w/ Teatro Vivo and Canopy Theatricals at the MACC, ATX
November 14-24
November 14-24
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A young man joins the military to become a man. Or to meet men. Or both. A young woman joins the military to carry her weight, and overcome men. Or to carry a man’s weight and come with him. Or both. Through the Latinx lens, Teatro Vivo and Thinkery & Verse explore sexuality and gender dynamics in the military. Produced with Canopy Theatricals as a part of the Austin Veterans Arts Festival, with financial support from ART SPARK TEXAS.
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AFTERSHOCK / LA RÉPLICA is a world premiere stage-play that explores new dimensions of Latinx military service.
The Latinx soldiers and citizens in this play expect military service to reinforce their identity and ideas about family, patriotism, and even sexuality, but the military is often a place that mixes up the moral compass, and one’s sense of self, and invents a new identity.
The script draws on first-person narratives, interviews, archival sources, Latinx poetry, veteran writings, rumors, legends, and some of the best ATX imaginations. Thinkery & Verse, Teatro Vivo, Canopy Theatre, and ArtSpark are proud to be a part of the Austin Veteran Arts Festival - AVAFest at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. Austin's only theater venue located in the lightning hot Rainey Street district.
The Latinx soldiers and citizens in this play expect military service to reinforce their identity and ideas about family, patriotism, and even sexuality, but the military is often a place that mixes up the moral compass, and one’s sense of self, and invents a new identity.
The script draws on first-person narratives, interviews, archival sources, Latinx poetry, veteran writings, rumors, legends, and some of the best ATX imaginations. Thinkery & Verse, Teatro Vivo, Canopy Theatre, and ArtSpark are proud to be a part of the Austin Veteran Arts Festival - AVAFest at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. Austin's only theater venue located in the lightning hot Rainey Street district.
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