Jan 27 2012
El Nogalar: Up and Coming Playwright Tanya Saracho Adapts Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard
Up and coming Mexican playwright Tanya Saracho has written a new play, El Nogalar. Inspired by Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Saracho tells the story of the privileged Maité Galvan, her daughters Valeria and Anita and their housekeeper Dunia. Greeting the family home in northern Mexico after years of living in the U.S. is a new and brutal climate and class divide due to the drug cartels. Adjusting to the new changes does not come easily for Maité and her family who continue to spend their money and risk losing their home and beloved pecan orchard to a drug cartel.
On January 27, 2012, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar interviewed Tanya Saracho in Los Angeles before the West Coast Premiere of El Nogalar.
Watch a video of interview here:
Visit www.fountaintheatre.com for more information about the play.
Martina Steiner recorded this interview.
One Response to “El Nogalar: Up and Coming Playwright Tanya Saracho Adapts Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard”
The actors transmit the power of the live changes in Mexico that the daily headlines about and from Mexico don’t. We recommend it. Thank you Tanya Saracho and Fountain Theatre.