The Vida Bella Ensemble announces the world premier of the
stage production ofThe Brown Girls' Chronicles: Puerto Rican
Women and Resilience at the Chicago Center for the
Performing Arts on March 5, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
The Brown Girls' Chronicles: Puerto Rican Women and Resilience
is a collection of the stories, voices and songs that long to be heard;
the stories of how race, ethnicity, gender, and colonialism shape the
lives of marginalized women.
Written and directed by Yolanda Nieves, The Brown Girls' Chronicles
are the stories of second generation Puerto Rican women who in their
day-to-day lives are the embodiment of struggle for independence of mind,
soul, heart and body.
The Brown Girls' Chronicles is the long-time realized desire of Nieves to
continue the construction of her identity, a desire shared by her generation
and by the youth of Chicago too. The show, based on the collection of
interviews from scores of second generation Puerto Rican women, is
perfectly described as "…a vibrant and truthful perspective of the Puerto Rican
woman's experience in Chicago..." by cultural/artistic activist Carlos Flores, "
...it eradicates an existing void."
Opening night tickets are $25 and include a post-show Q&A session and reception
with the director and The Vida Bella Ensemble cast. For premier night tickets,
contact browngirlschronicles@gmail.com.
Performances will take place March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. and March 8 at 3:30 p.m. at
the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts at 777 N. Green St., Chicago, IL.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door and $10 for students.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.theaterland.com.
About The Vida Bella Ensemble: The Vida Bella Ensemble is an all-female
Chicago-based collective of inter-generational artists committed to communicating
the stories of the trials and triumphs of the urban woman.
In collaborative partnership the stories of such experiences are told through the
performance of poetry, dialogue, monologue, song and movement.
For more information about The Vida Bella Ensemble
visit www.myspace.com/browngirlschronicles or
email browngirlschronicles@gmail.com
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