Mother Tongue: Stories of Culture, Struggle, Identity, and Revolution is an original multilingual physical theater performance created by the Performance Project’s First Generation Ensemble. “Mother Tongue” is inspired by the experiences of the ensemble members, their families and communities who are from Congo/Tanzania, Bhutan/Nepal, South Sudan/Darfur, Holyoke, and Springfield, Massachusetts.
The 90 minute performance weaves together movement, music, dance, and stories in Arabic, Swahili, Nepali, Spanish, and English. “Mother Tongue” incorporates themes of language, culture, identity, diaspora, hypermasculinity, transphobia, racism, the school to prison pipeline and revolution. The performance will be held this Saturday, Sept. 28 at UMass Amherst in Bowker Auditorium in Stockbridge Hall. Tickets are $10-$25 for the general public, and free for UMass students and staff.
Appropriate for ages 12 and up