El Nogalar at Obsidian Theater
Dates: 7/28/2016 - 8/20/2016
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3522 White Oak Drive
Houston, TX 77007
Running Time: 90 min
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El Nogalar by Tanya Saracho
OLD MONEY IS ARE TO KEEP IN A NEW MEXICO
Synopsis:
Set amid the explosive drug wars in present-day northern Mexico, El Nogalar is the story of the Galvan family's struggle to hold on to their homestead-and their precarious social status. The play shadows the family's housekeeper, Dunia, as she watches the family matriarch Maite and her daughters squander their money and risk losing everything to a local drug cartel. Despite warnings from friends and family, Maite ignores her dwindling fortune as stubbornly as she ignores the sinister capos simmering at her doorstep.
Tanya Saracho grew up in McAllen, Texas but broke into the national theatre scene in Chicago. There she worked with both the Steppenwolf and Goodman theatres and garnered every accolade the city had to offer. While working at the Goodman she was commissioned to write "El Nogalar" with "The Cherry Orchard" as inspiration. Saracho has also been awarded a Project Development grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and been named "Revolucionario" by the National Musem of Mexican Art. Leveraging her theatre success, Saracho also writes for both HBO and ABC television. Her credits include The HBO hit "Girls", "Devious Maids", and "How to Get Away with Murder" on ABC. Recently Ms. Saracho has been given her own series on STARZ called "Pour Vida".
Ages: Suitable for all audiences, teenager and up.
OLD MONEY IS ARE TO KEEP IN A NEW MEXICO
Synopsis:
Set amid the explosive drug wars in present-day northern Mexico, El Nogalar is the story of the Galvan family's struggle to hold on to their homestead-and their precarious social status. The play shadows the family's housekeeper, Dunia, as she watches the family matriarch Maite and her daughters squander their money and risk losing everything to a local drug cartel. Despite warnings from friends and family, Maite ignores her dwindling fortune as stubbornly as she ignores the sinister capos simmering at her doorstep.
Tanya Saracho grew up in McAllen, Texas but broke into the national theatre scene in Chicago. There she worked with both the Steppenwolf and Goodman theatres and garnered every accolade the city had to offer. While working at the Goodman she was commissioned to write "El Nogalar" with "The Cherry Orchard" as inspiration. Saracho has also been awarded a Project Development grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and been named "Revolucionario" by the National Musem of Mexican Art. Leveraging her theatre success, Saracho also writes for both HBO and ABC television. Her credits include The HBO hit "Girls", "Devious Maids", and "How to Get Away with Murder" on ABC. Recently Ms. Saracho has been given her own series on STARZ called "Pour Vida".
Ages: Suitable for all audiences, teenager and up.
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