08 (English): Madre by Beatriz Pizano, Part 3

2019-04-13

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It's the Year of Disasters. Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her. This is third (and final) instalment of our presentation of Madre, by Beatriz Pizano. This episo...

It's the Year of Disasters.

Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her.

This is third (and final) instalment of our presentation of Madre, by Beatriz Pizano. This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.

The story so far:

It's "the year of disasters", according to Julia. She is still denying her Alzheimer’s, despite being diagnosed by 2 different doctors. Angela is left alone to figure out the reality of the situation.

Credits:

Marcia Benett as Julia

Kim Nelson as Angela

Margarita Valderamma as the young Julia

Carlos Diaz as Jorge + the Cab driver

Rosalba Martinni as Donna Anna + the female Doctor

Monica Garrido as Leonila / Secretary / TV Announcer

Augusto Bitter as the male Doctor / Doorman

Dramaturgy by Emma Tibaldo

Direction by Carlos Diaz

Original sound Design by Thomas Ryder-Payne

New music by Marcelo Puente

Production, editing, and additional sound design by Charles Ketchabaw and Aidan McMahon

Translation and Script co-ordination by Bruce Gibbons Fell

Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The City of Toronto, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and Playwrights Workshop Montreal’s Glassco translation residency in Tadoussac.

Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido.

For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook.

Photo of Rosa Laborde by John Lauener.

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