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Irma Herrera
Sep 8, 20194 min read
Pay It Forward
"Everyone please go see this show! You hear people say “Art is Resistance” . . . well this definitely fits that bill. You are taken on a...
Irma Herrera
Jun 29, 20194 min read
La Jungle? La Chancla?
Mathilde, s'il vous plaît répètez la prononciation du mot. I ask my teacher at Paris’ Alliance Française if she can repeat the...
Irma Herrera
Feb 15, 20194 min read
¿Hablas Español?
Topping the list of the many things I am grateful for is being a bilingual Spanish speaker. This was the language of our home and there...
Irma Herrera
Oct 23, 20184 min read
It's Showtime
Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? That’s me, and my director Rebecca Fisher, in front of The Marsh Theater before our tech rehearsal...
Irma Herrera
Sep 26, 20183 min read
One-Month Countdown
One month from today, October 25th, Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name? opens for a seven-week run at San Francisco's Marsh Theater. I...
Irma Herrera
Aug 25, 20183 min read
Two-Month Countdown
My one-woman show gets an extended run at The Marsh Theater in San Francisco starting two months from today. I am very honored to have a...
Irma Herrera
Jun 9, 20184 min read
Would YOU Change Your Name?
When we were young lawyers, a Chicana friend working as a public defender shared this story with me. She needed to interview a...
Irma Herrera
May 7, 20185 min read
Making Good Trouble
“You have a moral obligation, a mission and a mandate, to speak up, speak out, and get in good trouble. — Congressman John Lewis Last...
Irma Herrera
Mar 30, 20183 min read
It's Blanche, Not Blanca
“Your play reminded me of two stories that have stayed with me throughout my life. Both happened when I was 14." This is from an email I...
Irma Herrera
Jun 21, 20172 min read
Can you say refrigerator?
Can you say refrigerator? If so . . . you can learn anyone's name. In a recent blog I shared my conversation with a yoga instructor who...
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