Phoolan is all of us: In Memory of Phoolan Devi
Angelina Llongueras
Friday March 06, 2009
$12 adv. $15 dr. - 8pm
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Phoolan is all of us: In Memory of Phoolan Devi. Written & performed by Angelina Llongueras. Additional texts by Arundathi Roy & Phoolan Devi. Directed by Raquel Capdet.
Phoolan is all of Us: In Memory of Phoolan Devi is one-woman show conceived as an homage to Phoolan Devi, an Indian woman of a low caste, who was a bandit, a member of Parliament and a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize who was murdered in 2001. Performed in both English and Catalan Phoolan is "document-theatre," with a style close to expressionism. The two characters in the piece blend into each other in a process of grieving and liberation that brings us closer to Phoolan Devi's spirit, and helps us recognize the obstacles and challenges of making ourselves heard. Phoolan is all of us was written for and premiered in Entepola (Encuentro de Teatro Popular Latinoamericano) in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a country with many Native languages which it ignores. Phoolan Devi spoke her own village dialect and this is one more reason why she was discriminated against.
The author of this play is a Catalan speaker, a language that has also been minoritized. She wrote a book on minoritized languages in Mexico and advocates for the right of these languages to access the stage. Her use of Catalan in this show is a call to awareness and linguistic respect and an artistc device to involve the audience in the difficulty of understanding "the other". Phoolan has so far been performed in diverse theatres and Cultural Centers In Barcelona, Madrid, Las Palmas, New York, Miami and Chicago.
Angelina Llongueras is a Catalonian actor, playwright, director and theater researcher with more than twenty years experience in the scenic arts in a continuous bridge between both Europe and the Americas. She is also the author of a book about theater in indigenous Mexican culture.
