"Las Ifigenias: Tripping from Aulis to Juárez"
A STAGED READING FROM
Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis
AND
Caridad Svich’s Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart: A Rave Fable
ADAPTED, STAGED, AND PERFORMED BY:
The Students of “Latina Greek Heroines”
(Spanish, Theater, Classics)
Friday, April 21, 2023 at 6:00pm
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center
53 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012
This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required.
Set in Ciudad Juárez, México, against the backdrop of the region's epidemic of femicide, the mythological Iphigenia of Euripides' ancient tragedy confronts her modern transformation by contemporary Latina playwright Caridad Svich in a psychedelic journey through trauma and sacrifice.
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