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XXV INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL OF MIAMI | A TRIBUTE TO MEXICO

2010 PROGRAM

Amarillo
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; July 7, 8, and 9 | 8:30pm
TEATRO LÍNEA DE SOMBRA | Mexico City, Mexico

AMARILLO

A Collective Creation | Directed by Jorge A. Vargas
A play that explores the concept of national identity, the connection between the real and the virtual and the relationship between documentary and fiction. An incessant voice streams through the soundtrack, creating an acoustic landscape and signaling identity. (In Spanish)
Carnival Studio Theatre, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
TICKETS: 305.949.6722 | 866.949.6722 (toll free) | www.arshtcenter.org
Smaller than the Guggenheim
Thursday and Friday, July 8 and 9 | 8:30pm
LOS GUGGENHEIM | Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

MÁS PEQUEÑOS QUE EL GUGGENHEIM (Smaller than the Guggenheim)

Written and directed by Alejandro Ricaño
A play about friendship. A simple vision of the theatre. A meditation on failure. The characters are simply there, enduring as best they can a life that is not remotely what they had expected. It could be anyone's biography. (In Spanish)
Prometeo Theatre, Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus | 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami
TICKETS: 305.237.3262 | www.prometeotheatre.com
Blade to the Heat
Friday and Saturday, July 9 and 10 | 8:30pm
TEATRO PROMETEO | Miami, Florida, USA

FILO AL FUEGO (Blade to the Heat)

Written by Oliver Mayer | Directed by Joann Maria Yarrow
This production of Oliver Mayer's potent play about the seething world of professional boxing is set in 1960's Miami, at the time a mecca for the sport. A modern, gritty battle over love, violence and manhood. (In Spanish with English supertitles)
Miami-Dade College Auditorium, Wolfson Campus | 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami
TICKETS: 305.237.3262 | www.prometeotheatre.com
Divine Words
Saturday, July 10 | 8:30pm
Sunday, July 11 | 5:00pm
ATALAYA | Seville, Andalusia, Spain

DIVINAS PALABRAS (Divine Words)

Written by Ramón del Valle-Inclán | Directed by Ricardo Iniesta
The central conflict involves a monstrous midget and his mother, who drags him from fair to fair begging for alms. The play marks the convergence of Valle-Inclán's magical, rural and Galician theatre. (In Spanish)
Carnival Studio Theatre, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
TICKETS: 305.949.6722 | 866.949.6722 (toll free) | www.arshtcenter.org
Orinoco
Monday, July 12 | 8:30pm
A Tribute to CARBALLIDO

ORINOCO (Staged reading)

Written by Emilio Carballido | Directed by Beatriz J. Rizk
Prometeo Theatre at Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus | 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami
Free Admission (In Spanish)
Rosa de dos aromas
Tuesday, July 13 | 8:30pm
A Tribute to CARBALLIDO

ROSA DE DOS AROMAS (Staged reading)

Written by Emilio Carballido | Directed by Beatriz J. Rizk
Prometeo Theatre at Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus | 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami
Free Admission (In Spanish)
Sigmund's Dreams
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; July 14, 15, and 16 | 8:30pm
OCO TEATRO LABORATÓRIO | Salvador, Bahia, BRAZIL

OS SONHOS DE SEGISMUNDO (Sigmund's Dreams)

Written by Luis Alberto Alonso and Tiago Chaves | Directed by Luis Alberto Alonso
Six characters set out on a mythical journey into their dreams in a play that draws from five literary sources including Calderón de la Barca and García Márquez. (In Portuguese with Spanish supertitles)
Carnival Studio Theatre, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
TICKETS: 305.949.6722 | 866.949.6722 (toll free) | www.arshtcenter.org
Thanks for Everything
Friday and Saturday, July 16 and 17 | 8:30pm
NIDIA TELLES | Montevideo, Uruguay

GRACIAS POR TODO (Thanks for Everything)

Written by Julio César Castro | Directed by Carlos Aguilera
Spying on a woman as she stands before a mirror, knowing she is alone, with no witnesses to constrain her, could prove a lot of fun. (In Spanish)
Teatro Prometeo, Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus | 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami
TICKETS: 305.237.3262 | www.prometeotheatre.com
Flowers Plucked from the Fog
Saturday, July 17 | 8:30pm
Sunday, July 18 | 5:00pm
ALBANTA | Cadiz, Spain

FLORES ARRANCADAS A LA NIEBLA (Flowers Plucked from the Fog)

