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In the Time of the Butterflies - Newton Theatre Company
Based on the true story of the four Mirabel sisters during Gen. Trujillos regime in the Dominican Republic in the mid-20th century.
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Date and time
Starts on Thursday, April 13 · 8pm EDT
Location
St John's Episcopal Church 96 Otis Street Newton, MA 02460
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About this event
In the Time of the Butterflies
by Caridad Svich
Based on the novel by Julia Alvarez
Directed by Carla Mirabal Rodríguez
Caridad Svich’s adaptation of Julia Álvarez’s 1994 novel In The Time of the Butterflies follows four sisters known as the "Mariposas" (Butterflies), Patria, Dedé, Minerva, and Maria Theresa as they live through the dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic in the mid-20th century. The sisters were real historical figures, and while this is a fictionalized account of their lives, in actuality they inspired resistance cells throughout the country.
As the play unfolds, audiences journey through time, and experience the interior lives of the activist sisters from the beginning of the dictatorship, to decades later as their story is being told by an older Dedé to an American Journalist.
In The Time of the Butterflies is a powerful, moving, poignant play about family, love, and sacrifice.
- April 13th at 8pm
- April 14th at 8pm
- April 15th at 2pm
- April 15th at 8pm
Join us at Saint John's Episcopal Church, 96 Otis Street, Newtonville MA
We are asking our audiences to mask while in the building for all performances.
No need to print out tickets, we will have a list of all purchased tickets for each performance.
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About the organizer
Artistic Director – Melissa Bernstein
Located in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton Theatre Company is a new Boston area theatre company whose mission is to stage excellent works of art in new ways by using talent from around the City of Newton. Our productions are original in that they are reconfigurations of classic works or new stagings of great pieces of literature.