarrete

Dramaturgia: Florencia Aroldi

Stage Management: Vanessa Ramos

Arte y Diseño Gráfico: Cecilia Bedregal Salinas

Composición y Dirección de Música Original: Melanie Kristel Camacho Lagos

Diseño de Luces y Sonido: Rosa Navarrete

Creación y Operación de Subtítulos: Laura Espino

Utilería: gentileza de Casa 0101 Theater

Marketing: Virginia Blanco, Benoît Monin, Annette Muller (Brava Theater)

Ticketing y Streaming: Annette Muller (Brava Theater)

Traducción al inglés: Benoît Monin

Traducción al quechua: Hans Enciso Choquehuanca, Elena Estér (Asistente)

Videographer: Christian Figueroa

Producción: Virginia Blanco, Rosa Navarrete, Alba Lluch (Brava Theater)

Dirección Artística: Virginia Blanco


Read more about this event and the artists in English here.


Duración/Run Time: 1hr (sin intervalo/with no intermission)

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