Event

Real Women Have Curves

Mysterium Theater presents Real Women Have Curves, the first play by Josefina Lopez, which premiered at El Teatro de la Esperanza at the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco in 1990 when the issue of illegal immigration was already highly contentious in America. Twenty three years later, it remains just as polarizing maybe even more so today. Based on the playwright's personal experiences, "Real Women Have Curves" explores the plight of undocumented Mexican immigrants living in Los Angeles in 1987 when the Simpson-Rodino Amnesty Law granted thousands of undocumented immigrants living in the United States legal residency. The play is told from the eyes of the Young writer, Ana, who not only deals with the issues of immigration, as the other women do, but she also contends with our society's skewed perception of body image in America. Why do women have to be size seven and eight to be considered beautiful? The women in this play are not idealized waifs. They are real Latino women. They are proud of who they are, documented or undocumented, thin or heavy. It is really an empowering play. It empowers women and immigrants to fight for their dreams.