‘Trilogy of essays on femininity’ at Cenart

For the first time the works that make up are presented together Trilogy of essays on femininitya project by the Teatro en Fuga collective, which seeks to show the reality of being a woman today in Mexico. The individual pieces The unfortunate ones, Pregnant y The lucky ones They had already debuted, each one on their own. Now, they will have a joint season at the National Arts Center’s Arts Forum.

Teatro en Fuga is a collective founded in 2001, however, as integrated it now operates uninterruptedly since 2016. We are basically stage creators, we have been working together for quite some time, although we also have guest actresses and actors. We are very interested in talking about topics that provoke usindicates Andrea Salmerón, director of Pregnant.

Trilogy of essays on femininitya project by playwright Paulina Barros Reyes Retana, is written from a very personal place regarding what it means for her to be a woman in this country todayexplains Salmerón. The unfortunate onesdirected by Olga González, is, for example, a work that “confronts us with gender violence in its most atrocious form: feminicide, while paying tribute to the seeking mothers who do not cease in their pursuit of justice.” .

“Through it we make a strong denunciation of the negligence of justice because women who have missing daughters have to search for them, find evidence, dig with their own nails. Having a missing daughter is a wound that never heals. It is a permanent anguish that finds no echo in justice.

We also want to say that when women disappear it is as if we all died. It sounds strange, however, it is not a woman who disappears but rather a society that does not value the life or independence of the people who make it up. It’s no small thing. One says, already chole with the femicides, or whatever. But no, we have to continue talking about it and put it on the table to shake us up and to know that it cannot continue to happen that women, or men, disappear, and we do not know where they are. Above all, that justice is so indolent with people who go through circumstances like that.

Pregnantfor its part, is a piece that It confronts us with that fundamental question for women about whether or not we want to be mothers. It is an intimate issue, although essential for society because we are the ones who engender society.. For Salmerón it is a work that actually talks more about non-motherhood. Appeal to women who They could not, or have not been able, to be mothers. The reasons for not being one are diverse – to be a mother too. They can be biological or a decision that has many aspects.”

Trilogy… ends on a lighter note. The lucky onesdirected by Silvia Ortega Vettoretti, is a fun farce that talks about women who have all their needs resolved, not only the fundamental ones, but also those of privilege. Apparently they would not even have anything to complain about, however, they also carry some burdens that have to do with gender roles, what is expected of them.

The play takes place in a retreat as a “reconstruction of the new Eves.” It’s a lot of fun because we make fun of ourselves and our privileged problems a little. Sometimes we believe that our problems are serious when, in the case of The lucky ones They all revolve around love and heartbreak, whether so-and-so or so-and-so left me. “There is no situation where your life is in danger.”

Teatro en fuga currently has the Mexico en Escena Artistic Groups stimulus from the System of Support for Creation and Cultural Projects to carry out this project.

The unfortunate ones will offer performances at the Arts Forum on Fridays of the season at 8 p.m., while Pregnant He will do it on Saturdays, at 7 p.m., and The lucky ones on Sundays, at 6 p.m. The National Center for the Arts is located at Río Churubusco 79, Country Club neighborhood.