StoneHeart
by Georgina Escobar
A deconstructed Western that explores the societal constructs of femininity and class through the lens and experience of Birdie Zermani. As her mind deteriorates and the webs of abandonment trap her in her past, our aging matriarch is launched into a fabula that mixes the western genre with Latin American history and myth as we watch the deterioration of a family in Ciudad Juarez in the late 1980s, told through...
A deconstructed Western that explores the societal constructs of femininity and class through the lens and experience of Birdie Zermani. As her mind deteriorates and the webs of abandonment trap her in her past, our aging matriarch is launched into a fabula that mixes the western genre with Latin American history and myth as we watch the deterioration of a family in Ciudad Juarez in the late 1980s, told through her eyes. Forbidden love, mental illness and suicide come together in a visceral family drama where the Zermanis are forced to cope with the death of their country, their loved ones, and their legacy amidst the rise of a new generation of corrupted youth and cartel violence.
Stoneheart was created at the Maria Irene Fornés Writing Workshop (2017-18), MacDowell Colony (2018), Djerassi Artist Residency (2018) and was a Finalist for the National Playwrights Conference at the O'Neill (2019) and a Kilroy's List play (2019)
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