Two Lines Press & Cuentero Productions Present
SOROCHE
An Immersive Multimedia Production
Thursday, June 6, 2024
7:00pm on Brava’s Main Stage
Adapted from the short story by award-winning Ecuadorian writer Mónica Ojeda (Jawbone, Nefando), translated by Sarah Booker and Noelle de la Paz and published in Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories by Two Lines Press, Soroche depicts the effects of a leaked sex tape, filtered through the dizzying lens of altitude sickness. Told in alternating perspectives of Viviana, Karina, Nicole, and Ana—best friends since childhood— “Soroche” recounts the tragic events of a mountain trip intended to help Ana break out of depression following a scandal and the dissolution of an abusive relationship. The chorus of these confessions reveal contradictions, ruthlessly exposing flawed friendships and brutal hypocrisies lurking below the surface—all through the haze of Ana’s unraveling.
The cinematic sound design, created by Cuentero Productions to accompany the performance, immerses the audience in the suffocating, malignant air of the mountains while giving voice to Mónica Ojeda’s harrowing observations of abject humiliation and self-loathing. “Mónica Ojeda is such a talented writer of uncomfortable scenarios,” says Two Lines Press editor Sarah Coolidge, “feelings themselves transform into a kind of horror.”
The performance will be followed by a conversation between translators Sarah Booker and Noelle de la Paz and Sarah Coolidge, editor of Through the Night Like a Snake.
Content warning: toxic friendship, body horror, graphic sexual content, self-harm
Co-presented by Litquake.
Written by Mónica Ojeda
Translated by Sarah Booker and Noelle de la Paz
Questions about the event?
Contact: Leslie-Ann Woofter
Leslie-ann@catranslation.org
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Tickets
$10 - Performance ONLY
$25 - Live Performance + THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKE A SNAKE