The beginning of the "Coyote Road"

Our artistic director Dañel Malán is out in Arizona researching stories and anecdotes for the upcoming production of  Cuéntame Coyote— on stage January 9 - 25, 2014.  Conceived and directed by Dañel, this production will bring to Milagro's stage an insider's perspective to immigration. While in Arizona, she will be visiting different locations and interviewing members of organizations with first hand knowledge of life at the border.

Dañel has already shared with us her first impressions of this adventure: "On an expedition to research true stories of border crossings or Tohono O’odham folklore.  Today began at 6 am, waiting for my plane while I watched the sunrise over the tarmac.  A flight to Denver connected onto Tucson, where I met up with Barclay Goldsmith, Executive Director of Borderlands Theatre.  Flying into Tucson, the view from the plane was a vast desert that made me reflect on all the people who have trekked that desert and, perhaps, didn’t make it.  Barclay’s wife, Rachel, is a professor at the University of Arizona, in the Mexican-American Studies program.  Her department is working on collecting DNA samples of unidentified people who died in the desert. This way, there is a chance that if there remains can be identified, then they can be sent home for a proper burial, otherwise their remains are cremated, and then no one ever knows who the missing people are.  She says they have no idea how many people die in the desert, but everyone who has crossed through this area has seen body parts.  After five days, a body turns to a skeleton in the 110 degree heat, and the remaining bones are chewed and then scattered by coyotes." 

Don't miss Cuéntame Coyote on stage January 9 - 25, 2014. Buy your tickets now !