Tonight! and Tomorrow! Theater of the Oppressed group, El Taller, from Puebla, Mexico! and Bread and Puppet on Saturday!

[Puppet Underground]

Don't forget to come out tonight or tomorrow to see  Camino de Esperanza / Esperanza’s Passage by El Grupo de Teatro de las Oprimidas de El Taller A.C. (The Workshop, Theater of the Oppressed Group) from Puebla, Mexico as part of their latest tour: Women Opening Borders: A Journey in Equity, Culture and Art.

 

Thursday May 10 at 7 PM

at the Latin American Youth Center

1419 Columbia Rd NW

 

and

Friday May 11 at 8pm

at La Casa, Community of Christ

3166 Mt. Pleasant St. NW

 

$5 to 15 suggested donation to support the work of El Taller in Puebla

And... on Saturday, come see the world famous Bread and Puppet Theater perform their Man = Carrot Circus at the Kennedy Center’s Look Both Ways Festival!

 

Saturday, May 12^th at 3 pm, with pre-shows starting at noon

at The Yards Park: entrances at 3rd and 4th St, SE and Water St, SE (two blocks south of M St)

Navy Yard Metro (New Jersey Ave Exit) on the Green Line (www.yardspark.org) 

 

The Man = Carrot Circus is based on the revelation that upright man rooted in dirt was created in the image of the upright carrot rooted in dirt!

Esperanza's Passage is a Forum Theatre piece which, through sound and images, tells the story of a migrant woman’s journey from Mexico to the US. Our intention with this piece is to recognize ourselves within the reality faced by women in our countries as: mothers, sisters, companions. Sexual harassment, discrimination, labor exploitation, solitude, and family separation are some of the themes explored in this piece. The passage of Esperanza (hope) is also our path.

 

El Taller is an organization directed by creative, feminist women who are committed to reflection and action regarding the role of women in Mexican society.  El Taller believes in the importance and appropriation of artistic expression that permits personal exploration and liberation while simultaneously allowing dissemination or public denouncement of communal and collective problems within society. (http://eltallerporunavidadigna.blogspot.mx)