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Export Quality
First Preview: Dec 3, 2023
Opening Date: Dec 7, 2023
Closing Date: Dec 17, 2023
Running Time: 01:25
Playing @
HERE
145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013
When survival means self-sacrifice, the only option for some women is to become a mail-order bride and marry a stranger from a foreign land. Inspired by true stories, Export Quality traces the harrowing journeys of four mail-order brides from the Philippines, as they experience hope and despair, love and loss, death and renewal. The play explores the complex phenomenon of the international mail-order bride industry. Does the business benefit or harm women? How does gender inequality and stereotypes feed the business? For a country like the Philippines, how does colonialism play a role? What are the power dynamics at play? Export Quality also bears witness to women’s courage, their resilience in the face of violence and the healing power of being in community and of storytelling.
Show Notes: No intermission
Audience Advisory: Contains references to sexual violence.
Performance Schedule
TUESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY @ 8:30 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 4 PM & 8:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 4 PM
Written By
- Erica Miguel
- Carolyn Antonio & Dorotea Mendoza
Director
- Sonoko Kawhara
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Full-price tickets:
$12.00 - $39.50
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Accessibility
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Wheelchair Info
Removable seating. -
Seating
Mainstage seats 99 / Dorothy B. Williams Theatre Seats 74. -
Elevator/Escalator
There is an elevator that takes you to the lower level thatre. -
Curb Ramps
Yes -
Entrance
Houses two performance spaces - the 99-seat Mainstage and the 74-seat Dorothy B. Williams Theatre (down one flight of stairs); art galleries, and a café. The building entrance is street level -
Restroom
Located on both levels -
Water Fountain
There is a cafe -
Telephone
None -
Assisted Listening System
Some hearing aids. -
Visual Assistance
None -
Folding Armrests
None
