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God made me a woman. God gave me this mind. Why shouldn’t I use it? Why shouldn’t I use the gifts I have been given?
Properties of Silence Written by Theresa Chavez, Rose Portillo, and Alan Pulner | Directed by Theresa Chavez Produced by About Productions
Poetry, science, and history spiral out of control as a contemporary Phoenix realtor, her pool contractor husband, and the famed 17th C. poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz meet in a multi-layered dreamscape. Joined by Sor Juana’s confessor, who hopes to silence her pen and scientific inquiries, reality bends as they all confront the nature of their identities and seek to find a new beginning. Revered in Spanish-speaking countries and considered the first feminist writer, Sor Juana was a self-taught poet and playwright, scientist, and philosopher. Properties of Silence incorporates an original soundscape and video that appears as a black and white Golden Age of Mexican Cinema film, and is inspired by Sor Juana’s most significant poem, Primero Sueño (First Dream). “An intriguing dreamscape… Properties of Silence floats between centuries, its characters spinning in odd, recurring orbits of self-discovery,” says LA Times. Thursday, 10/30 | 8:30pm Saturday, 11/1 | 2:30pm & 8:30pm
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