Gringas – residency showcase

This year we are excited to introduce a new RUTAS offering, the RUTAS Residency Showcase, featuring local Latinx theatre makers!  We kick it off with this staged reading of GRINGAS by Mercedes Isaza Clunie.

Under the Muskoka sun, 7 Latina-teenagers from across the Latin American diaspora are at language camp, learning Spanish for the first time. Inside cabins, bathing in lakes, and in magical dreamscapes, these young women are determined to find themselves before the summer is up.
A beautiful and hilarious bi-lingual coming-of-age story, covered in cigarette smoke, that promises to resonate with anyone who has experienced girlhood or the struggles of being a first or second-generation immigrant.

CONTENT WARNING/ ACCESSIBILITY: 14+
Content warnings: Language, some sensuality, smoking. Mentions of racism, colonialism, and mental health. Some loud noise and yelling.

photo credits:
RED image – Gloria Freire, Julianna Olave, Rachel Quintanilla, Mercedes Isaza Clunie, Alejandra Angobaldo, Maya Fleming, Katarina Fiallos; by Daniel Huszar (@est_daniel)
Colour image – Julianna Olave, Katarina Fiallos; by Trinity Lloyd (@trin.a.lin)

September 28, 2024 at 5:00 PM