Written by Arístides Vargas | Directed by Pepe Bablé
Two women fleeing the aftermath of an unspecified war meet at a train station and tell of their respective journeys into exile. Pain and laughter intertwine. (In Spanish)
Carnival Studio Theatre, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
TICKETS: 305.949.6722 | 866.949.6722 (toll free) | www.arshtcenter.org
The King Who Could Not Hear, but Listened
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
Sunday, July 18 | 2:00-8:00pm
SEÑA Y VERBO TEATRO DE SORDOS | Mexico City, Mexico

EL REY QUE NO OÍA, PERO ESCUCHABA (The King Who Could Not Hear, but Listened)

Written by Perla Szchumaker | Directed by Adrian Blue and Alberto Lomnitz
A simple fable about tolerance and brotherly love in which what distinguishes a true king is not his ability to hear, but to listen. (In Spanish, Mexican sign language and pantomime)
Miami-Dade College InterAmerican Campus | 627 South West 27th Avenue, Miami
Free Admission
Versado, the Wandering Storyteller
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
CONSEJO ARTÍSTICO DE PUERTO RICO, INC. | San Juan, Puerto Rico

VERSADO, EL ANDARÍN CUENTERO: DE CÓMO LA PRINCESA OMA ACABÓ CON LA GUERRA

Written and directed by Dr. Carola García
Learn how Princess Oma ended the war using her intelligence and celebrate peace by dancing along with the storytellers. (In Spanish; for the entire family)
North Shore Park & Youth Center | 501 72nd Street, Miami Beach
Free Admission
Thanks for Everything
Sunday, July 18 | 5:30pm
NIDIA TELLES | Montevideo, URUGUAY

GRACIAS POR TODO (Thanks for Everything - Special Performance)

Written by Julio César Castro | Directed by Carlos Aguilera
Key Biscayne Community Center | 10 Village Green Way, Key Biscayne
Free Admission | RESERVATIONS: 305.365.8900
Catfighting
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; July 21, 22, and 23 | 8:30pm
LA CUARTA | Montevideo, Uruguay

GATOMAQUIA (Catfighting)

Written by Lope de Vega | Directed by Héctor Manuel Vidal
Seventeenth century playwright Lope de Vega's cats stop being mere fairy tale characters and engage in distancing and seduction worthy of Brecht. (In Spanish)
Carnival Studio Theatre, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
TICKETS: 305.949.6722 | 866.949.6722 (toll free) | www.arshtcenter.org
The Lost Children
Friday and Saturday, July 23 and 24 | 8:30pm
EL FÉNIX PRODUCCIONES | Mexico City, Mexico

LOS NIÑOS PERDIDOS (The Lost Children)

Written by Francisco Hinojosa | Directed by Esteban Castellanos
The growing population of street children is here addressed with mordant humor that makes no attempt to moralize or offer solutions beyond the scope of art. (In Spanish)
Teatro Prometeo, Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus | 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami
TICKETS: 305.237.3262 | www.prometeotheatre.com
Pedro de Valdivia: The Unfinished Epic
Saturday, July 24 | 8:30pm
Sunday, July 25 | 5:00pm
TRYO TEATRO BANDA | Santiago, Chile

PEDRO DE VALDIVIA: LA GESTA INCONCLUSA (Pedro de Valdivia: The Unfinished Epic)

Written by Juan Francisco Sánchez Brkic | Directed by Sebastián Vila
In a minstrel-like performance, three actor-musicians retell the story of the conquest of Chile, focusing on the character of Pedro de Valdivia through his letters to King Carlos I of Spain. (In Spanish)
Carnival Studio Theatre, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
TICKETS: 305.949.6722 | 866.949.6722 (toll free) | www.arshtcenter.org
Third Body
Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31 | 8:30pm
TIMBRE 4 | Buenos Aires, Argentina

TERCER CUERPO (Third Body)

Written and directed by Claudio Tolcachir
A story of five lives, five longings for love, five failures. A drama in which what counts is what is not seen, what is not said, what drives desire. (In Spanish)
Teatro Prometeo, Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus | 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami
TICKETS: 305.237.3262 | www.prometeotheatre.com
Across Columbus' Land
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; July 28, 29, 30, and 31 | 8:30pm
Sunday, August 1 | 5:00pm
TEATRO AVANTE | Miami, Florida, USA

POR LAS TIERRAS DE COLÓN (Across Columbus' Land)

Written by Guillermo Schmidhuber | Directed by Mario Ernesto Sánchez
A famous actress and her husband embark on a tour of Latin America, but the Bogotazo in April 1948 forces them to remain inside a theater for 33 hours. (In Spanish with English supertitles)
Carnival Studio Theatre, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
TICKETS: 305.949.6722 | 866.949.6722 (toll free) | www.arshtcenter.org

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