Ikxisuluntuk (Swollen Foot): a live radio play
Sat, Oct 12
|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
Oct 12, 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 by SophoclesOedipus the King
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 y Sophocles. Tiutećan, the city of the Gods, is suffering a terrible curse: the loss of their ancestral language. A foreigner, Ikxisuluntuk (, 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.Oedipus the King bSwollen Foot)
play features as Radio Host; as Tiutećan Elder 1; as Tiutećan Elder 2 & Ikxisuluntuk; as Tiutećan Elder 3 & Mezti Zihzinaga; as Tiutećan Elder 4 & Guxgatan Shepherd; and as the Blind Seer. Rehearsal Stage Ma…