Overview
Synopsis
Young women are disappearing in Ciudad Juarez. At the factories near the border, more and more coveted seats are left empty. In Lote Bravo, however, on the outskirts of town, these women’s bodies turn up. One of the missing is Juanda’s teenage daughter, Raquel. Desperate to understand what has happened to her daughter, Juanda prays to the folk saint, La Santa Muerte. La Santa Muerte shows Juanda visions of her daughter’s life and death -- revealing that Raquel had hopes, dreams, and enormous courage that her mother never knew. With tenderness, dark beauty, and enormous power, Hillary Bettis’ The Ghosts of Lote Bravo is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in a place surrounded by violence.
**Note: Bettis writes in her foreword: “Since 1994 Lote Bravo, a small area near the airport in Ciudad Juarez, has become the dumping ground for hundreds of brutally murdered women. It was also the same year American corporations, through NAFTA, began opening countless maquiladoras that only employed women.”
Show Information
- Book
- Hillary Bettis
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 2015
- Genres
- Drama, Fairy Tale/Fantasy
- Settings
- Contemporary, Fantasy/Imaginary, Multiple Settings
- Time & Place
- ciudad juárez, mexico. present (2015), and immediate past.
- Cast Size
- medium
- Orchestra Size
- None
- Dancing
- None
- Ideal For
- Includes Late Teen, Adult, Mature Adult, Elderly, Young Adult Characters, Medium Cast
Context
The Ghosts of Lote Bravo was included as part of the 2015 Kilroys List, which features great new plays written by female or transgender playwrights.
Here are some links to resources that may help you better understand the play: Maquiladoras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquiladora NAFTA:http://womenontheborder.org/2011/06/gender-globalization-and-the-women-of-the-maquiladoras-before-and-after-nafta/ Femicide in Juarez:
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Characters
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Lead |
Female |
Spoken |
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Lead |
Female |
Spoken |
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Lead |
Female |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Male |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Female |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Male |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Male |
Spoken |
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Featured |
Male |
Spoken |
Songs
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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