Zoetrope

14 September–8 October 2023

Zoetrope tells the story of an underdog military postal officer with a dream. Until he dies. Then it tells the story of his ex-wife, her sister, his lover, their son, the playwright René Marqués, and El Grito de Lares­––Puerto Rico’s one full day of independence. Live-feed video and dance carry the play from Lares, Puerto Rico to Harlem, New York, and back as it flips between Spanish and English with supertitles in both languages throughout.

Opening night is on September 16th, the anniversary of “El Grito” – the call made by Father Miguel Hidalgo in 1810 to the Mexican people to rise up against the Spaniards after dealing with three centuries of Spanish Rule in Mexico.

About CABORCA

CABORCA is a bilingual ensemble working in theater and film under the direction of Javier Antonio González since 2009. The company’s 14 artists from Puerto Rico, the USA, China, and Korea draw on disciplinary backgrounds in theater, visual arts, postmodern dance, environmental design, and music. Holding particular space among the Puerto Rican diaspora, CABORCA continually reinvents its practices to produce reflections on colonial power.

Panel Discussion: 26 Sep, 6pm

In recognition of the 125th anniversary of the Hispanic-American War of 1898, join us for a conversation about the largely unspoken legacy of US imperialism in Puerto Rico and former colonies.