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Thursday, July 8| Before the performance
LEDA ALMAR | Artist (Argentina)
www.ledaalmar.com @leda.almar.art
Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center
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July 8-25 | After each opening
Forums in Spanish and English immediately after each opening
BEATRIZ J. RIZK, Ph.D. | Educational Program Director
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Friday, July 9 | Before the performance
PRESENTATION OF 2020 LIFE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AWARD
GRISELDA GAMBARO | ARGENTINA
Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center
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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; July 8, 9 and 10 | 8:30 pm
Sunday, July 11 | 5:00 pm
COMEDIA NACIONAL | Montevideo, URUGUAY
NOCIONES BÁSICAS PARA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE PUENTES
(Basics of Bridge Construction)
Written and Directed by Jimena Márquez
Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center |1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
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Drawing from the intimate experiences of everyone involved in the creation of this play, we have divided Mario Benedetti's story into five "emotional zones": Montevideo, Militancy, Marketing, Exile, and Dis-exile. As peers, born during the dictatorship, we recognized each other in the process as representatives of a generation unable to express itself. We want to welcome you today to talk about things we have not been able to previously, to re-encounter old memories via the story of a grandfather that we have not visited in a long time
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(Agradecimientos a la Fundación Mario Benedetti)
Friday and Saturday, July 9 and 10| 8:30 pm
Sunday, July 11 | 5:00 pm
MURGA MADRE, Montevideo, URUGUAY
MURGA MADRE
Written by Pablo Routin | Directed by Fernando Toja | Musical Direction: Edu Lombardo
MDCA’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre | 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami
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Silences. Glances that say what is not expressed in words. Two characters lacking names, time and space…a remembering (“recordar” – returning to the heart) through the murga. Something they were… or are. Fragments scattered to complete a story. The eternal flow of life. Yesterday, today and always…a show for the soul.
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(Con la colaboración de Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Instituto Nacional de Artes Escéncias, Asociación General de Autores del Uruguay, Departamento de Cultura, Intendencia de Montevideo)
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; July 15, 16 and 17 | 8:30 pm
TEATRO DE LA VUELTA | Cuenca, ECUADOR
BARRIO CALEIDOSCOPIO
(Kaleidoscope Neighborhood)
Written & Directed by Carlos Gallegos
MDCA’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre | 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami
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Alfonsito wakes up with a desire to go the store and buy a loaf of bread or two
To do so, he must overcome his multiple eccentric fears, appear to be like others - like "normal" people - and leave his meticulously organized, dusty home. He must walk quickly down the lonely street, avoiding the teasing of his "friends”, the sadness of the street sweepers and any encounter with the Machiavellian Magalita. Above all, he must keep the red muscle inside his chest from exploding when he receives his bag of bread.
(Agradecimiento a Dell' Arte International School- Blue Lake CA​)
Friday and Saturday; July 16 and 17 | 8:30 pm
Sunday, July 18 | 5:00 pm
TEATRO BOXING| URUGUAY
TOM PAIN (basado en nada)
TOM PAIN (based on nothing)
Written by Will Eno | Directed by Lucio Hernández
Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
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An apparently ordinary man turns his pain into a provocation. With honesty and humor, he shares stories from his life involving a bee sting, a boy and a dog, and a woman. Rogelio Garcia, winner of the 2016 Florencio Sánchez Award, plays the man under the direction of Lucia Hernandez, an actor with Comedia Nacional in Uruguay. Written by Will Eno, Tom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The one-man show premiered at the Edinburgh Festival, where it was awarded the Fringe Prize and the Herald Angel Prize.
Saturday, July 17| 5:00 pm
COLECTIVO ANIMAL, Bogotá, COLOMBIA & CONECTA MIAMI ARTS, Miami, USA
UN BOSQUE ENCANTADO
(An Enchanted Forest)
Written & Directed by Camila Rivera, Tatiana Samper & Daniel Roa | Musical Director: Daniel Roa
Key Biscayne Community Center​
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Sunday, July 18 | 2:00 - 6:00 pm
International Children's Day
MDCA’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre | 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami
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2:00 – 3:00 pm | Arts and crafts, rides, face painting, and distribution of healthy combo meals
3:00 – 4:00 pm | Workshops: Painting & Puppetry
4:00 – 5:00 pm | Workshops: Mime
5:00 – 6:00 pm | Performance: An Enchanted Forest
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An emotional-education project that seeks to bring parents and children together by way of forest-dwelling animals, who appear here as a song that instills in the hearts of families the values of life and connection to nature, paying tribute to the rhythms of Latin America, such as joropo, cumbia and vallenato.
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(Con la colaboración Key Biscayne Community Foundation, Village of Key Biscayne, United Aliens Artists Foundation, Toy, Evangelio Pleno.)
In Spanish. Free admission and parking.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; July 22, 23, and 24| 8:30 pm
Sunday, July 25| 5:00 pm
TEATRO AVANTE | Miami, Florida, USA
UBÚ PANDEMIA
(Ubu Pandemic)
by Abel González Melo | Directed by Mario Ernesto Sánchez (World Premiere)
Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
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Amid an unprecedented social crisis, King Ubú is forced to return to the island he founded: the mythical Uba, whose people have rebelled in response to widespread poverty. To top it off, a hitherto unknown pandemic is overrunning the world at lightning speed and threatens to spread into the island. Convinced of the residents' immunity, Ubú launches an unusual campaign to build up the country in the midst of the disaster, not realizing his strategy will prompt a fateful outcome.
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(Co-sponsored by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, Funding Arts Network (FAN))
(In Spanish with English supertitles)
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Friday and Saturday, July 23 and 24 | 8:30 pm
Sunday, July 25 | 5:00 pm
LOS PINCHES CHAMACOS | DF, MÉXICO
PAPÁ ESTÁ EN LA ATLÁNTIDA
(Papa is in Atlantis)
Written by Javier Malpica | Directed by Esteban Castellanos
MDCA’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre | 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami
A story of orphanhood and the mutual loyalty of two brothers who set out on a journey to find their father in the United States.
PLEASE NOTE | For security reasons, the United States has severely tightened restrictions on visas and other travel documents. Such restrictions may impair our ability to adhere to the published Festival schedule. Please bear with us and keep in mind that our program may change without notice. Thank you!