Synopsis

A sheep is born in Wall Mapu, ancestral territory of the Mapuche (People of the Earth) people, right on the day of Wiñol Tripantu (Return of the Sun), winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. During a year, it lives beside a family that cares for it and feeds it. The year’s seasons advance, the sheep grows and starts observing the reality that surrounds it: nature, ancestral rites, animal sacrifices, and also the police violence that the Chilean state exerts against the Mapuche people. Faced with all of this, the sheep, filled with rage and hatred, decides to rebel from its condition of sheep and from having to be part of a confused, violent, and sick human society. Winter arrives again, and with it a new Wiñol Tripantu. An ancestral tradition of those lands is that of eating coagulated blood from a freshly-sacrificed animal, a dish commonly known as Ñachi.

This reading will be performed in Spanish.

CIMIENTOS presents texts with visionary craftsmanship. At the core of the program, Cimientos aims to curate work that is diverse and inclusive. Twenty-two years ago, IATI Theater began a steadfast commitment to the playwright. Since then, hundreds of playwrights have graced our program.

Cimientos, Spanish for “foundations,” now calls upon the most important member of the developmental process: the audience. From June 8th to June 12th, we will present 10 plays that are now primed for a public reception. We welcome you to help us make these plays all they can be.