Las Borinquenas
Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 07:00pm
Ensemble Studio Theatre
545 West 52nd Street
Ensemble Studio Theatre/The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in collaboration with The Latinx Playwrights Circle & Boundless Theatre Company present
Las Borinqueñas
written by Nelson Diaz-Marcano, directed by Rebecca Aparicio
featuring Nicole Betancourt, Hanna Cheek*, Helen Coxe*, Guadalís Del Carmen, Maricelis Galanes, Maribel Martinez, Paul Niebanck, Ashley Marie Ortiz, & Mike Smith Rivera*
It's the 1950's in Puerto Rico and María, Fernanda, Yolanda, Rosa, and Chavela are fighting to live full lives in a changing country with crushing societal rules for women. In the United States, Dr. Gregory Pincus is on the verge of perfecting a miracle that could give them freedom - if only he could find test subjects to participate in preliminary trials. This is the story of the birth control pill and the women who risked everything for the chance to live free.
Running Time: 2 hours, including an intermission
