Extra Credit- Karen Anzoategui

Karen's performance was amazing.  I have never witnessed anything like that before and it really moved me.  I was not expecting it to be so emotional and deep.  For those who did not attend, I would have to say that they missed out.  Karen entered the room kicking around a soccer ball because the theme of this was of her love of soccer.  I thought it was just going to be her acting out different soccer plays or big moments that have occurred, but in reality it was all about real life issues with her family, culture, identity, sexuality etc.  She used her love for soccer as framework for her piece by referring to negative experiences as fouls and positive events as goals.  She even got the crowd involved by having them "boo" when something bad happened like in a real soccer game and asking them to cheer for the good things as if a goal was scored.  She had a lot of different props that really brought the act to life and she was very descriptive which gave the audience the opportunity to see her life from her perspective.  She really brought art to life by using her acting, her words, her sounds, and so forth.  Although we only got a small 20 minute snippet of her actual show, I felt like I really felt her emotion and understood her message.  I think the show was a great example of someone experiencing cultural schizophrenia.  She live in LA and Argentina and had to adapt to the different cultures.  Her mother wanted her to be a "normal girl" but she was lesbian and had a passion for soccer (which her mother also did not approve of).  The way I interpreted the show was that she was guiding us through her journey of multiple personalities and how she came to be okay with her identity.  There are still so many things that the audience didn't get to see about her life because of the short time, but I plan to go see her full show next month. Overall great performance and great experience for me personally.  I recommend you all to see it if you have time... She will be performing at LATC November 15 – December 8; Thursday-Saturday | 8:00pm and Sundays | 3:00pm