The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea

by Cherríe Moraga

Moderated by Monica Sanchez

A revolution in what was the United States had created separate territories for different racial groups. One territory is now African-American, one territory is now Native American, and another is now Latino and Hispanic. Patriarchies were established and homosexuals were forced to leave many of the areas because of politically conservative counter-revolutions. Medea lives in the border area around Phoenix, Arizona with her son Chac-Mool, and her girlfriend.  Medea’s husband Jasón wants to divorce Medea and take Chac-Mool with him back to Aztlán, where Jasón holds an important place in society that combines elements of the cultures. 

About the playwright 

Cherríe Moraga

Cherríe Moraga is an internationally recognized poet, playwright, essayist and memoirist who initiated her public writing life as the co-editor (with Gloria Anzaldúa) of the avant-garde feminist work, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. As a political and literary essayist, she has published several collections of writings, including: A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness; _Loving in The War Year_s; The Last Generation; and, Waiting in the Wings – Portrait of a Queer Motherhood. Moraga is the recipient of the United States Artist Rockefeller Fellowship for Literature, the American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Lambda Foundation’s Pioneer award, among many other honors.

As a playwright, she has received two Fund for New American Plays Awards, the NEA Playwright’s Fellowship, a TCG and two MAP Grants, as well as a Drama-logue and Critics Circle Award, and the Pen West Award. She has published three volumes of plays: Heroes & Saints & Other Plays; Watsonville/Circle in the Dirt; and The Hungry Woman/Heart of the Earth.

About the moderator

Monica Sanchez

Monica Sanchez, born in Mexico City, is the Artistic Director of Cazateatro Bilingual Theater Group. With over 35 productions, she’s a passionate advocate for cultural connection through the arts. She created the bilingual clown, Burbujita, and believes theater is a powerful tool to unite and educate diverse communities.