Teatro Nagual presents "In the Time of the Butterflies," Caridad Svich's stage adaptation of Julia Alvarez's novel, April 4 through May 4, 2014 at the Coloma Community Center theater, 4623 T St., Sacramento.
Teatro Nagual founder Richard Falcon directs Irene Velasquez (the older Dede), Gladys Imperio-Acosta (Patria), Jasmine Nunez-Gonzalez (Minerva), Lyra Dominguez (the younger Dede/Journalist), Catalina Serrano Bucheli (Maria Teresa) and Ruben Oriol-Rivera (DJ/Father/Driver/Lio Morales/Trujillo). Ron Reisner is the set designer, and Mary Goodall is stage manager.
Performances are set for 8 p.m. April 4-5, 11, 18-19, 25-26, and May 2-3; 7 p.m. April 6; and 2 p.m. April 12-13, 20, 27, and May 4. Tickets, priced at $10 to $15, are available online via Brown Paper Tickets at teatronagual.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, see www.teatronagual.com, or call (916) 549-3341. Alvarez's book, which also inspired the 2001 made-for-cable feature film starring Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos, is the fictionalized account of the real-life Mirabal sisters, whose upbringing in a well-to-do Dominican Republic family provided the perfect cover for their covert activities as freedom fighters.Videos