[il-talk] FW: Audio Description + Touch Tour for LA RUTA

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From: Amy Peterson <Amy at equipforequality.org> 
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 7:44 AM
To: Amy Peterson <Amy at equipforequality.org>
Subject: FW: Audio Description + Touch Tour for LA RUTA

FYI

From: Evan Hatfield [mailto:ehatfield at steppenwolf.org] 
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2019 1:56 PM
To: Access
Subject: Audio Description + Touch Tour for LA RUTA

Hi, everyone!

Our performance of La Ruta featuring Audio Description and a pre-show Touch
Tour is next Sunday, January 13. 

Tickets are discounted to $20 for people utilizing the services, as well as
one companion. More information about the show is below.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Evan 

La Ruta

Written by Isaac Gomez

Directed by ensemble member Sandra Marquez

Date: Sunday, January 13

Where: Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N Halsted 

Front Bar open: 8am

Main lobby open:  <https://owa.steppenwolf.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> 1pm

Touch tour/conversation: 1:30pm 

Curtain:  <https://owa.steppenwolf.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> 3pm 

Show length: 95 minutes, presented without an intermission.

Captioned post-show discussion: 4:40pm to 5pm

ABOUT THE SHOW

To the U.S.-owned factories in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, La Ruta is just a bus.
But to the women who live, work and often disappear along the route, it's so
much more than that. Inspired by real testimonies, and using live music to
evoke factory work and protest marches, La Ruta is a visceral unearthing of
secrets buried in the desert and a celebration of the Mexican women who
stand resiliently in the wake of loss.

Isaac Gomez is an award-winning Chicago-based playwright, originally from El
Paso, Texas/Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. An important work from a powerful young
voice, we are proud to feature the world premiere of Isaac Gomez’s La Ruta
with Sandra Marquez in her Steppenwolf directing debut and an all-female
cast of Chicago’s most dynamic Latinx artists.

FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT

“Every single woman in this play is based on a real person. And although
some names have been changed for their protection, the violence they face
and their resilience have not. I made a promise to these women that their
stories would be heard by as many people as humanly possible, and through
this world premiere at Steppenwolf, we are one step closer to keeping that
promise – to bear witness and carry their stories forward. As a queer
Mexicano from the border, I owe my entire existence to Mexican women. This
play is for them. Para todas. Para siempre.”

Featuring ensemble member Karen Rodriguez, with Charín Alvarez, Cher
Álvarez, Laura Crotte, Sandra Delgado, Mari Marroquin, Alice da Cunha and
Isabella Gerasole.

Audio Description by Jack Miggins

BOX OFFICE

To order tickets over email, please send your request to
access at steppenwolf.org <mailto:access at steppenwolf.org> .

Ordering in person or over the phone? Please tell the operator that you’re
interested in audio description – that helps us find you the best spot in
the theatre.

To order tickets online or for more information about the plays and
Steppenwolf, please visit www.steppenwolf.org <http://www.steppenwolf.org> .

In person 1650 N Halsted

Phone (312) 335-1650 

E-mail access at steppenwolf.org <mailto:access at steppenwolf.org> 

Box Office Hours

Open 7 days a week except for certain major holidays 

11 AM to 5 PM Tue-Sat & 1 PM to 5 PM Sun and Mon

Open until 7 PM on days with evening performances

Steppenwolf is located near all forms of public transportation and is
wheelchair accessible.  Street and lot parking are available.  Assistive
listening devices are available in the Downstairs and Upstairs Theatres, and
large print programs are available for every performance.

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