Central Jersey
Two River Theater presents Pinkolandia : a play about exile, immigration, and home
Pinkolandia, directed by Jose Zaya’s, tells the story of two young sisters and their parents (exiled from Chile in the aftermath of the 1973 coup) who have settled in the strange new land of Reagan-era Wisconsin.
The Two River presents Pinkolandia, a new play about exile, immigration, and home.
About Pinkolandia
Directed by Jose Zaya’s, Pinkolandia tells the story of two young sisters and their parents (exiled from Chile in the aftermath of the 1973 coup) who have settled in the strange new land of Reagan-era Wisconsin.
There, the girls create imaginary worlds to make sense of their family’s past, as their parents try to find their own place in the American Dream-knowing that sometimes, when you lose your country, you have to make your own.
“Through the story of these young girls, Beny and Gaby,” says Artistic Director John Dias, “audiences are able to experience something that all of us-or perhaps our families, or our forefathers-have had to do: reconcile our lives in a new land with a sense of ‘home’ as a very different place in the past. This is part of the history of who we are as Americans. Andrea Thome has written a very personal, specific play about the story of one Latino family in America, but one that also captures the universal experience of growing up and staking claim to a new story.”
Cast
The cast of Pinkolandia includes Varín Ayala (Dad/Kid 3), David Crommett (Tio Ignacio/Polar Bear/Mr. Pittman/Old Man), Maria Helan (Beny), Annie Henk (Mom/Kid 2), Andrea Morales (Gaby), and Gabriel Sloyer (Pepe/Kid 1/Nazi).
Pinkoladia performances
Pinkoladia will premiere Saturday February 22nd and run through March 23rd.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.trtc.org