The theatre department is closing out the year with a 4-show run of “Real Women Have Curves” by Josefina Lopez May 1,2 and 3 at 7:30, with a 2 show on the 3, directed by two student directors Hector Vizcarra and Yari Reyes Vaquedano.
The play follows five Latina women working in a dress factory, dealing with deadlines, fear of deportation and inner and financial struggles Reyes Vaquedano explained.
“It’s a story about strength, it’s a story about resilience, it’s a story about love and it’s a story about a community ending triumphant against fear” Reyes Vaquedano said. Both directors talked about how the show at its core is about strength and community.
When asked what they hope the audience would take away from this play Vizcarra said, “I would hope that this play humanizes people, specifically the undocumented community cause a lot of times media wants to paint a very black and white picture of the undocumented community here and i think how we’ve seen recently how Bakersfield was hit by the ICE raids that everything it is not that black and white”
Reyes Vaquedano hopes “when the show’s done the audience has at least changed their mind about at least something that they thought about these types of characters, the people that they represent.”
Actress Maria Gonzales who plays the main character Ana said, “My favorite part has been getting to bond with other Latinas in the show and all of us having conversations about similar experiences we’ve had in our lives that sort of relate back to the show, it’s been nice having people who understand.”
Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for the general public, the cheapest tickets of any show at BC this year. It will be performed in PAC 107 the black box theatre.
