Student Tribune
Visiting Playwright Hilary Bettis
MCC's Creative Arts Committee, in collaboration with the English/Philosophy
Department and The Sixth Act, is thrilled to welcome esteemed playwright Hilary
Bettis to campus THIS FRIDAY at 10 AM.
Bettis's play The Ghosts of Lote Bravo​, which is set in
Mexico just on the other side of the United States border, employs both
English-language and Spanish-language, as well as magical realism and the
supernatural​, to levy a heavy critique of the violence (especially
towards women) encouraged by post-NAFTA maquiladores. Although set in Mexico
and informed by her family's experiences at the border, Bettis claims in an
interview with American Theatre to have written her play
"with an American audience in mind."
The event flyer is attached, and Bettis's bio is listed below, along with
the zoom link and another link to a special recorded scene performed by current
and former MCC students. Please contact Maria Brandt at mbrandt@monroecc.edu
with any questions you might have.
We'd love to see you and your students on Friday!
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Zoom Link: https://monroecommu
nity.zoom.us/j/89071689810
Reading Link:
Ghosts of Lote Bravo - YouTube
Hilary Bettis is a critically-acclaimed playwright whose work has been
developed and produced all over the country, including Roundabout Theatre, New
Georges, The Sol Project, Miami New Drama, Studio Theatre, Alley Theatre, New
York Theatre Workshop, La Jolla Playhouse, amongst others. In television Bettis
won the 2019 Writer’s Guild of America Award for her work on the Emmy
Award winning FX series “The Americans.” She wrote on the Hulu
miniseries “The Dropout,” and Amazon’s “Rodeo
Queens.” She’s an alumni of the Sundance Institute Episodic TV Lab,
and is developing projects for AMC, Hulu, and PatMa. She’s a graduate of
The Juilliard School.
Attached Files:
Hilary Bettis Poster.pdf
Brandt, Maria
English/Philosophy, The Sixth Act, and Creative Arts
03/23/2021