Dates: Friday, June 6 (8:00PM), Saturdary, June 7 (3:00 & 8:00 PM), Sunday, June 8 (3:00PM)

Company: Teatro de Chile

Written and Directed by: Manuela Infante

With: Angélica Vial and Juan Pablo Peragallo

Production Design: Claudia Yolin   Producer: María José Parga   Photo by: Alvaro Benitez

Location: Teatro Círculo
64 East 4th Street (Between 2nd Ave. and the Bowery) Manhattan

Language: Spanish with English supertitles

Ticket Prices: $20 - Students/Seniors: $15 (use code ST08 at checkout)

Presented in partnership with Teatro Circulo

With support from the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Chile

Synopsis: Hailed by critics as the most relevant play in Chile’s fringe movement, Narciso blends physical theater, pop music, and a non-traditional setting in the high voltage journey of a teenager who barricades himself in a bathroom while flirting with suicide. 

Winner of two Altazor Awards for Best Play and Best Direction, the show takes the audience into the dangerous games of upper class adolescents who have everything except motivation. Derived from interviews with real life teenagers in Santiago, Manuela Infante exposes the narcissism of the “Me Generation” through gripping performances and edgy experimental staging.

 “Hypnotizing.  The deepest reflection one can
get of our times.” – Marco Antonio de la Parra,
La Segunda, Chile

“A jewel.  A Chilean play written for stages across the world.” – Van der Weinthraube, Revista de Libros, Chile

Directions by Subway: 6 train to Astor Place; R, N or W trains to 8th Street, or F, V trains to Second Avenue.

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Dates: Friday, June 6 (8:00PM), Saturdary, June 7 (8:00 PM), Sunday, June 8 (3:00PM & 6:30PM)

Company: Grupo Doble Ve

Directed by: Román Podolsky

Set & Costume Design by: Alejandra Polito
Lighting Design by: Elida Elizabeth Sirling
Photos by: Juana Ghersa (top), Diego Danei (bottom)

Harina

Written by: Carolina Tejeda and Román Podolsky

With: Carolina Tejeda

With support from the Laura Pels Foundation

Guardavidas

Written by: Román Podolsky with additional texts by María Elvira Massa and Carlos Alberto Vavassori

With: María Elvira Massa and Carlos Alberto Vavassori

Location: Repertorio Español
138 East 27th Street (Between Lexington and 3rd Ave.)
Manhattan

Language: Spanish with live English interpretation

Ticket Prices: $35 - Students/Seniors: $15

Presented in partnership with Repertorio Español

Synopsis: Two deceivingly simple and profound one-act plays by award-winning director Román Podolsky  reveal “the other” Argentina we rarely hear about.  These contemporary stories developed through research and improvisation with the actors bring to life the voices of the struggling suburban middle class and of people in remote provinces cut off by the privatization of the Argentine railroad.

In Harina, during a sleepless night, a young baker kneads bread and unravels memories of a time when the train brought people together with the promise of progress.

Guardavidas weaves an unlikely but tender relationship between a retired lifeguard and a caretaker who has come to tend to his terminally ill wife. A suspended moment in time that brings two strangers together.  In the director’s own words, “It is that moment between inhalation and exhalation – between life and death”.

 “[Harina] … a haiku from the Pampas – short, precise, and of profound human resonance.”
– Laura Gentile, El Clarín, Argentina

“[Harina] An accomplished one person drama that wisely complies with the golden rule that less is more.” – Luis Masas, Veintitres, Argentina

“The value in Román Podolsky’s production [Guardavidas] is the emphasis he places in the moments of silence, emptiness, and minimalist gestures on stage that allow the audience to assess on their own the characters’ fate and true dimension.” Ambito Financiero, Argentina

Directions by Subway: 6 or R train to 28th Street, walk East to Lexington Avenue and then one block south to East 27th Street.

 

Presenting Partner        Sponsor of Harina

Dates:  Friday, June 13 (8:00PM), Saturday, June 14 (8:00PM), Sunday, June 15 (3:00PM)

Company: Teatro La Zaranda

Directed by: Paco de La Zaranda

Written by: Eusebio Calonge

With: Gaspar Campuzano, Francisco Sánchez, Enrique Bustos

Photos by: Olivier Harrassowki

Location: NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
566 La Guardia Place (Washington Square South)
Manhattan

Language: Spanish with English supertitles

Ticket Prices: $35 - Students/Seniors: $12 (Student, senior discount available at box office with valid ID)

Produced with the Ministry of Culture of Spain - Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música (INAEM). With support from Instituto Cervantes. Presented with the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU

Synopsis:“Meet the fantastic Zarandini Brothers!” A troupe of ragtag performers roam the Andalucian countryside in search of their next big show – a magical epic journey that leads them everywhere and nowhere at the same time.  In La Zaranda’s signature tragicomic style, the characters walk, sail and fly in an apocalyptic playground. Will these unlikely heroes ever find what they are looking for? Find out in this acclaimed new existentialist production by Spain’s legendary theater troupe returning to New York as part of its 30th anniversary international tour. www.lazaranda.net

“Genius.  Incisive.” – Maurice Echavarría, El Periódico, Guatemala

“The characters resemble three clowns who hide their fate behind circus masks. Calonge’s irony and lyricism evoke an entire philosophy of life. ”
– Dolores Guerrero, El Correo de Andalucía, Spain

Directions by Subway: Take the A, B, C, D, E, F or V to 4th Street/Washington Square. Walk east on West 4th Street to the corner of La Guardia Place. OR Take the N, R to 8th Street/NYU and walk south on Broadway to West 4th Street and then west to La Guardia Place.

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Dates: Thursday, June 12 (8:00PM), Friday, June 13 (8:00PM), Saturday, June 14 (8:00PM)

Directed by: Fernando Montes

By: Patricia Lara (Based on her book)

With: Carlota Llano

Lighting Designer and Technical Director: Guillermo Pedraza Photos by: Carlos Mario Lema

Location: Queens Theatre in the Park
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

Languages: Spanish with English supertitles

Ticket Prices: $25 - Students/Seniors: $15 (Student, senior discount available at box office with valid ID)

With support from the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Colombia. Presented in partnership with Queens Theater in the Park. This collaboration is partially funded by the David Schwartz Foundation. Queens Media Host: El Correo de Queens.

Synopsis: TeatroStageFest marks its Queens debut with this gripping portrayal of four real-life women who bravely face war-torn days in Colombia, starring renowned actress Carlota Llano.

Mujeres en la Guerra is an adaptation of Patricia Lara’s award-winning collection of journalistic interviews that pays homage to women who refuse to give up on their dream for peace. An ex-guerrillerra admits to wishing she'd never taken up arms; a paramilitary loses the love of her life in the hands of the guerilla; a displaced mother longs for her daughters' safety; and the wife of an navy admiral wrestles with her children's decision to join the guerilla. They all come to life in this tour de force docudrama.

“Dressed as a member of the guerilla, an elegant lady, or wearing the apron of a farmer’s wife
– [Carlota Llano] fills the stage with her gestures, her words, and her voice.” – Astrid Muñoz, La Revista de el Espectador, Colombia.

“Courageous and honest.” – Gilberto Bello, Wherever The Road Will Road, from 90 Essays in Theater Criticism, Colombia

Directions by Subway: Take the 7 train to Willets Point-Shea Stadium. Exit to the Shea Stadium side and pick up the free trolley to the theater. Trolley starts running one hour before show and for one half hour after each performance.

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