Known for her insistence on pursuing her interests at a time when women had few options, sor juana is recognized as a protofeminist. Her awardwinning plays include the copper children, destiny of desire, native gardens, the book club play, legacy of light, mariela in the desert, the sins of sor juana, the adaptations of just like us, into the beautiful north, and how the garcia girls lost their accent. How much has your script actually changed from when it debuted at cincinnati playhouse. Final year students from birmingham school of acting perform karen zacarias the sins of sor juana, directed by lise olson. The sins of sor juana was the winner of the charles macarthur award for outstanding new play at d.
For best results use quotation marks eg hamlet or william shakespeare search. A brilliant 17th century nun is brought to life on netflix. A plague swept through the convent in 1695 and, on april 17, after taking care of her fellow sisters, she died at the age of 44. Her story carries implications about choosing ones own path today.
Her respuesta is a maverick work outlining the logical sense of womens education more than 200 years before woolfs a room of ones own. Featuring pedro bayon, sun mee chomet, ryan colbert, george keller, maya lagerstam, jason rojas, and thallis santesteban. So why are you men all so stunned at the thought youre all guilty alike. She became renowned for her intelligence and ambition when, at the age of 12, she tried sneaking into the university of mexico by dressing as a man. She was an intellectual prodigy, reportedly mastering latin in twenty lessons, and at sixteen she entered a convent so that she might continue her learning. Standing apart from the crowd can be a risky but immensely creative kind of living. Karen zacarias in the sins of sor juana, directed by edward f. Winner of the charles macarthur award for outstanding new. And the ten thousand things style is ideal for making.
It was directed by tom prewitt, with rick davis as the artistic director, kevin murray as managing director and paul dandrea as artistic associate director. A tale of resilience closes new artistic directors first. Ana is a type a personality who lives in a letterperfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job and her greatest passion. The 20092010 season production of karen zacarias the sins of sor juana, directed by artistic associate henry godinez, at goodman theatre in chicago. The sins of sor juana why is an enlightened woman dangerous. Have they not a rational soul as men doi have this inclination to study and if it is evil i am not the one who formed me thus. We took a moment to chat with one of the companys founders, julie reimer, about this new adventure and the show. Dearborn in chicago to purchase tickets or for more information please visit here. The sins of sor juana, the book club play, legacy of light and how the garcia girls lost their accent. Her awardwinning plays include the copper children, destiny of desire, native gardens, the book club play, legacy of light, mariela in the desert, the sins of sor juana, and the adaptations of just like us, into the beautiful north, and how the garcia girls. Music provided by jing zhao, filmed by riley johnston. This i s a scene from the sins of sor juana, a play about the imagined life of the 17th century writer. The sins of sor juana tells the story of one of mexicos greatest icons. We will look at the various steps taken for the interdisciplinary nature of the task, from international correspondence, instrumentation for the pastpresent continuum of the script.
Torres for teatro vista, uses snappy, anachronistic modern language to make the nun sharp and real. The duke department of theater studies presented house of desires october 2029, 2006. There is a difference between the european baroque and that of new spain. In the sins of sor juana, purdue theatre dramatizes the life of a 17th century mexican woman who lived and wrote in astonishing ways for that time and place. In the autobiographical section of the document, sor juana traces the many obstacles that her powerful inclination to letters had forced her to surmount.
Chicana textualsexual reinventions of sor juana jstor. The sins of sor juana by karen zacarias may 3 june 9. The sins of sor juana had its world premiere on november 3, 1999, at george mason universitys theatre of the first amendment, washington, d. This contains a biography and examples of sor juanas poetry and prose. Loads of laughter and literature collide in this smart hit comedy about books and the people who love them. Featuring pedro bayon, sun mee chomet, ryan colbert.
Go behind the scenes of the sins of sor juana with artist interviews and exclusive rehearsal footage. Tickets are available through the box office at 170 n. Shes watching rehearsal for the sins of sor juana in a south minneapolis church community room. That said, the sins of sor juana is what you want from historical fiction, something that brings big issues down to humansize choices. The sins of sor juana, a latino play by award winning writer karen zacarias as the basis for our study. The sins of sor juana, which debuted in november 1999 in washington, d. Reviews the sins of sor juana malaya rivera drew gives an intense performance in the title role of karen zacarias lively if flawed bioplay about the famed 17thcentury poet. Sins of sor juana runs through july 25, 2010 at the goodman theatre, 170 n.
Her outspoken opinions granted her lifelong names such as, the tenth muse, the phoenix of america, or the. Harvard university press, cambridge, massachusetts, 1988. Sor juana continued to respond to external pressures. It employs the convoluted poetic forms of the baroque to recount the torturous quest of the soul for knowledge.
Nearfar theatre is producing its first show, the sins of sor juana, opening this weekend. Celebrated mexican nun was baroque sensation, but catholic. A brief promotional video to highlight the purdue university theatre show the sins of sor juana. First dream, published in a sor juana anthology, 1988, is both personal and universal. Gina gionfriddos script a finalist for the 2009 pulitzer prize is full of. The sins of sor juana karen zacarias every play in the. The sins of sor juana the sins of sor juana groupon.
The sins of sor juana, the centerpiece of the goodmans annual latino theatre festival, will play through july 25th in the goodmans albert theater. Despite what i have been saying so far, sor juanas work is not simply a copy of contemporary european styles. All in all, the sins of sor juana is stirring proof that the new spanish nun did not live in vain. New fresno theatre company presents the sins of sor juana. Some of truebloods translations of sor juanas poems are at the old poetry website. Goodman theatres production of the sins of sor juana, written by karen zacarias, runs from june 19july 25, 2010.
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