IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
(CHICAGO premiere)
A new play by Caridad Svich based on Julia Álvarez's novel
Directed by Ricardo Gutiérrez
The Richard Christiansen Theater at The Biograph
2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60614
April 16-May 22, 2016
Run Time 1:40
Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, In The Time of the Butterflies, is a fictionalized account of the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic. The sisters inspired resistance cells throughout the country against the dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code name, were brutally murdered by the regime in 1960. With immersive video and animation dispersed across the stage, this epic production paints a visual dreamscape of the interior lives of the activist sisters, the beauty and ferocity of the natural world, and the music heard on the radio of the time.
“IMPASSIONED PERFORMANCES!
GORGEOUS VIDEO PROJECTIONS! ”
“Ricardo Gutiérrez’s production remarkably condenses thirteen years into just ninety minutes, while providing a moving, riveting story.”
“Caridad Svich has made my book spring to life on stage!”
“‘In the Time of the Butterflies’ is absorbing and gorgeous theatre.”
“An artistic success, a major dramatic accomplishment that turns the theatrical version into the natural and inevitable complement to the novel. ”
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