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XXXIV INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL OF MIAMI

2019 PROGRAM

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Thursday, June 20| 7:00 -10:00 pm

Poster Unveiling | Meet and greet the Artist Cocktail Reception

MANUEL TRICALLOTIS | Artist (Chile/Ecuador)

Miami-Dade County Auditorium - Lobby | 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami

Co-sponsored by BACARDÍ USA

(By invitation only) (Free parking) 

July 12-28 | After each opening

Educational Component | Forums about each opening

BEATRIZ J. RIZK, Ph.D. | Educational Program Director

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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; July 11, 12, and 13 | 8:30 pm

Sunday, July 14 | 5:00 pm

NUEVE DE NUEVE | Zaragoza, ESPAÑA

LA EXTINTA POÉTICA (Extinct Poetics)

Written by Eusebio Calonge

Directed by Paco de la Zaranda

Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center |1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami

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Co-presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Sponsored by the government of Aragón, Spain

Co-sponsored by Centro Cultural Español, Miami, Consejería de Cultura de la Embajada de España, Spain Arts and Culture, Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, Ayuntamiento de Huesca, Teatro Principal de Zaragoza


What does Ophelia do in our era? Who hears her lament before she sinks into vulgarity and tedium? It is like asking for the meaning of poetry in our age of speed and space.

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Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13 | 8:30 pm

Sunday, July 14 | 5:00 pm

COMPAÑÍA TEATRO IMAGEN | Santiago, CHILE 

CARTAS DE JENNY - La intranscendente epopeya de Jenny Masterson 

(Letters from Jenny - The Insignificant Epic of Jenny Masterson)

Written and directed by Gustavo Meza

MDCA’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre | 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami

(Free parking) 

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Sponsored by FONDART Nacional 2019 Línea de Circulación Internacional Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio, Gobierno de Chile.

Co-sponsored by Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Consulado General de Chile en Miami, Gobierno de Chile.

 

A domineering mother, an overprotected son and a girl who comes to break up the circle of maternal certainties with her charm and cheekiness.

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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;  July 18, 19 and 20 | 8:30 pm

COMPAÑÍA DE TEATRO FUGAZ | Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

El BULULÚ. ANTOLOGÍA ENDIABLADA

(The Itinerant Actor. A Devilish Anthology)

Written & Directed by Leticia González de Lellis and Osqui Guzmán

MDCA’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre | 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami

(Free parking) 

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Theatre is a sewing machine that titches memories together. The writings from Spain’s Golden Age become fused with the gold that the conquistador stook from Bolivia. It is cultural gold that moves across time and that only memory saves by honoring the troubadour's art.

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Friday and Saturday;  July 19 and 20 | 8:30 pm

Sunday,  July 21 | 5:00 pm

ALBANTA | Cádiz, ESPAÑA

BENDITA GLORIA (Blessed Gloria)

Written by Juan G. Larrondo | Directed by Pepe Bable

Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami

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Co-presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

 

Following her father’s death, Gloria shuts herself up in her home like a hermit inside a labyrinthine retreat, becoming usurper, mistress and slave in a prison that houses other ghosts with no less tangled histories.

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Friday, July 19 | 8:30 pm (Immediately before the performance)

Presentation of 2019 Life Achievement in the Performing Arts Award

PEPE BABLE | ESPAÑA

Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center | 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami

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Saturday 20 de julio | 5:00 pm

LOS CLAVELES | Murcia, ESPAÑA

SIETE CABRITILLOS (Seven Little Goats)

Written by Paca García y Aniceto Roca 

Directed by Aniceto Roca

Key Biscayne Community Center

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Co-presented by KEY BISCAYNE COMMUNITY CENTER
Co-sponsored by KEY BISCAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE,
INSTITUTO DE LAS INDUSTRIAS CULTURALES Y DE LAS ARTES, REGION DE MURCIA
SPAIN, UNITED ALIENS ARTISTS FOUNDATION, TOY, NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.


(In Spanish - Free admission & parking)

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Sunday, July 21 | 2:00 - 6:00 pm

International Children's Day

MDCA’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre | 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami

Co-sponsored by INSTITUTO DE LAS INDUSTRIAS CULTURALES Y DE LAS ARTES,
REGION DE MURCIA SPAIN

(In Spanish - Free admission and parking)

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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: Music/Percussion

5:00 – 6:00 pm | Performance: Siete Cabritillos (Seven Little Goats)

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​Co-sponsored by INSTITUTO DE LAS INDUSTRIAS CULTURALES Y DE LAS ARTES, REGIÓN DE MURCIA SPAIN

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Disobeying their mother, seven kids (little goats) let a wolf into their house. But their mother, and the courage and ingenuity of the youngest, deal the fierce intruder his just deserts.

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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;  July 25, 26, and 27 | 8:30 pm

Sunday, July 28 | 5:00 pm

TEATRO AVANTE | Miami, Florida, USA

Bayamesa

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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Co-presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

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)

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A theatre company comes across unpublished manuscripts of the poet María Luisa Milanés (1893-1919), an ardent feminist and patriot born in Bayamo, Cuba, and undertakes to put on a play based on her complicated life, thereby discovering the fascinating story of a dangerous clash with patriarchal tyranny.

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(In Spanish with English supertitles)

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Friday and Saturday, July 26 and 27 | 8:30 pm

Sunday, July 28 | 5:00 pm

EL PRINCIPITO PRODUCCIONES | Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

Millones de segundos (Millions of Seconds)

Written & Directed by Diego Casado Rubio

MDCA’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami

(Free parking) 

 

Since he was 5, a transexual teen has been counting the seconds he has left to live in an alien body. He is 554 seconds old and still harbors the hope of  beginning his transformation

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​Co-sponsored by FONDO NACIONAL DE LAS ARTES ARGENTINA, PRO TEATRO MINISTERIO DE CULTURA DE LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE BUENOS AIRES, TEATRO DEL ABASTO

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(In Spanish with English supertitles)

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!

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