The Madres
Written by Stephanie Alison Walker
It's 1979 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where people are disappearing right off the street; the genocide waged by the military Junta against its own people is in full swing. Carolina and her mother, Josefina, are searching for their pregnant daughter and granddaughter, Belén, who has been missing for twelve weeks. When they receive a surprise visit first from a priest who is now the chaplain to the military at ESMA (one of the known concentration camps), and then by a soldier from the neighborhood who is also stationed at ESMA, they come up with a plan to try to see Belén one last time. Will it work? Will they be able to save her baby? Will they be able to save themselves?
The Madres is the companion play to The Abuelas.
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“This play manages to be hilarious and terrifying at the same moment so your heart is always in your throat. The way Walker showcases women’s use of humor as a strategy of resistance is brilliant. The way she demonstrates that with tyranny the most terrifying threats often come from within our own communities and social networks is urgently timely. This play needs to be seen by audiences right now.”