Laguna La Cruz, a local wetland in Bahia Kino, Mexico
Photos taken by Andrés Felipe Jiménez.
Photos taken by Andrés Felipe Jiménez.
WE'VE GONE GLOBAL
In October 2023, HERO Theatre and The Prescott College Kino Bay Center in Sonora, Mexico entered into a special collaboration, introducing the community of Bahía Kino, Mexico to theatre through Nuestro Planeta: MEXICO, Bahía Kino.
The play, devised with the local Bahía Kino community members and directed by artistic director Elisa Bocanegra, involves themes surrounding marine biology wildlife and ocean sustainability. One of its main focuses is on Estero Santa Cruz, an ecologically important wetland and Ramsar site, home to 220 species of birds, like pelicans and ospreys. Bocanegra worked alongside the community, taught acting techniques to them, and gave them a creative outlet to share their own environmental activism and the importance of their wetlands.
HERO Theatre continues to research the beautiful flora and fauna of Mexico, and is grateful for the warmth community members have shown, forging alliances with the community of Bahía Kino and other parts of Mexico.
The play, devised with the local Bahía Kino community members and directed by artistic director Elisa Bocanegra, involves themes surrounding marine biology wildlife and ocean sustainability. One of its main focuses is on Estero Santa Cruz, an ecologically important wetland and Ramsar site, home to 220 species of birds, like pelicans and ospreys. Bocanegra worked alongside the community, taught acting techniques to them, and gave them a creative outlet to share their own environmental activism and the importance of their wetlands.
HERO Theatre continues to research the beautiful flora and fauna of Mexico, and is grateful for the warmth community members have shown, forging alliances with the community of Bahía Kino and other parts of Mexico.
Photos by Andrés Felipe Jiménez (top row and bottom right) and Ulises Rancaño (bottom left and bottom middle).
STAY TUNED!
We will be returning to Mexico for a second collaboration with Prescott College's Kino Bay Center in January 2025! Stay tuned for, "THE YOUNG DOLPHINS", an environmental youth play inspired by our work in Mexico. Presented as a co-production with Inner-City Arts in Los Angeles!
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