Marisol
by José Rivera
Directed by Cat Ramirez
Original New York production by
The New York Shakespeare Festival.
Originally commissioned and developed by
INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center
through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
World Premiere in the 1992 Humana Festival
of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Subsequently produced by
La Jolla Playhouse and Hartford Stage Company.
Where:
Arts Bank Theater
601 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Dates and Times:
Friday, February 23 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 24 at 2 PM
Saturday, February 24 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 25 at 2 PM
Wednesday, February 28 at 7:30 PM
Thursday, February 29 at 7:30 PM
Friday, March 1 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 2 at 2 PM
Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 3 at 2 PM
*Note: Ticket reservations will be held until curtain. All unclaimed tickets will be released to the waitlist at 2 PM and 7:30 PM accordingly. Dates and times are subject to change.
Content disclosures: Marisol is a play where the physical and emotional violence stemming from systemic oppression affects the lived experience of each character and each scene. Below is a non-exhaustive list of major moments of violence within the piece.
Threatened, attempted, and implied physical assault with everyday objects, knives, and firearms.
Descriptions and implied staging of burning people alive.
Stillbirth
Attempted sexual assault
Racist, classist, and homophobic hate speech
Depictions of Nazism
Implied on stage masturbation (no nudity)
Death of BIPOC people being sensationalized on the news
Sounds of explosions and gunshots
Special effects using of stage blood and puss to depict cuts, scrapes, bruises, blunt force trauma, and third degree burns
Burial ceremony for a baby
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Please Note:
UArts students, faculty, and staff will be required to present an up to date UArts ID.
MARISOL is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
Poster Image credit to Stephanie Mancini, www.flickr.com/photos/sheepinabottle/.