A daughter. A dreamer. A dancer. A deceiver. Such is Sylvia Torres, aka Emiliana Zapata, penned by local theatrical artist Jessica Peña Torres in the heightened tone of Golden Age cinema. Think Zorro as a woman, with fiery cabaret moves and heightened dreams of returning land stolen by her own family back to indigenous peoples. Sylvia’s tale plays with gender and respectability, blurring lines between what “should” be and what can be, spun out through dance and song. With presentations in English and Spanish, audiences can easily join this revolution in style. – Cat McCarrey
