Riven

'Riven' is a new play in development about the intersections between motherhood and waste accumulation based on interviews with Brazilian waste pickers. It centers on the interweaving lives of Melina and Alessandra, two black Brazilian catadoras (waste pickers) working at a scrapyard in the city of São Paulo. As these two women sort through piles of waste in the predictable day-to-day of the scrapyard, they must sort through not only the accumulated discards of others but through the accumulations of their own complex relationship and the chaotic and unforgiving world outside.

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Conceived & directed by Marina Zurita
Created in collaboration with Laila Garroni & Josanna Vaz
Performed by Josanna Vaz, Alecsys Proctor-Turner & Isabella Bushue
Stage managed by Erin Gray
Co-produced by Ana Moioli & Giorgia Valenti
Music composition by Isabelle Bushue & Jackson Pelz

Poster photo by Guilherme Pedra