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    The Free Play Theatre Cooperative

    In Association With

    The Rose Art Museum
    Department of Theater Arts
    Women’s & Gender Studies Program
    Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies
    Latin American & Latino Studies Program
    Department of Romance & Comparative Literature

    presents

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    MARISOL

    By José Rivera

    Directed by Jennifer El-Far

    BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
    THE ROSE ART MUSEUM~MAIN GALLERY

    March 16-17, @ 8pm

    March 17-18, @ 2pm

    ***THE FIRST FULL-STUDENT PRODUCTION IN THE ROSE ART MUSEUM***

    The Free Play Theatre Cooperative presents MARISOL, the supernatural adventure about a young Puerto Rican woman, which explores the notion of protection and safety in a world gone wrong. In this world, where “the infected earth is running a temperature,” and digital and virtual media have infiltrated our everyday existence, we find our established systems of protection and privacy disintegrating before our eyes. Rivera’s poignant story of Marisol shows us ourselves in the context of a distorted and frightening reality, a world not too far from the world we know. It insists on the necessity for people to take their faith and their survival in their own hands and to cling to the relationships, which remind us of our humanity and our common destiny.

    The groundbreaking play also gives the context of the American and Puerto Rican-American cultures as a glimpse of challenges our overall society is facing with issues of race, social class, gender identity and life in America. The title character is a Puerto Rican every-woman who relied on traditional religious and spiritual tokenisms for protection until they no longer serve their purpose. She is left defenseless but her ultimate salvation lies in her bond with her friend June. Rivera reminds us that in spite of the attacks on our personal identity and security, human connections remain crucial to our perception of the world and the way in which we assign meaning in our lives. It is truly a work that examines how people with differences are able to coexist in our society.

    FREE ADMISSION

    *Reservations Required*

    For Tickets/Information:

    781.529.7008

    marisol@brandeis.edu

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