Marisela Treviño Orta’s “The River Bride” centers on two sisters and the arrival of a mysterious man in a Brazilian river community.
Salma Zepeda and Marisa Lopes star in City Lights Theater Company’s production of Marisela Treviño Orta’s “The River Brigde,” a play steeped in Amazonian folklore.The Amazon River contains a deep richness that may provide answers to life’s mysteries such as love and longing. For the folks who inhabit a tiny Brazilian fishing village on the river, the lore of the river’s past and present inform every ounce of their being; it’s a body of water each citizen relies on for answers.
For the loquacious and spoiled sister Belmira , mere days from locking up her future with the dashing Duarte , her giddiness takes over. Might she explore the potential of hiring a maid? These petitely provincial little villages have raised her. But now, a real city with a pristine view of the ocean awaits.
The charming, curious man who’s fished from the river is named Moises and he immediately becomes smitten with Helena. He is also being welcomed as a guest of honor for Belmira’s wedding; but for some reason, hee can only stay for three days until he is returned to a life of solitude. Might he be able to stay longer — forever perhaps?
The play’s conclusion, which reveals the magical realism head-on, crackles with urgency. Zepeda, who gives her Belmira a playful annoyance throughout as she attempts to initiate her character’s endgame, enters a critical devastation here. Lopes provides a delicious foil for her, imbuing each of her calculated actions with rich, philosophical ruminations that steadily reveal her heartbreak.
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