Ep. 6: Madre by Beatriz Pizano, Part 1
March 30, 2019
Join us for the first instalment of Madre by Beatriz Pizano (part 1 of 3). This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.
About the play:
Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her.
We want to give a special shout out to the Vanguardia Dance Festival, running at Native Earth’s Aki Studio from April 2 – 6 2019! Vanguardia Dance is interested in the dissemination of contemporary artistic practices of dance artists with Latin American background in Canada, maintaining conversation with the rest of the country and the world. This festival pushes the boundaries of ‘contemporary’, and there are tons of beautiful performances and free workshops to attend.
Credits:
Marcia Benett as Julia
Kim Nelson as Angela
Margarita Valderamma as the young Julia
Carlos Diaz as Jorge + the Cab driver
Rosalba Martinni as Donna Anna + the female Doctor
Monica Garrido as Leonila / Secretary / TV Announcer
Augusto Bitter as the male Doctor / Doorman
Dramaturgy by Emma Tibaldo
Direction by Carlos Diaz
Original sound Design by Thomas Ryder-Payne
New music by Marcelo Puente
Production, editing, and additional sound design by Charles Ketchabaw and Aidan McMahon
Translation and Script co-ordination by Bruce Gibbons Fell
Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The City of Toronto, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and Playwrights Workshop Montreal’s Glassco translation residency in Tadoussac.
Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido.
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Photo of Marcia Bennet by John Lauener.