The Sins of Sor Juana
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 19, 2010
Closed Jul 25, 2010
Opened Jun 19, 2010
Closed Jul 25, 2010
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Goodman Theatre presents The Sins of Sor Juana, by Karen Zacarías, directed by Goodman Associate Director Henry Godinez. Winner of the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play (2000), the production is the centerpiece for the 2010 Latino Theatre Festival.
Legendary Mexican poet Juana Inés de la Cruz writes expressive, sensual verse at the Viceroy's court in the 1600's, a time when it was unfashionable--and sinful--for women to exercise their intellect. The Viceroy is jealous of Sor Juana's influence on his beautiful wife, the Vicereine, who has arranged a profitable marriage to endure that Sor Juana will always have a place at court. Believing his own marriage is threatened by Sor Juana's engagement, the Viceroy hires a charming, educated rogue to seduce her and destroy her reputation. When Sor Juana refuses to compromise her poetry for what the church ordains appropriate, she stands to lose everything she loves.
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Juana Ines de Asbaje y Ramirez de Santillana, aka Sor Juana, was born in 1648 near Mexico City. She was an intellectual prodigy who taught herself Spanish, Nahuatl, Latin, Greek, mathematics, theology, philosophy, physical sciences, rhetoric and literature -- and who, when she died in 1695 of cholera, was the most famous Spanish-language poet of the age.
Her wide-ranging intelligence is apparent from the start of Karen Zacarias' bioplay,
The Sins of Sor Juana, which is the centerpiece of the Goodman Theatre's fifth biennial Latino Theatre Festival. While there's little subtlety in the work or production -- as evidenced from the start by Todd Rosenthal's evocative set design -- it turns ou[...]