"Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name?"
"Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name?"
Join us for a one-woman show written and performed by Irma Herrera in the Ruth Taylor Recital Hall. She weaves history and comedic insights into stories about names, and sheds light on societal prejudices and assumptions experienced in her South Texas town and cities across the country.
Sponsored by Trinity University School of Arts and Humanities and Department of Human Communication and Theatre, Dr. Norma Cantú, and MAS.
Guest parking is located at Alamo Stadium off Stadium Dr.
She portrays 20+ characters, including her at various ages, her parents, teachers -- a parochial
school nun and a University of Notre Dame Law School professor – as well as classmates,
colleagues, opposing counsel, and others she has encountered throughout her career.
Collectively these characters show us how names can be minefields of misplaced notions,
comical, sad, demeaning -- that speak volumes about where we are as a diverse nation.