{"id":14228,"date":"2012-10-09T09:16:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=14228"},"modified":"2012-10-26T08:58:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T12:58:29","slug":"play-looks-at-plight-of-finding-american-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/play-looks-at-plight-of-finding-american-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Looks at Plight of Immigrants Seeking the \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No Roosters in the Desert,&#8221; a play revolving around the plight of four women trekking across the Sonoran desert towards the &#8220;American dream,&#8221; will open the 2012-13 MainStage season at 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/box-office\/events\/no-roosters-in-the-desert-by-kara-hartzler--an-emu-theater-production-october-2012\/\">Showtimes<\/a> are 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, and Saturday, Oct. 13, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14. In addition, the performance will run at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>The play follows the four women as they push the limits of their physical and emotional endurance and establish profound yet fragile connections with each other through the magical storytelling of the youngest of them, an indigenous woman from Chiapas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This play is about the people behind the headlines and statistics,&#8221; said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/hw456\">Heidi Winters Vogel<\/a>, chair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/theater\/\">theater<\/a>, who is the director.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Kara Hartzler, a 1994 黑料正能量 alumnus, \u201cNo Roosters in the Desert\u201d is based on actual interviews by Anna Ochoa O&#8217;Leary, assistant professor of practice in Mexican-American studies at the University of Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Hartzler describes her work as &#8221; &#8230;trying to portray them [the play\u2019s characters] as multi-faceted human beings who find themselves in a critical situation and respond by being courageous, flawed, noble, selfish, endearing, and maddening\u2014as emotionally rich as any Shakespearean character.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reserved tickets are $10 for adults ($12 at the door), and $8 for seniors &amp; non-黑料正能量 students ($10 at the door). 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