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En el tiempo de las mariposas
(In The Time of the Butterflies)
A new play by Caridad Svich
Based on Julia Álvarez’s novel
Directed by José Zayas
Presented in Spanish with live English translation

…THE ACTRESSES PLAYING THEM LOOK SMASHING (AND VERY MUCH LIKE THE REAL MIRABALS)…FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING NEW YORKERS, THIS COMPANY REMAINS A TREASURED THEATRICAL RESOURCE. – NY TIMES

JOSÉ ZAYAS’ PRODUCTION IS INVENTIVE…THE USE OF VIDEO PROJECTIONS AND ANIMATION HELP CREATE A POETIC LANGUAGE OF STAGECRAFT… – BACKSTAGE CRITICS’ PICK

A THUNDERING PERFORMANCE BY DALIA DAVI AS MINERVA… SHE’S ALL STRENGTH, FURY, AND VULNERABILITY… ZULEMA CLARES, WHO PLAYS YOUNGER DEDE, IS ONE OF THE FINEST ACTORS WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY… ROSIE BERRIDO PLAYS PATRIA, WITH HEARTFELT SIMPLICITY. – NYTHEATRE.COM

Performances:
Sunday, September 11 – 6:30pm
Sunday, September 25 – 2:30pm
Saturday, October 1 – 8pm
Thursday, October 20 – 11am
Saturday, October 22 – 3pm
Wednesday, October 26 – 11am
Saturday, October 29 – 8pm
Saturday, November 5 – 3pm
Sunday, November 13 – 2:30pm
Tuesday, November 15 – 11am
Friday, November 18 – 8pm
Saturday, November 26 – 3pm


Sept 13: GUAPA reading

Lark Play Development Center Roundtable reading of

GUAPA
a new play by Caridad Svich.
Directed by Jose Zayas

In a small Texas town, caught in the long history of class struggle & racism, live Roly, a single mother, and her makeshift family. Taken in by the family is a young woman named simply Guapa (Beautiful), who dreams of playing women’s soccer. This is a story about a working class community trying to make ends meet with magical dreams of sports, graffiti, birds in flight, indigenous history, trauma, recovery, and the viable possibilities of a better life.

Cast includes: Audrey Esparza, Maggie Bofill, Flor De Liz Perez, Bernardo Cubria and Rey Lucas.

on TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
at 6:30 PM

at the Lark’s new space at 311 West 43rd Street, Ste 406, NYC 10036

This reading is by invitation only.

www.larktheatre.org