University/Organization
Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida
Title
Staging Strategies: Dolores Prida’s and Carmen Duarte’s Cuban Doppelgängerinnen
Synopsis
This work focuses on Coser y cantar (1981) by Dolores Prida (1943-2013) and Carolina de Alto Songo (1987) by Carmen Duarte (1959 – ) and the staging strategy of the gestic monologue employed by these Cuban playwrights to present two views through one actress embodying two characters. The plays denounce the discrimination faced by the protagonists in two different settings (NYC in the late 70s and Havana in the late 80s).