I’m working away on my new one-woman show, Class Migrant: de Aquí y de Allá, and I’ll be presenting a 20-minute excerpt as part of Tell It On Tuesday, the monthly program at The Berkeley Marsh Theater that features developing work. If you live in the SF Bay Area (esp. in the East Bay) join us on Tuesday 1/28 at 7 pm in Downtown Berkeley. Tickets are $10 (plus service fee). Available at this link, or you can buy tickets at the door.
I am happy to report that Tell It On Tuesday is live-streamed on The Marsh’s YouTube channel, so those who live elsewhere (or can’t get to the theater) can watch it in the comfort of their home at this link.
Irma Herrera, Class Migrant: de Aquí y de Allá (Excerpt)
Is it the grammar error, the less-than-perfect teeth, or the silence when the conversation turns to childhood summer vacations? What clues reveal whether we grew up poor, middle class, or downright rich? Class Migrant explores the joy and the sadness that come with class mobility. What can she do with all the rage she feels when people born on third base believe they’ve hit a triple every time?
Are you a class migrant? Are your socio-economic circumstances much better than those of your family of origin? I would love to hear about your experiences on this topic.
As many of you are not on social media, you probably have not seen the short video clips created to promote my show. Have a look.
In future blogs, I’ll write about issues related to the Trump 2.0 Administration’s drastic rollback of programs created to advance opportunities. For now, my focus is on telling personal stories that highlight how our nation’s history of discrimination and segregation created the gross wealth inequities we see all around us and to explore how opportunity hoarding will impede the socio-economic mobility of ALL poor and working-class people.
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