Motus Theater worked with formerly incarcerated people from Colorado Springs in a 16-week autobiographical monologue workshop aimed at developing impactful stories about the consequences of incarceration and the injustice within the criminal justice system. This is a film of the presentation of the JustUs monologues.
Tickets available HERE.
Motus Theater and the Newman Center for the performing arts present the special performance UndocuMonologues with Arturo O’Farrill. In this performance, audience members will have the unique opportunity to listen to Grammy award-winning Afro-Jazz musician Arturo O’Farrill improvise musical responses to the autobiographical stories of five undocumented leaders.
Tickets available HERE.
Motus Theater introduces UndocuMonologues to Louisville! Join us on October 12th, for a special performance featuring powerful stories from the heart by undocumented community leaders on the frontline of U.S. immigration policy. Each monologue is accompanied by vocalist and jazz great Robert Johnson.
Join Motus as we bring to stage undocumented leaders who share their stories of resilience. Their performances interrupts the dehumanizing portrayals of immigrants by encouraging thoughtful engagement with the challenges facing the undocumented community and the assets immigrants bring to our country.
Tickets available HERE.
Motus Theater introduces UndocuMonologues to Lafayette! Join us for a special performance featuring powerful stories from undocumented community leaders. Each monologue is accompanied by Sound Circle, a womens a cappella ensemble directed by Sue Coffee.
Join us for a special performance of UndocuMonologues at RedLine’s 24 Hour Block Party being hosted by RedLine Contemporary Art Center located in Downtown Denver. This event is FREE, open to the public, and family friendly!
UndocuMonologue performances are back by popular demand with musical responses by jazz great Robert Johnson with accompaniment by Adam Bodine!
FREE to the Public
Celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month with Motus Theater at our Podcast Announcement Party for Shoebox Stories: UndocuAmerica Series Podcast where national leaders such as Jorge Ramos, Nicholas Kristof and Gloria Steinem read the autobiographical monologues of undocumented leaders!
UndocuMonologue performances are back by popular demand with musical responses by jazz great Robert Johnson with accompaniment by Adam Bodine!
Free to the Public
Please sign up HERE, space is limited.
Please join Motus and Boulder Startup Week for Pledge 1% Colorado's 3rd Annual Nonprofit Pitch Contest featuring Motus Monologues read by Tech Leaders.
Tickets available here for preceding Boulder Philharmonic event. The Motus event is free to the public.
Motus Theater and the Boulder Philharmonic present an intimate performance that weaves theater and music to change the conversation about immigration.
Motus’ UndocuMonologues join with members of the Flobots to headline the ACLU’s 100th-Year Anniversary celebration of being our nation’s guardian of liberties and defender of individual rights. Motus Theater’s undocumented writers will share autobiographical stories from the frontline of U.S. immigration policy and members of the Flobots will respond with songs inspired by their powerful stories.
Save the Date! Motus Theater will celebrate and recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s fight for equality and civil rights by debuting a new set of autobiographical monologues as part of its UndocuAmerica Performance and Media Project.
Women of Resolution brings to stage the stories of Araceli Velasquez, Ingrid Encalada Latorre, Rosa Sabido, and Sandra Lopez. These four Colorado women took Sanctuary in their fight for justice and to stay with their families, and they are the authors of The People’s Resolution, which offers a simple, replicable, legislative solution designed to prevent other Colorado families from being separated.
Motus Theater writers/performers Hugo Juarez, Victor Galvan, Ana Casas, and Juan Juarez share autobiographical monologues about growing up undocumented in America.
In honor of the City of Boulder’s Immigrant Heritage Month, Motus Theater presents the premiere of the film of the powerful performance “Law Enforcement Leaders Read ‘Do You Know Who I Am?’”
