Performance - Las Borinquenas

Ensemble Studio Theatre/The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in collaboration with The Latinx Playwrights Circle & Boundless Theatre Company present 'Las Borinquenas'

A new play by Nelson Diaz-Marcano, directed by Rebecca Aparicio

featuring Nicole Betancourt, Hanna Cheek*, Helen Coxe*, Guadalís Del Carmen, Maricelis Galanes, Maribel Martinez, Paul Niebanck, Ashley Marie Ortiz, & Mike Smith Rivera*

It's the 1950's in Puerto Rico and María, Fernanda, Yolanda, Rosa, and Chavela are fighting to live full lives in a changing country with crushing societal rules for women. In the United States, Dr. Gregory Pincus is on the verge of perfecting a miracle that could give them freedom - if only he could find test subjects to participate in preliminary trials. This is the story of the birth control pill and the women who risked everything for the chance to live free.

Running Time: 2 hours, including an intermission

Set Design: Gerardo Diáz Sánchez | Costume Design: Tina McCartney | Lighting Design: María Cristina Fusté | Sound Design: Daniela Hart, Bailey Trierweiler, Noel Nichols & Uptown Works | Props Master: Caitlyn Murphy | Projections Design: Milton M. Cordero | Production Stage Manager: Alejandra Maldonaldo Morales | Assistant Stage Manager: Clarissa Mota