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.
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,
Thursday8 &
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!