I Want You By My Side

Wednesday, June 23 (8:00 PM)
Sunday, June 27 (3:00 PM)

Company: Teatro IATI

New York-based Puerto Rican playwright Tere Martínez won over audiences at TeatroStageFest 2008 with her award-winning play Borinquen Lives in El Barrio. Martinez returns to TeatroStageFest this year with I Want You by My Side, a play commission by Teatro IATI that strives to raise awareness of a vital issue that, even today, is rarely discussed on and off the stage: the effects of the HIV virus amongst today’s youth population.

Based on Pati Domenech’s Quiero que estés a mi lado, the play introduces Lauren, a college freshman who thinks she has it all. Then, one day, her world is turned upside down when she must suddenly confront the possibility that she might be HIV positive. Throughout the day Lauren comes to appreciate the love of her friends she had taken for granted and, above all, to realize how a single bad choice can change one’s life forever.

 

In English. 60 Minutes. No Intermission. A Talk Back with the playwright, director and actors will follow the 7pm performance on June 23, 2010.

Written by: Tere Martínez
Directed by: Arian Blanco
Cast:  Howard Collado, Anita Kalathara, Miriam Morales
Set Designer: Yanko Bakulic
Stage Manager: Karina Alos
Executive Producer: Vivian Deangelo
Photos: Gabriela Luiz

 

The Authors' Voice

(La Voz de los Autores)

 

Have you ever wondered how new plays are written, developed and often rewritten all over again? Be a part of the process!  Teatro IATI presents a series of play readings by three New York-based Latino playwrights in their play development series The Authors’ Voice!

 

Monday June 28
(7:30 PM)

Spain's Contemporary Dramaturgy

CLICK HERE to know the playwrights and participating artists!

 

Tuesday June 29
(7:30 PM)
La Maldición de los Reynoso
By Henry Guzmán
Directed by Roberto Cambeiro
Featuring Fabián González, Betsy Pujols,
Laura Spalding & Teresa Yenque


Wednesday June 30
(7:30 PM)
La Misiva de Poborsky
By Maickel Ronzino & Miguel Hernández
Directed by Berioska Ipinza
Featuring Fabián González, Ydaiber Orozco & Carlos Valencia

 

Admission:  FREE!  First come first serve, so reserve your spot today!  CLICK HERE!

 

Presenting Partner

 

Chico Mann...

In Concert

Thursday, June 24 (7:30 PM)

 

Summer Night Concert, El Museo del Barrio’s popular outdoor concert series, spotlights the acclaimed band that has single-handedly broken new ground with its Electro-Freestyle-Latin-Afrobeat fusion. Chico Mann’s blend of rhythms is known as one of the most innovative, vibrant hybrid styles of music today.  It extends beyond scene and genre, to create what many consider to be an audio documentary of Latinos growing up in the United States. 

Don’t miss this FREE one-night-only opportunity to get into Chico Mann’s unique groove – a homage to the past that also raises the bar for the future. 

A Summer Night Concert at El Museo, presented in partnership with TeatroSTageFest

 

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