A staged reading of "River Girl" will be performed at the SC Museum Annex at 302 W. Broadway on Friday October 7, from 7 to 8 p.m. Karen Rossman plays Mama, a griefsick Mexican mother who waits in vain, five years after the U.S. invasion of New Mexico, for her twin sons to return from the war. Heather Castello plays River Girl, a wayward daughter who marries a river, and who hides the sad fate of her twin brothers, whose horse has returned to their valley. "Dos Arbolitos," a 1930s Mexican song written by Chucho Martinez Gil, will be sung a capella by vocalist Angelica Rose Padilla.
Admission is free, mature audiences only, limited seats, no late seating.
"River Girl" is the third play in poet and dramatist Victoria Tester's fifteen-act New Mexico Ghost Play Cycle, which is being presented monthly as a staged reading series at the Silver City Museum Annex. Tester is actively seeking a rainbow of female actors, musicians and singers to participate in the series, which will run through October 2012 in conjunction with the NM State Centennial.
For more information go to www.nmghostplaycycle.com
