2000

THE 21ST CENTURY

A THEATRICAL RESPONSE

2001

10th

Season


IV Festival

Chile

Peru

Costa Rica

Puerto Rico

Dominican Republic

Uruguay

Spain

USA

Paraguay

Venezuela

El Día del Juicio

(JUDMENT DAY)

Chile

February 16 y 17

La tribu Imaginaria

by Andrés del Bosque

directed by Andrés del Bosque

About the Play: A simple and strange flight, from laughter to tears, love to lunacy, life to death, of a man who seeks freedom through justice and love, in a desperate race to find his identity and forgotten kindness.


Hablemos en Silencio

(LET’S SPEAK IN SILENCE)

Costa Rica

February 21

Grupo Tico Títeres

by Fernando Thiel

directed by Fernando Thiel

About the play: Just an image will do – a gesture, a sensation, a movement- for us to speak in silence.


Cocinando Sueños

(DREAM CONCOCTIONS)

Costa Rica

February 20 & 24

Grupo Tico Títeres

by Fernando Thiel

directed by Fernando Thiel

About the Play:  All the magic of the eternal troubadour… the juggler of all time, a re-encounter with children and the very secret child hiding in our hearts.


Hombres en Escabeche

(MEN IN MARINADE)

Costa Rica

March 16 & 17

Grupo Surco

by Ana Istarú

directed by Marcelo Gaete

About the Play: A hilarious, romantic odyssey of a woman… A caustic portrait of Latin sexual mores.


La Verdadera Historia del Descubrimiento de América

(THE TRUE STORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA)

Dominican Republic

March 13 & 14

Koldo Teatro

by Juan Carlos Campo Sagaseta

directed by Koldo

About the Play: Might it be a realistic fantasy or perhaps fantastic realism… magic reality… it’s very likely! In fact, after more than 500 years, we still haven’t found the heart of the matter. Whatever. Something was discovered… even though it was never concealed.


Chiquilladas

(KID’S STUFF)

Spain

February 9 & 10

Teatro del Olmo

by Raymon Cousse

directed by Raymon Cousse

About the Play: A tender look back, rekindling recollections of our own discoveries of the world. Delightful, thrilling memories that leave us with a bittersweet smile.


Todo lo que no... sobre Shakespeare!

(EVERYTHING YOU DON’T KNOW & NEVER CARED TO KNOW ABOUT SHAKESPEARE)

Paraguay

February 13 & 14

Fingers & Thumbs

adapted by Jennifer S. Hartley

directed by Jennifer S. Hartley

About the Play: In an unprecedented attempt, three actors interpret Shakespeare’s 37 works… in 95 minutes.


Usted Mató una Gaviota

(YOU MURDERED A SEAGULL)

Perú

February 27 & 28

Cuatro Tablas

by trabajo colectivo

directed by Mario Delgado Vasquez

About the Play: Four students get together one night in cramped quarters to work on an essay about Chekhov’s The Seagull and they become submerged in a delirious journey about their own personal experiences, memories, qualms, dreams, and desires. They confront their personal demons from the past, present and future as well as their fears and hopes. Their characters serve as a vehicle not only for universal theater, but also for Peruvian theater and fragments of human dreams begin to form a new ARKADINA, TREPLEV, NINA and SONIA.


Voces

(VOICES)

Puerto Rico

March 6 & 7

Vissepó Producciones Inc.

by Myrna Casas

directed by Dean Zayas

About the Play: An open door to infinity. The small corner of shared secrets where we are surprised by solitude… the ongoing search for the being that inhabits us, instills us with every passion.


Esta Noche: Oscar Wilde

(TONIGHT: OSCAR WILDE)

Uruguay

March 2 & 3

Teatro del Uruguay

by Jorge Denevi

directed by Juan Antonio Saravi

About the Play: …beyond a mere anecdote, this piece poses the option of choosing the meaning of freedom, from the pressures or questionings of others. A work against discrimination.


Hansel y Gretel

USA

March 3, 10 & 12

Teatro de la Luna

adapted by Jacqueline Briceño

directed by Jacqueline Briceño

About the play: A classis among classics… The marvelous, instructive adventure of a brother and sister, that teaches us about evil, selfishness, and lies. A courageous tale that both amuses and instructs us about love and respect between human beings, showing us that truth and goodness triumph.


El Ultimo Minotauro

(THE LAST MINOTAUR)

Venezuela

February 23 & 24

Minotauro Teatro

by León Febres Codero

directed by Eduardo Gil

About the Play: Does the myth live inside the man or does the man live out the myth? The desires, goals, and pleasures of the whole man, among which lies the myth of a feeling: love.