07 Sep A story of love, survival and resilience comes to Aspen
The one-man show, “This Is Not an Immigrant Story,” will come to Aspen as part of the six “Solo Flights” that Theatre Aspen will present from Sept. 8–13.
The show, taking the stage at 7pm, Sept. 8, and 4pm, Sept. 11,
will be the only one of the six performances to include a portion in Spanish. Reza Salazar, star of the one-man show, explains that approximately 10% of the performance will be in Spanish and 90% in English. Through theater, faces and sounds, the story tells itself.
Salazar describes it as “a very compelling story that connects with a lot of people. We all have a mother or someone who has taken care of us.”
The story follows his experience with his mother, working as clowns throughout South America. “It’s a story of survival and resilience,” he said.
Salazar continued, “It’s a love story, learning how to love my mother. When all those things from the past come back to us. To heal, cure and transform that mother-
and-son relationship, I started writing this story to learn how to love her at this stage of our lives.”
In this one-man show, Salazar will portray several characters, including his mother.
He explains that the performance was born from “the feeling that all the stories of my mother and me were going to be forgotten, and all those identities, adventures, very beautiful stories, celebrations and pains.”