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GLASS HALF FULL THEATRE PRESENTS

YAMEL CUCUY

OCTOBER 11 - 19 | 8:00 P.M. | GROUND FLOOR THEATER

Yamel Cucuy, an original play award-winning play by Glass Half Full Theatre, returns to Austin before heading to Los Angeles.

Yamel Cucuy is the story of a girl on the precipice of adulthood, contending with the physical and metaphysical violence of borders. Yamel is hunted by immigration agents while haunted by specters from the folklore of her youth in Mexico. On the shadowy frontier between worlds, she forges her own spirit of courage and wisdom, in the refusal to be “taken away,” either by legendary phantoms or agents of human law. Set to an original score of indigenous percussion and folkloric guitar, Yamel Cucuy blends sophisticated puppetry with live actors and draws upon frightening folk tales and modern horror movies to create a terrifying psychological landscape of pitfalls both legal and spiritual. Created for adult audiences. Teens welcome.

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Event Details

• Date: Friday, October 11, 2024 - Saturday, October 19, 2024
• Time: 8:00 P.M.
• Venue: Ground Floor Theatre
• Website: https://www.glasshalffulltheatre.com/

Ticket Information

• Cost: $25.00 - $45.00

Presenter Details

• Name: Glass Half Full Theatre

Glass Half Full Theatre has created original performance in Austin, Texas since 2011. Our local performances have served over 40,000 audience members, and our touring performances have toured around Texas and nationally, performing for more than 100,000 people at 50+ performing arts venues in over 30 states.

Our key constituencies identify as Latine, Multilingual, Youth and Family, and LGBTQIA+. We serve these constituencies with opportunities for artistic participation through workshops and collaborative discussion, and performances that represent their stories with care and complexity. Our performances cover topics including global and local environmental injustice, gender rights, Queer narratives, and diverse Latine experiences. Since 2019, the majority of our work has been bilingual Spanish/English.

Our productions are developed by the Producing Artistic Directors (Gricelda Silva and Caroline Reck) in collaboration with a diverse team of contracted artists (actors, puppeteers, composers, choreographers, and designers.

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