The Panza Monologues, Second Edition

Virginia Grise; Irma Mayorga

Published by University of Texas Press 2014

The Panza Monologues, Second Edition

Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga
Preface by: Tiffany Ana López

https://doi.org/10.7560/749092

Overview
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About this book

The Panza Monologues is an original solo performance piece based on women's stories about their panzas—tú sabes—that roll of belly we all try to hide. Written, compiled, and collected by Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga and fashioned into a tour-de-force solo performance, The Panza Monologues features the words of Chicanas speaking with humor and candor. Their stories boldly place the panza front and center as a symbol that reveals the lurking truths about women's thoughts, lives, loves, abuses, and living conditions. This second edition of The Panza Monologues presents the performance script in its entirety, as well as a rich supporting cast of dramaturgical and pedagogical materials. These include a narrative history of the play’s development by the playwrights; critical materials that enhance and expand upon the script’s themes and ideas (a short introduction to San Antonio, where the play was developed; playwright autogeographies; and a manifesto on women of color making theater); and a selection of pedagogical and creative ideas, including guidelines and advice for staging a production of the play and for teaching it in the classroom, community-making activities (screenings, hosting “Panza Parties,” community/group discussions), and creative writing activities connected to the play.

Author / Editor information

A playwright and performance artist, Grise is a member of the Women’s Project Playwrights’ Lab and a recipient of the Princess Grace Award in Theatre Directing and the Playwrights’ Center’s Jerome Fellowship. Her play blu received the Yale Drama Series Award and was published by Yale University Press. Her other plays include Making Myth, Cuerpo Descubierto, rasgos asiaticos, and a farm for meme.

Tejana, San Antonio native, and Army brat, Irma Mayorga is a scholar and award-winning playwright, whose work in theater also includes directing and dramaturgy. She is Assistant Professor of Theater at Dartmouth College and has also served as a cultural worker in numerous people of color arts and community organizations.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Tiffany Ana López Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Muchas Many Thank-Yous to All Our Panza Allies Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Introducción to the Second Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Organization of the Book Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxv
One/Uno The Panza Monologues: From Cuentos to DVD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Dos/Two Script of The Panza Monologues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Three/Tres Tejana Topographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Cuatro/Four A DIY Production Manual Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Five/Cinco Pedagogy of the Panza: A Reading, Creative Writing, and Discussion Guide for The Panza Monologues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Additional Art Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Edition: Second Edition
Audience: General/trade;

eBook

Published: January 6, 2014
ISBN: 9780292754065