TRAFFICKED – 5 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2012 Planet Connections Festivity)
by The Happiest Medium on May 16, 2012
Trafficked
Benefiting: GEMS
Created by Members of Project Girl Performance Collective
Directed by Ashley Marinaccio
Show Times:
- Mon 6/4/12 – 4:00pm
- Fri 6/8/12 – 6:00pm
- Sun 6/10/12 – 5:30pm
- Sat 6/16/12 – 4:30pm
- Thu 6/21/12 – 5:00pm
- Sat 6/23/12 – 1:30pm
Answers by various cast/staff members of TRAFFICKED including
Mildred Jones-Hamm (Performer), Monica Furman (Performer/Creator), Chioneso Bakr (Performer), Ashley Marinaccio (Director)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Ashley Marinaccio: Trafficked tells the story of sex slavery and child exploitation through the eyes of fifteen young women. In an ensemble devised performance constructed by interviews, research and media, the cast puts a name and face to the thousands of undocumented girls and boys who are trafficked into the billion dollar sex industry each year. We chose to call our show Trafficked because it summarizes what our show is about.
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