El Nogalar

By Tanya Saracho (CFA’98)

February 23 – 26, 2023

Studio ONE

In present-day Northern Mexico, the Galvan family returns to reclaim their pecan orchard after matriarch Maité has squandered the family’s money. Tragically, the land they once knew has slowly been taken over by a drug war. This modern adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard explores the complex relationships among a mother and her daughters as four women face the challenges of a dangerous and rapidly changing environment. (Concord.com)

[Saracho] first produced the play twelve years ago at Teatro Luna in Chicago, where it received rave reviews for the way it blended Spanish and English and gave the world a portrait of a matriarch, Maite Galvan, and her daughters Anita and Valeria, whose estate is vanishing beneath them, under siege by the ruthless narcotraficantes who have seized power in almost every corner of the country… This is a story about family, a story about la tierra, a story about what it means to be Mexican and what we take with us when we have no home left. ¡Que disfruten y aprendan!

Enzo Gonzales, Director