La mujer fragmentada
María Escolán
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Theatre
La Mujer Fragmentada is a bilingual interdisciplinary theatre piece exploring efforts in mothering within contexts of unending colonial violence in El Salvador. Drawing on verbatim text from family interviews and documentary sources based on the work of contemporary Salvadoran artists and journalists, the piece centers scenic intensity, rhythm, and image through video projection, sound design, and movement. The piece also draws on creation story elements and Salvadoran folklore, as the scenic imagery alludes to myth-based sources for the central image – the grieving mother, searching for her lost children.
“This piece is so exciting at so many levels. María has a very strong visual language and uses the tools at her disposal with dexterity. Through a particular interest in scenic intensity, rhythm, movement, sound, and image, La Mujer Fragmentada centers video projection and sound design to create a sensory atmosphere of theatrical experience. We don’t get too many works from/about El Salvador on our stages, and especially about the incredible women; their struggle, their resistance, and persistence.” – Beatriz Pizano
(Artist Pictured: Egly Larreynaga)
September 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Tickets are purchased through the Factory Theatre website above. A ticket to CAMINOS allows access to all presentations throughout an evening, and can be purchased on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis : $15 – $30 – $60.
Creator
María Escolán
Dramaturg
Anita La Selva
Composer
Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi
Video Projection Designer
Ilvs Strauss
Performers
Alba Agosto
Irma Villafuerte
Jessica Zepeda
Thank you to rice & beans theatre. @riceandbeanstheatre
About the artist
María Escolán is a theatre artist from El Salvador living on the unceded traditional Coast Salish Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Recent work includes live translation performance in Pequeños Territorios en Reconstrucción with Teatro Linea de Sombra and Assistant Directing/Performance with Nightwood Theatre’s Children of Fire at Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS Festival 2022 in Toronto. Recent workshop showings of her work in development La Mujer Fragmentada have taken place in collaboration with Teatro del Azoro in San Salvador, Intrepid Theatre’s UNO Fest in Victoria, Aluna Theatre’s CAMINOS Festival in Toronto, and Rice & Beans Theatre’s DBLSPK program in Vancouver. María holds a BFA Degree in Theatre Performance from the School for Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University and a BA Degree in Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice from the University of British Columbia.