Brava and La Lengua Teatro en Español presents
Las Azurduy
by Florencia Aroldi
*In Spanish, Aymara, and Quechua with English and Spanish supertitles
August 19 - 28, 2022
Fri - Sun @ 7:00pm
PREVIEW on Friday, August 19, 2022
Reservations, Masks & Vax Required
On Demand Streaming
September 7th - 21st, 2022
Las Azurduy is an original play commissioned to Argentinian playwright Florencia Aroldi about Juana Azurduy, a hero of Latin America’s wars of independence against the Spanish crown, a mixed-race woman of Indigenous descent who is only recently receiving her dues in the history books. This play is also an excuse to reflect on the invisibility of female work, on our silenced voices, and our erased faces.
Juana Azurduy embodied the resilience and spirit of Latin American women, as well as the mix of cultural and ancestral heritage that typifies the American experience. Today La Lengua clamors her name out loud for all to remember, and in Florencia Aroldi’s tour-de-force new play, it takes three performers to embody Azurduy’s complex and indomitable spirit – hence “Las Azurduy.” This project involves an all- Latinx female ensemble, playwriting, and creative team.
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Las Azurduy es una obra de teatro original comisionada a la dramaturga argentina Florencia Aroldi sobre Juana Azurduy, una heroína de las guerras de independencia de América Latina contra la corona española, una mujer mestiza de ascendencia indígena que recientemente está recibiendo su cuota en los libros de historia. La obra es también una excusa para reflexionar sobre la invisibilidad del trabajo femenino, sobre nuestras voces silenciadas y sobre nuestros rostros borrados.
Juana Azurduy encarnó la resiliencia y el espíritu de las mujeres latinoamericanas, así como la mezcla de herencia cultural y ancestral que caracteriza la experiencia americana. Hoy, La Lengua clama su nombre en voz alta para que todos la recuerden, y en la obra nueva y prodigiosa de Florencia Aroldi, se necesitan tres intérpretes para encarnar el espíritu complejo e indomable de Azurduy, de ahí “Las Azurduy”. Este proyecto involucra un ensemble femenino, dramaturga y equipo.
TICKETS
$25 general admission
$50 La Lengua supporter (priority seats)
$100 La Lengua mecenas (priority seats + 1 free drink)
Brava has undertaken appropriate modifications to comply with health and safety protocols provided by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. These measures include requiring proof of vaccination, booster shot if eligible, and 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. Read Brava’s full Covid Protocol here.
ABOUT LA LENGUA
Founded in 2019 by Virginia Blanco, La Lengua Teatro en Español/La Lengua Theater is an emerging company that creates spaces for theater in Spanish, sharing its immense diversity and wealth, in order to empower the Spanish-speaking community in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Learn more about La Lengua Teatro en Español/La Lengua Theater.