{"id":4055,"date":"2018-11-09T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2018-11-09T08:00:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T13:00:51","slug":"modern-language-dept-performs-diverse-theatrical-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4055","title":{"rendered":"Modern Language Dept. Performs Diverse Theatrical Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Lorin Brice Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Modern Language Department put on a theatrical production of Bot\u00e1nica in the Olin Recital Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Bot\u00e1nica was written by late Cuban-American Playwright Dolores Prida and first staged in 1991. Bot\u00e1nica is the third Spanish play produced by the department in three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The play portrays the cultural difficulties faced by a young woman when she returns home from college, having actively distanced herself from her Puerto Rican heritage. The dialogue featured in this production was mostly in Spanish, with English summaries provided for clarity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The play primarily revolves around the theme of identity while also exploring feminism, code switching and the realities that Hispanic women face in the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The play was overseen by Drs. Hancock-Parmer and Flores-Silva, who joined forces in order to expand opportunities for students to practice language in real cultural contexts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe play enriches Roanoke College as theater provides a meaningful tool for language acquisition, and it also introduces students to Hispanic cultures,\u201d said Hancock-Parmer, \u201cWe hope the play reminds all of us the importance of valuing diversity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flores-Silva stated that the theatrical experience was extremely personally rewarding as it allowed her to share her culture with others. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensemble member Alejandro Carino was excited to take part in the production as it focused on a struggle that many Latinos could relate to. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe experience of being in Bot\u00e1nica has helped me in my study of the Spanish language as the immersive experience helped truly bring the language to life,\u201d said senior Lindsey Camille Nanz. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Lorin Brice Hall The Modern Language Department put on a theatrical production of Bot\u00e1nica in the Olin Recital Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Bot\u00e1nica was written by late Cuban-American Playwright Dolores Prida and first staged in 1991. Bot\u00e1nica is the third Spanish play produced by the department in three years. The play portrays&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}