Latina Leadership Council Fundraiser

Performance to benefit the Latina Leadership Council

Friday, Nov. 7th

7:30-9 p.m. - Performance
9-9:30 p.m. - Reception with director and cast

Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago

Tickets: $50. Click LATINA LEADERSHIP FUNDRAISER to buy online.

This performance of Teatro Luna's new show, "Jarred: A Hoodoo Comedy," benefits Chicago Foundation for Women's Latina Leadership Council.

About "Jarred"
Teatro Luna (Chicago's All-Latina Theater Company) presents the world premiere of a play for anyone who's ever had a broken heart and tried to put the pieces back together by any means necessary: "Jarred: A Hoodoo Comedy" by Tanya Saracho, Ofner Award-winning playwright, and co-directed with Belinda Cervantes.

In search for a cure to her heartbreak after a relationship turns sour, Alicia will try anything to mend her broken heart. When yoga, therapy, meditation (you name it she tried it) don't provide her relief, her desperate search leads to a most unexpected practice: Magic. With the help of her friends , and three wise Magi, Alicia mints the underworlds of Brujeria, Santeria and Hoodoo for folk magic recipes and ancient jar spells, in a frantic attempt to get her love back.

About the Latina Leadership Council

Recognizing the national population growth and upcoming change in their minority status, the Latina Leadership Council has played a major role in providing opportunities for women and girls in their community while promoting the recognition of Latinas for their contributions to social progress in this country. This Council supports the Foundation’s grantmaking and fundraising goals through the Unidas Fund, and has been proactive in educating others about their community while creating a platform to discuss issues important to them. See Unidas Fund grantees here.

Eres MACHO?

An Evening with "MACHOS" BY TEATRO LUNA

Presented by CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN'S
Latina Leadership Council

6:30 p.m. Jose Cuervo reception
8-9:30 p.m. performance
Friday, Nov. 9
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago

Click NEXT above to buy tickets online, or call (312) 577-2801 ext. 229. Tickets are $45. Proceeds from this event benefit the Unidas Fund of the Latina Leadership Council. No refunds or exchanges.

A world premiere production, "MACHOS" is an interview-based play about contemporary masculinities. As always, Teatro Luna asks hard-hitting questions, such as: Exactly how did you learn to use the urinal?

"MACHOS" presents a range of true-life stories with Teatro Luna’s trademark humor and unique Latina point-of-view. "MACHOS" follows Teatro Luna's critically-acclaimed shows "S-E-X-OH" and "LUNATIC(A)S." It moves beyond the everyday stereotypes of gender, offering a complex look at how 50 men (and eight Latina women) learned how to be men. Performances are drawn from interviews with 50 men nationwide and performed by an all-Latina cast in drag. After the performance there will be a reception with director Coya Paz and the actors.

Featuring Belinda Cervantes, Maritza Cervantes, Yadira Correa, Gina Cornejo, Ilana Faust, Stephanie Gentry-Fernandez and Wendy Vargas.

Learn more about the Latina Leadership Council of Chicago Foundation for Women.