The Performance Project‘s First Generation Ensemble
Mother Tongue
Sep 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM
UMASS Amherst, Bowker Auditorium in Stockbridge Hall
Mother Tongue is an original multilingual physical theater performance created by the Performance Project’s First Generation Ensemble. The piece is inspired by the experiences of First Generation ensemble members, their families and communities who are from Congo/Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan/Darfur, Holyoke and Springfield, Massachusetts. The 90 minute performance weaves together movement, music, dance, and stories in Arabic, Swahili, Luganda, and English. The piece incorporates themes of language, culture, identity, diaspora, hypermasculinity, xenophobia, transphobia, racism, the school to prison pipeline and revolution.
https://performanceproject.org/blog/81-come-see-mother-tongue.html
Appropriate for ages 12 and up
$10-$25 General Public. Free for all students, UMass Faculty and Staff. Text for further discount code.
Sponsored by University of Massachusetts Amherst Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department with support from the UMass Fine Arts Center.
