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This critical play anthology brings together twenty-three plays by seventeen playwrights from the
Frontera/Borderlands of Texas and Mexico, offering readers the first-ever critical play anthology from this geographical region.
Perambulations preserves the invaluable work of the
Teatro Chicano de Laredo through a compilation of comedies and dramas. Original bilingual plays are provided alongside their translation, as well as performance notes and accompanying scholarly discussion from Laurence Wensel. This collection continues the tradition of Chicano theatre, expanding upon its themes and focusing on the struggles of migration. By applying the critical lens of space, place, and non-place to each of the plays, the book explores movement, border issues, and reveals the universality of experience along the border. Grouped by location, the plays examine people, language, culture, and identity across Laredo (Texas), in-between places, imaginary spaces, land dramas, and returning home. The compilation challenges what it means to be a citizen of the
Frontera/Borderlands and reveals migration to be an activity that is often undertaken without consideration.
This collection provides an invaluable contribution to students and scholars of Chicano and Latinx theatre and performance, as well as those interested in theatre of the borderlands.
Table des matières
Foreword
Preface and a Note on Royalties
Introduction
1 Traversing to Laredo, Going From Here to ThereSection 1.1 The Interethnic PlaysMy Little Mexican
Spaghetti is Straight... Until it's Hot
Fashionably Late
Section 1.2 Death Becomes ThemEl Novenario de Tía Mine / Aunt Minerva's Nine Days of Mourning
La Visita / The Visit
Terminal Velocity
Section 1.3 The Shape of the OtherJulio's Night in the Dark
Corn Nuts
Border Grammar
Especial Delivery From Spain
2 The In-Between PlaysBridges
Nothing to Declare
Abduction
Manila Folder
3 The Imaginary PlaysEl Sombrero / The Hat
La Mascara de el Chivo / The Mask of the Goat
Breakfast Tacos
4 The Land PlaysEl Cabrito / The Goat
Una Lucha de Apuesta / A Betting Match
El Partido / The Game
5 The Pilgrimage Plays Canary in the Coal Mine
Tu Amor Secreto / Your Secret Love
A Que no Sabes Who is Coming to
Merienda? / What? Do You Not Know Who is Coming to Brunch?
Conclusion: What is Home?
A propos de l'auteur
Laurence Wensel, Ph.D., is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, in Visual & Performing Arts. His research concentrations are in Chicano Performance, Borderland Studies, Fine Arts Critical Theory, and Holocaust Studies. Wensel is a theatre director with over twenty-eight years of experience and has produced more than sixty productions at community, college, and university settings. He is a graduate of Goddard College with a degree (MFA) in Creative Writing (Playwriting) and holds an MA in Theatre Directing and a BFA in Performance and Production from Texas State University. He is a biracial (German-Mexican American) individual who is bilingual (English/Spanish) and was born and raised in Laredo, TX.
