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The Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance and director Laura Hope kick off the 2012-2013 season with the New Orleans premiere of Tanya Saracho’s El Nogalar, an explosive tale of humor and heartache in today’s changing Mexico.
El Nogalar (The Pecan Orchard) is a contemporary adaptation inspired by Anton Chekhov’s classic The Cherry Orchard. In Chekhov’s classic, the family comes home a few months before they lose their orchard due to debt. Similarly, El Nogalar finds an upper-class Mexican family about to lose their orchard. Set in present-day Northern Mexico, it charts the family’s experience as their way of life is threatened by encroaching drug cartels, violence and economic upheaval.
El Nogalar is a comical and moving story about family, self-identity and how one defines home when it is set against the encroaching issues plaguing Mexico today.
The Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance and director Laura Hope kick off the 2012-2013 season with the New Orleans premiere of Tanya Saracho’s El Nogalar, an explosive tale of humor and heartache in today’s changing Mexico.
El Nogalar (The Pecan Orchard) is a contemporary adaptation inspired by Anton Chekhov’s classic The Cherry Orchard. In Chekhov’s classic, the family comes home a few months before they lose their orchard due to debt. Similarly, El Nogalar finds an upper-class Mexican family about to lose their orchard. Set in present-day Northern Mexico, it charts the family’s experience as their way of life is threatened by encroaching drug cartels, violence and economic upheaval.
El Nogalar is a comical and moving story about family, self-identity and how one defines home when it is set against the encroaching issues plaguing Mexico today.
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