Ep.83: Merendiando with Maria Paula Carreño and María Escolán
November 2, 2022
“I hope that sharing these transamerican – or even transborder – stories has planted that seed in continuing these conversations about oneness” – Maria Paula Carreño
“The political aspect of theatre can be… not just in the content of the piece but also in the form that it takes. So like questions around challenging traditional forms of theatre, creating new forms of theatre can expand not only how we create art but also how we think of the world, how we can create social change” – María Escolán.
Meet Maria Paula Carreño and María Escolan. Maria Paula is a Queer Colombian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, and she was in charge of Outreach and Marketing for this year’s Rutas Festival. María Escolan is a queer theatre artist from El Salvador living on the unceded traditional Coast Salish Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. María worked on two different pieces in the festival, she was the Translator/ Narrator of Pequeños Territorios en Reconstrucción and she was also the Assistant Director and unexpected understudy for Children of Fire.
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