El Tiradito: More Than a Shrine

An episode of the The Voices of Fronteridades podcast, hosted by Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, titled "El Tiradito: More Than a Shrine" was published on May 1, 2025 and runs 21 minutes.

May 1, 2025 ·21m · The Voices of Fronteridades

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In this episode, we return to the fall of 2023 and step into the immersive world of El Tiradito—a powerful play by playwright and professor Elaine Romero, set at a historic Tucson wishing shrine where myth, memory, border crossings, and activism intersect. Through art, myth, and real community voices, we uncover how a single place can hold centuries of hope, grief, and the fight for dignity at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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In this episode, we return to the fall of 2023 and step into the immersive world of El Tiradito—a powerful play by playwright and professor Elaine Romero, set at a historic Tucson wishing shrine where myth, memory, border crossings, and activism intersect.

Through art, myth, and real community voices, we uncover how a single place can hold centuries of hope, grief, and the fight for dignity at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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