Minerva Cruz Sparknotes

For many years women in the Mexican town of Juárez had been kidnapped, raped, and murdered. Yet, many people are not aware of this massacre and Ruben Amavizca-Murua production Women of Juarez brought light to a subject in which not many talk about. This play was performed in the Burnight studio theater located on the campus of Cerritos College, and ran for approximately six days. The main message for this play was to inform the audience of how women were and being murdered and sexualized for the last several years and till this day some of the victims family members are still searching for answers and even their lost loved ones. The director Minerva Garcia captures the brutality of the death of a young women name Maritza and their family struggle

When Maritza wakes up her body language gives a sense of who she is, a responsible and flamboyant young women. Her overall performance had such dynamic energy throughout the show that the audience completely enjoyed. Her Mother Rosario Lopez who is played by Marlene Marquez made the play hard to believe, her vocal quality was too over the top. Marlene’s cries and yells were exaggerated loud which made the play less pleasing for the house. Chayo Lopez was portrayed by Rebecca Valenzuela her execution of her character suited her well, She developed movement that showed she was the youngest and the less motivated before she even began speaking. When Maritza went missing as an audience you felt the growth of her character due to the way she vocalized and expressed herself. Chris Amador played the husband of Rosario and the father of their two daughters Maritza and Chayo. As he performed with Rosario their relationship seemed to convey an uncomfortable atmosphere towards the audience due to Marlene Marquez’s overreactions during scenarios, Chris seemed to be quite

The setting of the play was early 2000’s. The way the kitchen was arranged, bed and the clothes washer gave the house the suggested setting. Unfortunately, the walls of the the house were made to look like bricks but the kitchen wall seemed to be missing the painted bricks, which made the setting look unfinished. The lighting for this production was excellent. The color of the show seemed to fit the play very well. The start of the play they had very vibrant colored lights illustrating the setting of a club which made it more believable. There was many hues of red used throughout the show, when the women were being kidnapped in the club also when Maritza was being kidnapped endless red lights were going on and off . The red tied everything together which helped remind the audience what is important and