August 2 - 25

Staged at the Frick Park Lawn Bowling Greens

Text by María José Galleguillos

Composition by Emily Pinkerton

Music direction by Daniel Nesta Curtis

Stage direction by Karla Boos

Tickets: 412.362.1713 quantumtheatre.com/violeta

Carolina Loyola-Garcia stars as Violeta Parra, the legendary Chilean folk musician and visual artist. Pablo Neruda introduced her authentic interpretation of Chilean folk music to the world. Joan Baez sang her songs and emulated her activism. The Louvre exhibited her embroideries.

And yet she eludes easy understanding and left us too soon, so we take the attitude of her brother, poet Nicanor Parra, and seek her essence in hauntingly beautiful music composed by Emily Pinkerton of acclaimed folk group The Early Mays. Parra elevated all South American people, her music synonymous with protest movements that resisted dictatorships and improved the lives of thousands.

About the experience:

We’ve erected a tent – a Quantum first – in Frick Park, representative of Violeta’s peñas - where music and dancing, food and drink provided cover for activism. Feel free to picnic in the park before the show, and then join us under the tent (in our comfortable chairs) to celebrate Violeta’s inspiration, in six-part harmony with a live four-piece band.

Frick Park Lawn Bowling Greens, 7300 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Special Performances:

Pay What You Can Night: July 31st

Opening Night: August 3rd

Sunday Q&A: August 4th

Social Q sponsored by Reed Smith: August 7th

Quantum Quaff: August 8th

Quantum on the Couch: August 17th

Tickets: $38 - $58

Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 7pm; Fridays at 9pm