Now that we’ve met, let’s never let go.
Open Spaces
Alerta is a political and immersive play inspired by the feminist occupation held by the students of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in May 2018, demanding an improvement in the Sexual Violence Protocol and denouncing the lack of measures that prevent and punish gender-based violence in the institution.
“Marianne Eilers González’s brilliant writing creates a quick, engaging, and heart-filled portrayal, keeping the audience wrapped around the actors’ fingers from the start.”
Rachel Verhoef
Actor, London
synopsis.
In May 2018, a group of 300 female students occupied the main campus of their university, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. As the most prestigious university in Latin America as well as Chile’s most conservative institution of higher education, this three-day lock in was in protest of cases of institutionalized gender discrimination and the deficiency of the Sexual Violence Protocol. Over the course of these three days the students had to face the adversities of biased media coverage, the threat of special forces and authorities, the backlash of other students, and the unexpected tribulations that their own relationships would undergo.
“It’s unbelievable how many elements of theatre-making Marianne masters.
Alerta feels like a gift. To its actors, to its audience, to the world.”-Jonathan Godsi, Actor
“Through immersive theatre, Marianne makes audiences aware of the realities we live in Latin America, capturing not only a historical moment but the essence of our collective strength and sisterhood.”
-Mariana Araya
“Marianne completely transported the audience to a protest in a Chilean university, throwing out the conventions of staged theatre. She creates worlds from empathy, not artifice, aiming directly for the heart.”
– Kevin Martin Murphy, Theatre Maker & Actor, London