The play features Sarah Marie Gonzalez, front, as Liana; Lilianna Espinoza, center, as Aracely; and Stacey Posey as Alexei.

If you missed the premiere of β€œCycles,” a play based on the Arizona Daily Star’s 2018 series on foster care, here’s another way you can see it.

Watch a recording of Thursday’s premiere at tucson.com/cycles. The event includes a play, written by Tucson playwright Milta Ortiz of Tucson’s Borderlands Theatre, and a panel discussion featuring actors in the play, a former foster child whose story forms the basis for Cycles, a retired judge who focused on child welfare cases and a Star reporter who worked on the series.

Performed by StoryWorks Theater, β€œCycles” is what’s called documentary theater in that it pairs artists with journalists to create original works about investigative reporting.

Because of copyright restrictions, Cycles will be available to watch only through 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 3.

The production was originally planned for live performances here in early April but was rewritten for online production.


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