In We Were Strangers, Motus Theater’s undocumented monologists invite you to step into their shoes. Their monologues interrupt the dehumanizing and racist, anti-immigrant narratives. Caroline Saliman, a teacher at Congregation Har HaShem and the Boulder JCC, will be reading aloud Armando Peniche’s autobiographical story of racial profiling experienced as a 12-year old boy, and the danger of slanderous rhetoric to an undocumented man and his American son. 

The reading will be followed by both personal and theological reflections on the importance of sacred hospitality, and the impact of stepping into the shoes of an undocumented neighbor. Each monologue is followed by a musical response from acappella soloist Teresita Lozano who hails from a Mexican crypto-Jewish background.

This performance is part of Motus Theater’s Shoebox Stories project and our We Were Strangers series - a collaboration with Jewish leaders who express moral courage and civic hospitality as they read aloud the story of an undocumented person and reflect both personally and theologically on seeing the world through the eyes of an immigrant.  

Sponsored by Congregation Har HaShem.

 Autobiographical monologues by Motus Monologist Armando Peniche written in collaboration with Motus Theater Artistic Director, Kirsten Wilson. Performance presented by Motus Theater - creators of UndocuAmerica, JustUs, Women of Resolution, Rocks Karma Arrows, and the Shoebox Stories Podcast.