Fronteras Americanas by Guillermo Verdecchia

Fronteras Americanas by Guillermo Verdecchia

Fuelled by equal parts outrage, intelligence and wit, Fronteras Americanas re-creates one person's struggle to construct a home between two cultures, while exploding the images and constructs built up around Latinos and Latin America. This one-person play works through bold juxtapositions and satiric reference points: Simón Bolívar and Speedy Gonzales; Columbus and Fodor's travel guides; Ricky Ricardo and the Latin Lover; 'La Bamba' and Placido Domingo; Carlos Fuentes and American made-for-TV drug-wars movies. Verdecchia twirls stereotypes and clichés, offers comparative histories, examines myths and mysticism, and provides lessons in language and dancing.

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Guillermo Verdecchia is a drama, fiction, and film writer, as well as a director, dramaturge, actor, and translator whose work has been seen and heard on stages, screens, and radio stations across the country and around the world. For his film Crucero/Crossroads, he received the Governor General's Prize for Drama, the Chalmers Canadian Play Award four times, the Dora and Jessie Awards, and several film festival accolades. Marcus Youssef is a writer and performer who contributes drama, commentary, and documentary to a variety of CBC shows. He also contributes to journals including Vancouver Magazine, Georgia Straight, Rice Paper, and This Magazine on a regular basis. For many years, Youssef has also devoted himself to a number of community-based advocacy projects aimed at achieving political and social change through the use of literature and/or theatre.