BLACKFACE y otras Vergüenzas

When: Wednesday February 26 @ 7 PM

Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente

Director: Silvia Albert Sopale

Language: Spanish

As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for the theater production of BLACKFACE y otras Vergüenzas. This play is the second one woman spectacle produced by No es País Para Negras Theater Company. The Company’s name refers to the title of the first show by playwright, director and actor Silvia Albert Sopale, “No es país para negras”. Blackface dwells on white folks who paint their faces black to caricature black folks. A practice believed to have originated in nineteenth century “minstrel” shows in the United States originally harks back to “Siglo de Oro” Spain (Spanish Golden Age, 1492-1700), where black characters were initially mocked. This critique of the “official history” of Afro descendants in Spain, enables the public to experience how that history conditions Spanish society’s perception of blackness.

About the Director:

Silvia Albert Sopale is a Spanish Afro-descendant actress, writer, and cultural organizer. Born and raised in San Sebastián, she lives in Barcelona and performs in English, Spanish and Catalán. She is a founding member of Hibiscus Asociacion de Afroespañolas y afrodescendientes and of Tinta Negra, and a member of t.i.c.t.a.c (workshop for critical transfeminist, antiracist, combative interventions). She is also a co-founder of Periferia Cimarronas (Barcelona).

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Tickets are $30, RSVP HERE!

* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.