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November 8, 2018 | Theatre, What Did You Think?,
Let’s Talk About WET: A DACA-mented Journey
Thank you joining us for Cara Mia and Ignite/Arts’ production of WET: A DACAmented Journey.
We want to know what you thought, so please leave your comments below.
Did you learn something new?
What is a truth that you heard?
What are organizations or movements organizing around immigrant rights and immigration reform that you want other people to know about?
Alex Alpharaoh gives us a lot to think about through this story of navigating constantly shifting policy and rhetoric around immigration. Some of us see ourselves represented in his story while others are receiving information and insight we’ve never heard before.
Our blog is full of great content if you’d like to read more. You can find it all here!
Reviews
Audience Reactions
A “wonderful show.”
“Alex’s performance was so incredibly powerful — charged with honesty, humanity, urgency, resilience, and hope…Thank you for bringing voices like Alex’s to our city. Just like with The Peculiar Patriot, which I saw recently as well, I feel more connected to my fellow Americans when I can more viscerally understand their pain and struggle…Thank you again for making art like this available to Boston audiences.”
“Phenomenal–I will be recommending it to everyone I know!”
“This was one of the most powerful performances I’ve EVER seen. Alex physically and emotionally embodies a 10 year old, a worried mom, a customs officer, an abuelo and other characters with completely believable ease. He had me hugging my knees riveted to my seat, heart pounding in empathy and anticipation. Go see this. Go see this. Go see this!”
So, first of all I would like to say that I really enjoyed watched that scene and I truly can imagine what he has been through in his life. I put myself in his shoes trying to feel what he had felt during a difficult time like that.
And also I would like to say that he’s brave in sharing his true story about this crucial problem that is immigration and for performing it.
Was awesome !!!
Thanks for the opportunity ,
This show was perfection and should be seen by every American.
Thank you, ArtsEmerson, for bringing WET to Boston. Alpharoah is a powerful playwright and performer. In this one-man production, with honestly and wit, through many characters he showed the audience the sad, perplexing, constantly changing realities of being undocumented in the U.S. I left the theater saying to myself, I’d like to see everything he does.
Thank you all for writing. We’ve shared your comments with Alex as well. All of us are grateful that the show is finding such a welcoming audience and making such a deep impact. Thank you for sharing your experience with the readers of this blog, many of whom are trying to make up their minds whether this show is something for them. Hearing directly from others in the audience is the most influential factor in that decision.
Alex & “Wet…” both work to humanize the immigration reality in such a way that makes it required seeing for all Americans. It should be required viewing for all members of Congress!