Ikxisuluntuk (Swollen Foot): a live radio play
Sat, Sep 28
|Dandelion Collective DC
A foreigner, Ikxisuluntuk (Swollen Foot), a fluent Nawat speaker arrives and quickly becomes the King of Tiutećan. But a life-long curse follows him, and he begs for answers from the city Elders. Adaptation of Oedipus The King by Sophocles.
Time & Location
Sep 28, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Dandelion Collective DC, 3417 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
About the event
IKXISULUNTUK (SWOLLEN FOOT): A LIVE RADIO PLAY
Bilingual adapation & directed by Petrona Xemi Tapepechul
Adapted from Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Nawat Language Support by Anastacia Lopez Lopez
The Cast of Indigenous Root Radio (Nelwat Ixkamewe Tanuzalis) presents another audio drama. This time, a Nawat and English adaptation from Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Tiutećan, the city of the Gods, is suffering a terrible curse: the loss of their ancestral language. A foreigner, Ikxisuluntuk (Swollen Foot), a fluent Nawat speaker arrives and quickly becomes the King of Tiutećan. But a life-long curse follows him, and he begs for answers from the city Elders. They send Ikxisuluntuk on a journey of self-discovery, betrayal, and self-doubt.
Ikxisuluntuk (Swollen Foot): a live radio play features Veronica Gomez Giraldo as Radio Host; Petrona Xemi Tapepechul as Tiutećan Elder 1; Wilmer Xuarez as Tiutećan Elder 2 & Ikxisuluntuk; Yereth Adorno as Tiutećan Elder 3 & Mezti Zihzinaga; Ahanu Tapepechul as Tiutećan Elder 4 & Guxgatan Shepherd; and Amal Nourelhuda as the Blind Seer. Rehearsal Stage Manager & Captions Operator is Arlin Tellez; and Sound Desginer & Operator is Phoenix Sweeney.
This play is produced in partnership with Trans-Latinx DMV and Dandelion Collective DC.