Month: March 2011

Opening April 9: MAGNIFICENT WASTE

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FACTORY 449 presents the world premiere of
MAGNIFICENT WASTE by Caridad Svich

Directed by John Moletress

Cast:  Lisa Hodsoll,* Stephen F. Schmidt, Tony Villa, Sarah Strasser, James T. Majewski

Lizzie B makes shock art.  Arden buys beautiful things.  A young man wants to be famous.  In a modern world addicted to sex, drugs, fashion and celebrity, three friends make a pact that will change their lives.

In the World Premiere of Caridad Svich’s MAGNIFICENT WASTE, Factory 449 explores America’s appetite for excess and presents an unsettling portrait of its own undoing; a glittering but brutal exploration of modern society’s superficiality and the objectification of the human body.

April 9 – May 8, 2011 Thursday – Saturday @ 8:00 pm & Sunday @ 3:00 pm

Tickets $20

Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint Arts Center
916 G Street NW, Washington D.C. 20001. http://www.flashpointdc.org/venues/10-11_performance_schedule.html http://www.factory449.com/

Producer: Rick Hammerly* & Factory 449

This production is made possible through the Cultural Development Corporation’s Mead Theatre Lab Program at Flashpoint and a grant from the Creative Communities Fund.

Now Playing: Wreckage

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Caffeine Theatre at Stage 773 presents

WRECKAGE
a play by Caridad Svich
Directed by Joanie Schultz

March 11-April 17, 2011 @ 1225 W. Belmont Ave. , Chicago, 60657, (312)409-4778

Spinning madly off of the Greek myth of Medea, Wreckage begins when two boys wash up on shore, not knowing who or where they are, only that they have no choice but to keep moving in a strange world that may or may not be the afterlife. As they wander through this new landscape they soon learn the value of their youth and beauty, as well as the inevitability of pain and loss. Gender roles and parental roles alike lose their accepted meanings, and we begin to understand how fragile identity really is. Produced in rotating repertory with Cornelius Eady’s Brutal Imagination.

Cast: Dana Black, Tim Martin, Ian Daniel McLaren, Sean Thomas, Jeremy van Meter Costume Design: Alarie Hammock Lighting Design: Casey Diers
Projection Design: Davonte Johnson Scenic Design: Stephen Carmody
Technical Direction: Eric Sisco Dramaturgy: Dan Smith
Assistant Director: Cody Estle

http://www.caffeinetheatre.com/the-season/wreckage

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/wreckage/15109555

Now Playing: IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES

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Extended til May 30, 2011:

“Caridad Svich has achieved that my book springs to life on stage.”
Julia Alvarez, quoted in HOY Digital, 23 February 2011

“[Critics pick!] Svich’s play largely does justice to his story of injustice. An inventive production.” Backstage.com

“An artistic success. A major dramatic accomplishment that turns the theatrical version into a natural and inevitable complement to the novel.” Hispanic New York

Repertorio Espanol presents the Spanish language premiere of

En el tiempo de las Mariposas/In the Time of the butterflies

a new play by Caridad Svich based on the novel by Julia Alvarez
Directed by Jose Zayas.

Additiional Spanish translation: Marco Antonio Rodriguez and Yolanny Rodriguez

With immersive video and animation (by Alex Koch) dispersed across the stage, the piece paints a visual dreamscape of the interior lives of the activist sisters, the beauty and ferocity of the natural world, and the music heard on the radio of thetime.
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Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, “In The Time of the Butterflies,” is a fictionalized account of the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic. The sisters inspired resistance cells throughout the country against the dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code name, were brutally murdered by the regime in 1960.

Tickets start at $25. Student & group discounts available.

Repertorio Espanol
138 East 27th Street (and Lexington), New York City
Performance schedule at
www.repertorio.org/mariposas

Videos:

The Women of In THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeVZ6n8gGcs

Director and Design team talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG9VD1-TPXs&feature=relmfu

Photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=110712735646758&aid=59036

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In The Time of the Butterflies Opening

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February 2011

Previews begin February 10, 2011, Opening February 21, 2011:

Repertorio Espanol presents the Spanish language premiere of

En el tiempo de las Mariposas / In the Time of the butterflies

a new play by Caridad Svich
based on the novel by Julia Alvarez

Directed by Jose Zayas.

Video, Projection and Animation Design: Alex Koch
Music and Soundscape: Jane Shaw
Additiional Spanish translation: Marco Antonio Rodriguez and Yolanny Rodriguez

Cast includes Teresa Perez-Frangie, Zulema Clares, Flor de Liz Perez, Dalia Davi, Maria Helan, Rosie Berrido, Fermin Suarez

Presented in Spanish
(Live simultaneous English translation available)

TICKETS: Tickets start at $30. VIP Seats available.
Reserve tickets athttp://www.repertorio.org/productions/index.php?area=ind&id=131&PHPSESSID=a6815379a512e5f0cf9b4cbc5e02b599
or call the box office.

Recommended for adult audiences

“In The Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva y María Teresa) from the Dominican Republic. The sisters inspired resistance cells throughout the country against the dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code name, were brutally murdered by the regime in 1960.

Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, the martyred butterflies come to vibrant life in a warm, brilliant, and dramatic production by the talented duo – playwright Caridad Svich and director José Zayas– that brought us the critically acclaimed production of Isabel Allende’s “The House of the Spirits” in 2009.

A fascinating and powerful picture of a family and a nation’s history. -The Dallas Morning News

A gorgeous and sensitive novel… A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion. -People


Repertorio Espanol
138 East 27th Street (and Lexington)
New York City
www.repertorio.org