{"id":7114,"date":"2016-01-29T10:43:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T14:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:40:27","slug":"familycrimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/familycrimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Features Work of K Senior Student Playwright"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cast of the Festival Playhouse production of FAMILY CRIMES (photo by Emily Salswedel \u201816)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Playwright and director Belinda McCauley \u201916<\/strong> presents her one-act play, Family Crimes<\/em>, in the Dungeon Theatre on Thursday, February 11, through Sunday, February 14. The four performances are part of Kalamazoo College\u2019s Senior Performance Series.<\/p>\n

The play centers on a family of three generations of Latina women who have made enormous sacrifices in their pasts, resulting in long held secrets. \u201cEach must decide what she values and what family means to her as these secrets are revealed to the audience and each other,\u201d says McCauley.<\/p>\n

Cast member Johanna Keller Flores \u201918<\/strong> (Marta) stresses the role of race in the story: \u201cThe play is a depiction of a family battling its demons like any other, but recognizes the damage racism, machismo and prejudice can inflict on relationships and actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The result, according to actress Aliera Morasch \u201916<\/strong> (Estela), is a complex and deeply layered story. \u201cI am honored to be part of a production that recognizes my body and my family\u2019s story through developed, flawed, and multi-dimensional characters,\u201d says Morasch. “Family Crimes<\/em> challenges me to think about identity, family dynamics, and family histories in a new and complex way. Its blend of secrets, race, abandonment, love, sexuality and morality makes for dynamic storytelling that is simultaneously haunting and uplifting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets are free for Kalamazoo College community members (students, faculty and staff) and five dollars for general admission. Thursday\u2019s show begins at 7:30 p.m.; curtain rises at 8 p.m for Friday and Saturday\u2019s performances and at 2 p.m. for Sunday\u2019s concluding production. Call 269.337.7333 for reservations. Tickets also may be purchased at the door one hour before performance. The Dungeon Theatre is located in the Light Fine Arts Building on Kalamazoo College\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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presents her one-act play, <em>Family Crimes<\/em>, in the Dungeon Theatre on Thursday, February 11, through Sunday, February 14. The four performances are part of Kalamazoo College\u2019s Senior Performance Series.<\/p>\n<p>The play centers on a family of three generations of Latina women who have made enormous sacrifices in their pasts, resulting in long held secrets. \u201cEach must decide what she values and what family means to her as these secrets are revealed to the audience and each other,\u201d says McCauley.<\/p>\n<p>Cast member <strong>Johanna Keller Flores \u201918<\/strong> (Marta) stresses the role of race in the story: \u201cThe play is a depiction of a family battling its demons like any other, but recognizes the damage racism, machismo and prejudice can inflict on relationships and actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The result, according to actress <strong>Aliera Morasch \u201916<\/strong> (Estela), is a complex and deeply layered story. \u201cI am honored to be part of a production that recognizes my body and my family\u2019s story through developed, flawed, and multi-dimensional characters,\u201d says Morasch. “<em>Family Crimes<\/em> challenges me to think about identity, family dynamics, and family histories in a new and complex way. Its blend of secrets, race, abandonment, love, sexuality and morality makes for dynamic storytelling that is simultaneously haunting and uplifting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are free for Kalamazoo College community members (students, faculty and staff) and five dollars for general admission. Thursday\u2019s show begins at 7:30 p.m.; curtain rises at 8 p.m for Friday and Saturday\u2019s performances and at 2 p.m. for Sunday\u2019s concluding production. Call 269.337.7333 for reservations. Tickets also may be purchased at the door one hour before performance. The Dungeon Theatre is located in the Light Fine Arts Building on Kalamazoo College\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7114"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9043,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7114\/revisions\/9043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7114"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=7114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}