Greenway READS
Greenway Institute for the Arts and Greenway Court Theatre collaborate yearly to engage the students of Fairfax High, Gardena High, and View Park High School. The multi-disciplinary approach to programming will focus both on the thematic content of the novel as well as a way to bring this novel to life through arts education and special events. Every fall, Greenway Arts Alliance leads the Fairfax High School community and beyond in a community reading of a pre-selected novel.
High school students engage with the text in the classroom during a 5-week residency with a teaching artist who develops arts-based activities and workshops highlighting the novel’s themes. Then, our Greenway Court Theatre produces a stage version of the novel and hosts matinee performances for the students, including a post-show discussion with the cast. Students and teachers also have the chance to engage in the program through social media, contests, and a raffle.
The program will run from January 8, 2024 – February 15th, 2024. This year we selected Erika L. Sánchez’s award-winning novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Greenway Court Theatre is producing matinee show performances for participating classes. More information below:
Greenway Court Theatre Presents:
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Adapted for the stage by Isaac Gómez based on Erika L. Sánchez’s award-winning novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter follows Julia, a Chicago high school student as she navigates trials and tribulations of following her dreams of becoming a writer alongside the death of her sister, Olga—who might not have been quite as perfect as she seemed. This poignant and vibrant new work is a love story of young Chicanas who, in trying to find the truth about the people and the world around them, end up finding themselves.
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This production is in proud collaboration with Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble.
This production includes the following: Mature Themes, Mentions of Sexual Violence, Simulated Sex, Violence, Drug Use, Depiction of Death, Depictions of Self-Harm and Suicidality.
-Greenway Court Theatre