[Antiracism] NWT Summer Preview..

[Yvonne Mendez]

Dear Friend and Colleague

We are beginning our season of Summer Theater!

I am writing to give you a preview of our events and ask your help in 
getting the word out to the general community. If you are able to pass 
this email along to friends and colleagues or to your 
organization/dept. list serve, OR if you are a part of a summer event 
and are willing to have a stack of our flyers or brochures at your 
event, OR if you are teaching or involved in summer workshops and would 
like a group of your students or colleagues to come to any of the 
events, OR any other creative support – I’d love to hear from you!

So please take the time to review the season list and descriptions 
below and then, if you are able to help get the word out in some 
manner, please do so! if you need brochures, flyers or additional 
information, email me back.

I also hope that you are able to come and see these brilliant artists 
up front and personal. I am able to offer a pair of complimentary 
tickets for those who book a group sale of 15 or more people. Please 
call or email me back if this applies to you.

Again, thank you for all your support of our programming and hope to 
see you in the theater!



Yvonne Mendez
New WORLD Theater



NEW WORKS FOR A NEW WORLD PLAYLAB - SUMMER 2005

New Works for a New WORLD, New WORLD Theater’s multi-faceted summer 
play laboratory is designed to facilitate the development of theater 
works by established and emerging artists of color.  Our 2005 playlab 
features a summer of taiko & ritual, Spanish-language performance, 
African American storytelling, dynamic youth voices and of course, 
lively dialogue between artists and audiences during our featured Open 
Studios.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 17 and 18 at 8 pm
New WORLD Theater in association with Great Leap and San Jose Taiko 
presents The Triangle Project , JOURNEY OF THE DANDELION
Marking the 60th Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 
The Triangle Project: Journey of the Dandelion is an international 
collaboration between three brilliant women artists of Japanese origin: 
Yoko Fujimoto of KODO, PJ Hirabayashi of San Jose Taiko, and Nobuko 
Miyamoto of Great Leap. This extraordinary presentation blends personal 
stories, traditional Japanese folk and contemporary original music, the 
rhythms of taiko drumming and dance. Performance turns to ritual as 
these artists shift the winds of fear and violence and reveal the 
collective power and connection of all humanity.


SATURDAY, JUNE 18
OPEN STUDIO- 12 noon (Free Event. Reservations required)
YOU CAN’T JUDGE A BOOK BY LOOKING AT THE COVER:
Sayings From The Life And Writings Of  Junebug Jabbo Jones, The 
Younger, Volume II
Here comes another episode of Junebug Jabbo Jones, African American 
folk hero and infamous narrator of tales. With lots of humor and in his 
own unique turn-of-phrase style, Junebug relates the story of “Po” 
Tatum, nicknamed "Po" “ ‘cause he liked to eat spuds". Junebug relates 
Po's story from early boyhood in Pike County, Mississippi to his last 
desperate hours on earth, in a westside Chicago building. Po is a 
symbol of many black young people who move from their rural, southern 
homes to hard northern cities.  It is a tale that in the end, presents 
many thought-provoking issues to consider.



FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 24 and JUNE 25 at 8 pm	
Mujeres en Ritual - FRONTERAS DESVIADAS/DEVIANT BORDERS
In this bi-national collaboration, New WORLD Theater's Artistic 
Director, Andrea Assaf, and Mujeres en Ritual's Artistic Director, Dora 
Arreola, team up to investigate the exploitation of women in 
maquiladoras and sexual tourism in the Tijuana-San Diego region (the 
most frequently crossed border in the world). A tour guide, El Chamuco, 
leads us on a journey "to the other side" of sexuality, deviance and 
culture. The text includes poetry created in collaboration with women 
in surrounding communities. The choreography combines traditional 
dances from Mexico with experimental movement.  This is a bilingual 
production, and includes adult themes/content.


SATURDAY, JUNE 24
OPEN STUDIO - 12 noon (Free Event. Reservations required)
A staged reading of FUR by MIGDALIA CRUZ
A post-apocalyptic tale of unrequited love, FUR is the story of 
Citrona, a hirsute side-show performer … who loves Nena, an animal 
trapper … who loves Michael, a pet shop owner … who loves Citrona and 
keeps her in a cage.  This new twist on the “beauty and the beast” 
story is a Spanish translation-in-progress and is a bilingual event. 
The staged reading, directed by Priscilla Page of New WORLD Theater and 
the UMass/Amherst Theater Department, features Greta Purnima Sanchez as 
Citrona (reprising her role from the 1997 Campo Santo production in San 
Francisco) and Guillermo B. Irizarry (UMass/Amherst) as Michael.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 8 and 9 at 8 pm
PROJECT 2050 ON THE FRONTLINES: SEX, WAR, AND LIES.
What is the connection between the "War on Terror" and the "War on 
Drugs?" How can young people fight the global AIDS epidemic? How 
reliable is the information we get from the media? This year's Project 
2050 Retreat will explore the ways in which youth find themselves "on 
the front lines" of a number of contemporary struggles. From military 
recruitment of young people of color in public schools to homophobia 
and domestic violence, the youth will explore and creatively respond to 
the "war zones" they encounter at home and abroad.

Performances take place at Amherst College Holden Theater Complex. 
Tickets for all events except Open Studios are: $12 for the general 
public; $8-low income patrons and seniors; $5-children and students 
(with current I.D.) Tickets available through the Fine Arts Center Box 
Office, 413-545-2511. Playlab and Project 2050 performances are at 8 
p.m. Open Studio events are free, but have very limited seating and 
require advance reservations. Call 413-545-1972 for Open Studio 
reservations only.

Visit our website at www.newworldtheater.org

If you have received this email in error or received it more than once, 
please accept our apologies and respond to yvonne at admin.umass.edu.

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