On Sunday, December 11, 2011, I saw Teatro Luna's eighth original play, CROSSED (How Going South Flipped Our Script) at The Viaduct Theater in Chicago. In an ensemble setting, CROSSED examines what it means to be an immigrant in a "post-racial" United States, through autobiographical stories, accounts collected from interviews, news reports, and the Lunaticas own experiences while traveling South this past Spring.
As a daughter of Mexican immigrants and native Chicagoan, I know all too well that immigrant has become synonymous with Mexican here in this Windy City I call home. I am also very familiar with the border crossing stories by un coyote, or walking, or hopping a bus or train. How the scars of these borderland trips cross generations. Seeing CROSSED brought this to life.
Teatro Luna, Chicago's All Latina Theater company, kicked off its 11th Season and first season that is entirely dedicated to issues surrounding a single focus: Immigration, Race, & Borders, with CROSSED. Directed by Founding Ensemble Member and Luna’s Director of Artistic Development, Miranda Gonzalez, CROSSED explores what it means for an immigrant to play their part so they can enjoy their freedom.
Do you have a problem with following directions? Well then you fit in with the immigrant’s plight. Luggaged in this production are the emotions of an “enemy” or “double agent of America” playing their part to exist or coexist in a home to call their own. CROSSED asks who decides who can and will divide those that are exposed yet placed within the same land. It deconstructs stereotypes of mixed identities.
Also, through a humorously scientific viewpoint CROSSED questions, "What do the gringos really know?" Since they care more about phones roaming free than people, and create slogans that remind immigrants that, "[their] tongue was cut in half so [they] could speak the language of power." Or that they can report back to their country of origin if they need a translation.
Teatro Luna, Chicago's All Latina Theater company, kicked off its 11th Season and first season that is entirely dedicated to issues surrounding a single focus: Immigration, Race, & Borders, with CROSSED. Directed by Founding Ensemble Member and Luna’s Director of Artistic Development, Miranda Gonzalez, CROSSED explores what it means for an immigrant to play their part so they can enjoy their freedom.
Do you have a problem with following directions? Well then you fit in with the immigrant’s plight. Luggaged in this production are the emotions of an “enemy” or “double agent of America” playing their part to exist or coexist in a home to call their own. CROSSED asks who decides who can and will divide those that are exposed yet placed within the same land. It deconstructs stereotypes of mixed identities.
Also, through a humorously scientific viewpoint CROSSED questions, "What do the gringos really know?" Since they care more about phones roaming free than people, and create slogans that remind immigrants that, "[their] tongue was cut in half so [they] could speak the language of power." Or that they can report back to their country of origin if they need a translation.
CROSSED uses the sounds, tastes and essence of multiple cultures to create an ambiance of hope for immigrants. Clap your hands or dance along to the Lunaticas cabaret of La Cucaracha, share in the flavorful tincture of CROSSED. Enjoy your holiday month by attending the latest installment, for the year, of this play, with a special treat; Miranda Gonzalez will be performing in it this weekend.
By: Elda Alanis
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