BEGIN:VCALENDAR X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago PRODID:-//University of Iowa//Events 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T121821Z DTSTART:20230203T200000 SUMMARY:Braided Sorrow DESCRIPTION:Braided Sorrow\n By Marisela Treviño Orta\n Directed by Natalie Villamonte Zito\n\nFeb. 3\, 4\, 8\, 9\, 10\, 11 at 8 p.m.\n Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.\n David Thayer Theatre\, UI Theatre Building\n\nIn the Mexican border city of Juárez\, Alma has newly arrived to take a job in an American-owned factory in order to help her family survive by sending money back to her parents and helping to provide for her brother and pregnant sister-in-law. At 16 years old\, Alma is shocked by the dangers of the city—the femicides and disappearances—lurking outside the factory’s walls\, until she is visited by La Llorona. In Marisela Treviño Orta’s (MFA '18) poetic Braided Sorrow\, Alma is set on a treacherous journey calling on her bravery to end the unnatural nightmares of Juárez.\n\nPlease be advised that this performance includes the use of theatrical fog/haze\, explicit language\, staged violence and sexual assault\, and references to violence against women.\n\nTickets:\n Tickets are available through the Hancher Box Office website or by calling 319-335-1160.\n\n\nhttps://events.uiowa.edu/60367 LOCATION:Theatre Building\, 200 North Riverside Drive\, Iowa City\, IA 52242 UID:edu.uiowa.events-prod-60367 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Braided Sorrow
\n By Marisela Treviño Orta
\n Directed by Natalie Villamonte Zito
Feb. 3\, 4\, 8\, 9\, 10\, 11 at 8 p.m.
\n Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.
\n David Thayer Theatre\, UI Theatre Building
In the Mexican border city of Juárez\, Alma has newly arrived to take a job in an American-owned factory in order to help her family survive by sending money back to her parents and helping to provide for her brother and pregnant sister-in-law. At 16 years old\, Alma is shocked by the dangers of the city—the femicides and disappearances—lurking outside the factory’s walls\, until she is visited by La Llorona. In Marisela Treviño Orta’s (MFA '18) poetic Braided Sorrow\, Alma is set on a treacherous journey calling on her bravery to end the unnatural nightmares of Juárez.
\n\nPlease be advised that this performance includes the use of theatrical fog/haze\, explicit language\, staged violence and sexual assault\, and references to violence against women.
\n\nTickets:
\n Tickets are available through the Hancher Box Office website or by calling 319-335-1160.