WORK IN PROGRESS SESSIONS
Five monologues by Mexican authors and one play by a Russian author in process of rehearsals by Mexican directors and creative team, performed by national actors.
Directors, actors and designers will participate in this sessions so the audience can experience the process of creation of this productions that will premiere as our Urban Bubbles in DramaFest.
It’s all her fault
By: Andrey Ivanov (Russia)
Director: Gabriela Ochoa (Mexico)
Cast: Carmen Mastache, Rodrigo Olguín.
Translation: Aurora Cano y Alfonsina Paredes
Synopsis
Vania was Tania’s husband an Kostia’s father, and his death has left a mother and a child parted by their mourning and with no possibility of communicating with each other. The mother looks for ways to approach her son and finds out how to do it through a virtual platform. In the real world they are apart, and online they are as close as they can get. The consequences will be ruthless.
Dates.
Friday, November 27
Friday, December 04 & 11
Time: 20:00
A woman in her own world walks happily
By: Bárbara Colio (Mexico)
Director: Sixto Castro Santillán (Mexico)
Actress: Susana Zabaleta
Synopsis
In the middle of the war, a woman in her own world walks happily. The blue mountains that covered Yoko Ono’s town next to Hiroshima, turn white and stark. A giant mushroom appears before her eyes revealing the brutal beauty of destruction. What would the world be like if the bullet that killed John Lennon would have killed Yoko Ono instead?
Dates.
Thursday, November 26
Thursday, December 3 & 10
Time: 20:00
Unborn
By: Azucena Godínez (Mexico)
Director: Sixto Castro Santillán (Mexico)
Actress: Belén Mercado
Synopsis
An unborn enjoys itself inside it’s mother’s womb, trusting that its parents’ dream will come true when it is born and turns into their “champion boy”. Suddenly, an ultrasound reveals that it is actually a girl. The unborn starts an unforeseen and disturbing adventure
Dates.
Tuesday, November 24
Tuesday, December 1 & 8
Time: 20:00
Saturn Return*
By: Zoe Méndez Ortiz (Mexico)
Director: Sixto Castro Santillán (Mexico)
Actress: Darling Lucas
Synopsis
A young woman gets pregnant without planning it, something that makes her consider if anyone who is not capable of taking responsibility for one self, can (and wants to…) take responsibility for someone else. At the same time, the fragility of her relationship is revealed.
* Play written under the program of Specific Artistic Residences of FONCA 2018, Centro Banff, Canada.
Dates.
Wednesday, November 25
Wednesday, December 02 & 09
Time: 20:00
Grand Slam
By: Valentina Garibay (Mexico)
Director: Sixto Castro Santillán (Mexico)
Actress: Cassandra Ciangherotti
Synopsis
A tennis player plays only to win. She will not sleep peacefully until she beats the Neo Zealander who has become the coach’s favorite trainee.
Dates.
Monday, November 23 and 30
Monday, December 07
TIme: 20:00
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