Esperanza Arts Center
presents
NICHOS
WORLD PREMIERE
Tanaquil Márquez | Ximena Violante | Calo Rosa
October 17-27 2024
What is the cultural essence that endures in Mexican identity?
Tanaquil Márquez Ximena Violante and Calo Rosa present NICHOS a multidisciplinary theater creation that traces the evolution of Mexican culture through 500 years of conquest colonization exile assimilation and cross-cultural generations.
Poetic humorous and painful Nichos is an epic play celebrating Mexico’s complexities color and magic.
Inspired by interviews and oral histories from the Philadelphia migrant community and their respective families in Mexico Nichos explores the question “When one leaves their country what do they take with them and what do they leave behind?” Nichos is a trilingual play in English Spanish and Nahuatl.
Performances
Thursday October 17 2024 7:00pm (Opening Night & Reception)
Friday October 18 2024 7:00pm
Saturday October 19 2024 7:00pm
Sunday October 20 2024 3:00pm
Wednesday October 23 2024 7:00pm
Thursday October 24 2024 7:00pm
Friday October 25 2024 7:00pm
Saturday October 26 2024 7:00pm
Sunday October 27 2024 3:00pm
TICKETS
EsperanzaArtsCenter.us
https://www.esperanzaartscenter.us/nichos/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Esperanza Arts Center, 4261 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, United States
