Social Impact Theater Enables Mexican Women to Confront Gender-Based Violence Mayela Sanchez - Global Press Institute
go to original March 7, 2013

Three out of five women have suffered from some form of violence in Mexico. The play is part of a larger social impact theater project involving inmates at juvenile delinquency centers and prisons.

MEXICO CITY - Twenty women confront their struggles with gender-based violence through their roles in an adaptation of “Medea Material” that opened March 5 in Mexico City. The play is part of a broader social impact theater project that gives victims of violence and prisoners to address their issuses through theatrical work. The director says that the play is unique because it conceives of theater as a social service but also features professional quality.

The play is based on an adaptation by German playwright Heiner Müller of “Medea,” an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides. In the tragedy, Medea’s husband, Jason, is unfaithful, so she murders their two children out of revenge. Müller's work also raises the issue of Jason’s hunger for power.

Itari Marta, 35, who has worked as an actress for nearly 20 years, serves as the play’s director. She adapted Müller's work to incorporate the issues that each performer wants to work through.

The staging of the play is like a trip back in time. It showcases the different facets of women since the beginning of the 20th century through 18 Medeas. The actresses playing these Medeas range in age from 20 to 62.

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