LAS MUJERES 

PLAY SYNOPSIS

Las Mujeres is a journey through time as we meet the famous Latinas of Herstory's past. Marlene, a workaholic engineer who wouldn’t call herself a feminist, has just been the only womyn at her firm promoted to a managerial position. After a devastating encounter, Marlene finds reality has faded away and her kitchen becomes... a party. The guests? Frida Kahlo, Rita Hayworth, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and Minerva Mirabal. Don’t know them? You will. These remarkable womyn share their stories of art, and Revolucion! with the comfortable and complacent Marlene, but will she wake up?

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“Those of us who make a difference are the ones they don’t expect to fight back.”- Las Mujeres 

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PLAY HERSTORY

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Power Street Theatre Company with the collaboration of West Kensington Ministry presented Las Mujeres by Erlina Ortiz and Directed by Tamanya Garza, a play centering the voices of distinguished womyn from Herstory’s past. Las Mujeres premiered at West Kensington Ministry in March 2018 for Womyn’s Herstory Month. 

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PSTC partnered with GALAEI’s youth program to exhibit an artistic project entitled, El Altar based off of the play Las Mujeres. In conjunction to the youth exhibition, PSTC also partnered with New Voices Philadelphia to screen a series of interviews highlighting various Womyn of Color in positions of leadership in Philadelphia entitled Voces de Mujeres.