Shoe examines the family dynamics and gender roles within a dysfunctional Mexican American family led by a matriarch who manipulates her grown children to remain under her roof as a way to deal with the enormous grief created when her spouse abandoned her and her children twelve years ago. Drawing inspiration from the nursery rhyme There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, the play creates an atmosphere of confinement and constriction as the protagonist yearns for a life outside of the family’s double-wide trailer in Texas. The play calls for an all-Latinx cast. While the characters are all Mexican American, the roles are open to any Latinx actor. It should be acknowledged that the script is still in progress. Rewrites and minor edits will likely occur when the play undergoes a rehearsal process for its world premiere.
Shoe
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Shoe
- Creators
- Marisela Treviño Orta - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Art Borreca (Advisor)Dare Clubb (Committee Member)Megan Gogerty (Committee Member)Lisa Schlesinger (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Theatre Arts
- Date degree season
- Spring 2018
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.ymuam99m
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- xvi, 147 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2018 Marisela Treviño Orta
- Language
- English
- Public Abstract (ETD)
Shoe examines the family dynamics and gender roles within a dysfunctional Mexican American family led by a matriarch who manipulates her grown children to remain under her roof as a way to deal with the enormous grief created when her spouse abandoned her and her children sixteen years ago. Drawing inspiration from the nursery rhyme There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, the play creates an atmosphere of confinement and constriction as the protagonist Marta yearns for a life outside of the family’s double-wide trailer in Texas. The play calls for an all-Latinx cast. While the characters are all Mexican American, the roles are open to any Latinx actor. It should be acknowledged that the script is still in progress. Rewrites and minor edits will likely occur when the play undergoes a rehearsal process for its world premiere.
- Academic Unit
- Theatre Arts
- Record Identifier
- 9983777106802771