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Press Release
For Immediate Publication 10 APRIL 2012
For more information, contact:
Justin Remer-Thamert, El Taller International Assistant
Email: remerthaj@gmail.com
Voicemail only: 505-990-6044
Skype: jremert

The Puebla, Mexico-based social justice theatre organization, El Taller A.C. (The Workshop, non-profit), is literally crossing borders to bring the message that borders affect people on both sides, albeit in very different ways through their tour Women Opening Borders: A Journey in Equity, Culture and Art. Between April 27 and May 15 2012, El Taller A.C. will present two plays in ten (10) US cities: El Paso, TX; Las Cruces, Anthony, Albuquerque & Santa Fe, NM; Northfield & Minneapolis, MN; Washington DC; Baltimore, MD; and New York, NY. The troupe members—six Mexican citizens and one US citizen (currently carrying out a Fulbright project in Puebla on the impact of art in social transformation)—will present two actor-written and -directed plays. Through the participatory plays, El Taller A.C. challenges audience members to resolve a myriad of forms of violence that most directly affect women: the challenges faced by migrant women, sexual harassment at work, domestic violence, and prejudice due to sexual orientation. The primary focus of the tour is a show about a single mother who is compelled to migrate to the US in order to provide a better for her children who stay behind in Mexico. The piece is entitled Camino de Esperanza / Esperanza’s Passage and uses Brazilian Augusto Boal’s (1931-2010) methodology, Theatre of the Oppressed: Forum Theatre, which invites audience members to step into the shoes of one of the characters in order to change the final outcome of the play. The other piece, Mujer no se escribe con M de Macho / You Don’t Spell Woman with the Same ‘M’ in Macho is an upbeat one-woman farce divided into three monologues. The troupe shows us our commonalities in spite of our differences, and helps us build bridges of understanding across the chasms of prejudice which have been widened by political forces on both sides of the US/Mexico border, and the more subtle manifestations of violence against women created by discrimination and tradition.

El Taller: Centro de Sensibilización y Educación Humana A.C. [The Workshop: Center for Sensitization and Humanizing Education A.C. (non-profit)] is an organization directed by creative, feminist women who are committed to reflection and action regarding the role of women in Mexican society. El Taller A.C. believes in the importance and appropriation of artistic expression that permits personal exploration and liberation while simultaneously allowing dissemination or public denouncement of communal and collective problems within society. Particularly, El Taller A.C. recognizes the need to empower subgroups of women who, in some way, have been oppressed, and to promote lesbian visibility and the generation of feminism that: 1) strives to understand and to transform our environment, 2) envisions a society beyond the current patriarchal and hetero-normative system, and 3) works in solidarity with other movements through dialogue and concurrent action. El Taller A.C. is also a space for collective creation where theory and practice are integrated into a process of teaching-learning, above all through recognition, strengthening and reflection on the body as a fundamental and inherent part of the dignity of all human beings.

PARA DISTRIBUCION INMEDIATA
Luisa Cabello Hansel, 612-296-2231

El Taller A.C. de Puebla, México presenta su tour de Mujeres Abriendo Fronteras; una Jornada de Equidad,Cultura y Arte, El Taller A.C. está cruzando la frontera a los Estados Unidos para traer un mensaje que afecta a personas de ambos países. Entre abril 27 y mayo 15 de 2012, El Taller A.C. presentará dos obras de teatro en 10 ciudades de los Estados Unidos, incluyendo Minneapolis y Northfield en Minnesota. Las integrantes de este grupo – seis ciudadanas mexicanas y una norteamericana – {actualmente desarrollando un proyecto en Puebla sobre el impacto del arte en la transformación social} van a presentar dos obras actuadas-escritas y dirigidas por ellas mismas. A través de un estilo participativo, El Taller A.C. desafía a la audiencia a resolver una vasta variedad de formas de violencia que mayormente afecta a las mujeres: migración, acoso sexual en el trabajo, violencia doméstica, y prejuicio debido a orientación sexual. El foco principal del tour es mostrar la vida de una madre sola que emigra a los Estados Unidos empujada por la necesidad de proveer para sus hijos, los cuales permanecen en México. Esta obra es titulada Camino de Esperanza y usa la metodología del autor brazilero Augusto Boal (1931-2010), Teatro del Oprimido, Teatro Foro, el cual invita a miembros de la audiencia a participar en el rol de alguno de los personajes para cambiar el final de la obra. La otra obra, Mujer no se Escribe con la misma M de Macho, es una dinámica farsa en tres monólogos protagonizada por una mujer. El grupo de artistas muestra nuestras comunalidades a pesar de las diferencias, y ayuda a crear puentes de entendimiento a través de los abismos de prejuicios los cuales han sido ampliados por fuerzas políticas tanto en Estados Unidos como en México, y las manifestaciones más sutiles de violencia contra la mujer creadas por discriminación y tradición.

El 7 de mayo a las 7:00 pm, se presenta la obra en la Iglesia Luterana San Pablo, localizada en 2742 Avenida 15 en Minneapolis (esquina calle 28).

Para más información, llama a la Pastor Luisa Cabello Hansel de la Iglesia San Pablo, 612-275-2914, o manda un correo electronico a stpaulscreate@gmail.com.

Para más información acreca de El Taller A.C. de Puebla, México:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/4223779/mexican-theatre-for-womens-rights-opening-borders?ref=live