Please join The Film Media Theater Department for the showcase of select scenes from Miguel Piñero's play, Short Eyes. The performance starts at 7:30 pm in Rooke Theater, with Q&A talkbacks following the performance. This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required.

Written during Piñero’s incarceration in the 1970s, this gripping drama deals with the complexities of daily life in a New York State Penitentiary punctuated by an ever-looming threat of violence and shifting alliances. When a man accused of molesting a child is brought to prison, a search for morality and justice in an unassuming place ensues. “This exciting production is dark, exhilarating, and utterly glorious. Piñero flaunts violence and poetry while navigating delicate moral, ethical, and social dilemmas contextualized by power dynamics and incarceration culture” - The LAist.

Dates:
Friday, November 18 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 19 at 7:30 pm

Location:
Rook Theater at Mount Holyoke College

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Note: A symposium to discuss the merits and challenges of staging Short Eyes will be held on Friday, November 18, from 4–5:30 pm in Rooke Theater. Admission is free and open to the public. Reservations are also required.

Trigger Warnings: Representation of incarcerated people, Pedophilia, Sexual, Harassment, Racial slurs, Homophobic slurs, Transphobic slurs