The Circle

Welcome to The Circle, a tragicomic play exploring three generations of conflict over one very intense weekend in San Antonio, Texas. The heat threatens to boil over as the chaos in the Medina home reflects the absurd brutality of the 2016 election season and the pain pouring into the streets across the country at that time. 

José Medina desperately tries to make a lifetime of mistakes right before his mother, Eva dies. Things take a wild turn when he accidentally “kidnaps” a drunken Trump supporter at the deadly Dallas protest. Josè’s plans go from bad to worse when his younger brother descends from LA unannounced after years of estrangement. With him is his 12-year-old daughter, very pregnant girlfriend, and her newly widowed Irish American mother, making things ripe for a cultural and generational collision. The Circle may be another name for the Medina's neighborhood but it’s really the place they all finally face each other and themselves.

The Circle is a place where they will either heal themselves or tear each other apart.

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The Circle is produced by Greenway Arts Alliance. Written by Stacey Martino Rivera. Directed by DW Jacobs. 

Please note the 28th and 29th preview performances and may not reflect the final product of the show. We offer attendance to our audience on a pay what you can basis for these performances.

OPENING NIGHT WAITING LIST 

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Feb 1- Caring for Each Other in Relationship: Restorative Circles, From Indigenous Roots to Today  - Luis Ruan, Tanynya Hekymara, Marisol Quevedo Rerucha, Ariane White, and Jerry Tello. Moderated by Fidel Rodriguez
This panel addresses creating a culture of care in the face of conflict, harm and challenges.

Feb 8, Caring for the Planet and All People - Walking Waters, Northeast Trees, My Tribe Rise Reaching out to South LA Trees and Hop Hopkins.
Moderator: TBD
This panel addresses creating a culture of care in response to Sacrifice Zones, Environmental Inequity and Water Extraction 

Feb 15- Caring for One Another After Harm - Javier Stauring, Martin Haro and Carlos Cano of Healing Dialogues in Action, Samantha Wilson of Collective Healing and Transformation
Collective.
Moderated by Fidel Rodriguez
This panel addresses creating a culture of care in relation to harm, healing and accountability. 

Feb 22- Caring for and Working Alongside Our Global Communities - iACT: Rachel Hamburg, Merri Weir, Rachel Stauring, Felicia Lee, Sara-Christine Dallain 
 Moderated by Javi Stauring
This panel addresses expanding our circles of care to include people displaced by war and conflict.

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