Corazón de Manzana WORLD PREMIERE!
Written by Dana Lynn Formby
Directed by Jason Boat
Presented by Mortar Theatre Company
August 21, 2011 — September 25, 2011
Storefront Theater
$20 for general admission; $15 for seniors and students; $15 for preview (8/21 & 8/25)
Mixing realism, fantasy, and stylized choreography, Corazón de Manzana intertwines the lives of three mother/daughter pairs living in Canada, the United States, and Mexico to the tragic femicide occurring in Juárez, Mexico. A desperate cry for help reaches across borders to begin an investigation into a mother’s plea to find her missing daughter. As the discovery into the child’s disappearance unfolds, the connections between suffering and privilege in the three countries come into dramatic and heart-wrenching clarity.
Related events
“SEÑORITA EXTRAVIADA” Film Screening & post-film remarks by playwright Dana Lynn Formby, local author & professor Christopher Boyer, and Special Projects Director of the National Museum of Mexican Art Linda Xóchitl Tortolero
Thursday, September 1
Post-show Discussion featuring Dina Berger, Associate Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago
Sunday, September 4
Dina Berger co-edited Holiday in Mexico: Critical Reflections on Tourism and Tourist Encounters with Andrew Wood and authored Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night: The Development and Promotion of Mexico’s Tourism Industry, 1928-1946. She has also published book chapters on the subject of tourism and international relations such as “Goodwill Ambassadors on Holiday: Tourism, Public Diplomacy, and Mexico-U.S. Relations” in Holiday in Mexico and “A Drink Between Friends: Mexican and American Pleasure Seekers in 1940s Mexico City” in Adventures into Mexico: American Tourism beyond the Border.
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