Brava presents Cristina García’s
The Palacios Sisters
A RADIONOVELA INSPIRED BY CHEKHOV’S THREE SISTERS
JUNE 4 - 30, 2021
Audio On Demand
In this radionovela featuring voices of some of the Bay Area's most revered actors, Cristina García flash forwards Chekhov's Three Sisters nearly a hundred years into the future – to Miami, 1985. It's the height of the drug wars and the city is hit with an explosion of cocaine-related violence, a growing AIDS epidemic, and the fallout from 100,000 Marielitos.
Enter the artistic, educated, culturally refined Palacios sisters – Olga, Maria, and Irinita, an ambitious young ballerina recently arrived from Havana. Along with their classical pianist brother, Andres, the Palacios sisters struggle to navigate the fast and furious new rules of Miami, all the while plagued with nostalgia for the island they left behind.
Can the Palacios siblings survive as a family without sacrificing their values? Or will the pressures of exile and the temptations of success ultimately pull them apart?
Co-conceived by Adrian Alea & Cristina García
Written by Cristina García
Directed by Adrian Alea
Sound design, post-production, and mixing by Greg Landau
Original Music by Omar Sosa and Greg Landau with Zule Guerra (vocals) and Alberto Lescay (trumpet)
TICKETS
$10 - $20 sliding scale
With no additional taxes or fees
HOW TO LISTEN
The Palacios Sisters will stream on demand from June 4, 2021 at 12am through June 30, 2021 at 11:59pm. After purchasing your ticket you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the On Demand Audio file which can be accessed at any time (and as many times as you like) during the designated stream period. No special software or account (outside of internet access) is required to listen to the radionovela.
The Palacios Sisters radionovela is 1 hour, 36 minutes, and includes a 6 minute musical interlude (intermission) between Acts 1 & 2. If you run into any issues with the stream, please contact info@brava.org.
SPECIAL EVENT
Miami Meets Chekhov: Cocktails & Conversation with the creators of The Palacios Sisters radionovela
FRIDAY, JUNE 18
6pm PST Brava’s Facebook Live
Join us for a casual gathering with the The Palacios Sisters radionovela creative team of Cristina García, Adrian Alea, and Greg Landau. They’ll be live on Facebook discussing the unlikely commonalities of 1980s Miami with Chekhov's Three Sisters, the roles of nostalgia and memory, and the best mojito recipes. With Q & A to follow! This is a FREE event.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
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FUNDER
The Palacios Sisters radionovela was made possible in part by a grant from the California Arts Council.