2011
LATIN AMERICA...
PASSION FOR THEATER!
2012

21st

Season


El Abrazo Lunar
The Moon's Embrace

Feb. 23 - Mar. 17, 2012

at Gunston Arts Center  -  Theatre 2
2700 South Lang St., Arlington, VA 22206
In Spanish with live English dubbing

Costa Rica’s Teatro La Polea returns with its sensational hit, The Immigrant by César Meléndez. Direct from Spain, Factoría Teatro presents Family Under Construction by Gonzala Martin Sherman. From Argentina, comedian Perla Laske brings I Can’t Live Without a Maid. And our last "embrace" marks the return of Uruguay’s No. 1 comedian, Petru Valenski, in Petru: All By Himself, a U.S. premiere by Omar Varela.

Press Reviews


COSTA RICA
SAN JOSE

Teatro La Polea

El Inmigrante

The Immigrant

written, directed & interpreted by

César Meléndez

A Nicaraguan in Costa Rica, but even more, an exposition on the burning question that affects all the Americas:  immigration.

February, Thursday 23  &  Friday 24 - 8pm
February, Saturday 25 - 3pm & 8pm
Dramatic Comedy  -  Ages: 15+

SPAIN
MADRID

Factoría Teatro

Familia en

Construcción
Family Under Construction
written & dir. Gonzala Martín Sherman

with Montse Díez, Iván Ugalde,

Victoria Teijeiro, Iñigo Asiaín

& Salvador Sanz

Here are your father, your mother, your brother or sister, your grandmother, your mother-in-law, your son or daughter, your husband, your wife ... A striking and evocative reconstruction in which the issues that stir up every family come pouring out. Special moments and routine ones, with humor, with lots of love. And with hate?
March, Thursday 1  &  Friday 2 - 8pm
March, Saturday 3 - 3pm & 8pm
Comedy  -  U.S. Premiere  -  Ages: 13+


ARGENTINA
BUENOS AIRES
No Puedo Vivir
sin Mucama

I Can’t Live Without a Maid

written & interpreted by Perla Laske

directed by Pablo Shilton

Within a gallery of recognizable and loveable characters – maids and mistresses – humor moves through this fine and tender interpretation of Perla Laske. This work skips across the zaniness of a world that shows us, beyond the laughter, a well-known social landscape. If a maid is part of a family, then living without a maid is to live without part of oneself.
March, Thursday 8  &  Friday 9 - 8pm
March, Saturday 10 - 3pm & 8pm
Comedy  -   U.S. Premiere  -  Ages: 13+


URUGUAY
MONTEVIDEO

 

Solo Petru
Petru: All By Himself

written & directed by Omar Varela

interpreted by Petru Valenski

The one and only!...One more time... he’s here once again! The lord of humor! To call him a wizard is not enough! Why does Uruguay feel a difference? Because it has Petru Valenski but today he’s here. Petru all by himself in cabaret!

March, Thursday 15  &  Friday 16 - 8pm
March, Saturday 17 - 3pm & 8pm
Cabaret  -   U.S. Premiere  -  Ages: 15+
 

 
Our visiting troupes
travel by
United Airlines

 
TICKETS
Regular
Students &
Senior Citizens
(60+)
ONE SHOW

$35

$30

Shows

Week 1
Costa Rica

Thursday 2/23 (8PM)

Friday 2/24 (8PM)

Saturday 2/25 (3PM)

Saturday 2/25 (8PM)

Week 2
Spain

Thursday 3/1 (8PM)

Friday 3/2 (8PM)
Saturday 3/3 (3PM)
Saturday 3/3 (8PM)
Week 3
Argentina

Thursday 3/8 (8PM)

Friday 3/9 (8PM)
Saturday 3/10 (3PM)
Saturday 3/10 (8PM)
Week 4
Uruguay

Thursday 3/15 (8PM)

Friday 3/16 (8PM)

Saturday 3/17 (3PM)
Saturday 3/17 (8PM)