The House of Bernarda Alba, presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance, opens this Thursday March 8 and plays through Sunday March 18 at Main Theatre, Wright Hall.Granada Artist-in-Residence Juliette Carrillo directs Federico García Lorca’s timeless play with a modern Gothic twist.Her work has been praised in The New York Times. Carrillo has included dancing and singing in the sexually tense production which inspects the effects of a male-dominated society upon women.The play is inspired by duende, the soulful quality that often characterizes Spanish people and art such as flamenco dance.

The production is rated PG-13 for sexuality, adult language and violence.

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