“Mostly, it’s a story about me and my brothers and some papers.” – Jesus I. Valles
“somewhere in an archive, i am burning soft and young
i am pages of testimonies, receipts, report cards
case numbers making up the limbs i lack on the page
and somewhere else my brothers, their papers
deportation proceedings, testimonies, receipts, criminal
records scratched and bound and gone and
case numbers making up the limbs they lost leaving
and why”
Comprised of poems, journal entries, and immigration paperwork, (Un)Documents is a struggle to tell and an attempt to figure out what’s worth telling. It is an attempt to ask questions about how we talk about citizenship, documentation, its absence, and what, if anything, comes from telling. Mostly, it’s a story about me and my brothers and some papers.
Tickets: $35-$15
$35 Priority Seating
$25 General Admission
$15 Discount/Artist/Student/Senior/Veteran
Advanced Reservations Recommended. Limited seating.
www.vortexrep.org 512-478-5282
Radical Rush Free Tickets: Limited free tickets for each performance in the spirit of sustainability, accessibility, and the gift economy. Radical Rush tickets released at 7pm each night-in-person only.
Blue Star Theatre: Discounts for Military, Veterans, and their families
Phone: 5124785282
Email: alex@vortexrep.org
2018/08/10 - 2018/08/12
Additional time info:
(Un)Documents continues the following week as part of the FuturX LatinX Festival.
The VORTEX
2307 Manor Road, Austin, TX 78722