9th Annual Mexico/ U.S. Playwright exchange, New York
In collaboration with FONCA (México's National Fund for Culture and Arts)
4 mexican playwrights
4 u.s. playwrights
10 day dialogue
4 free new plays in translation
1 celebración
PUBLIC READINGS:
saturday, december 13th – 4pm
MARA O DE LA NOCHE SIN SUEÑO (MARA OR THE NIGHT WITHOUT DREAMS)
by Antonio Zúñiga Chaparro
translated by Tatiana Suarez-Pico
Brenda Paz, a young immigrant woman from El Salvador, becomes a high ranking member of two factions of the brutal Mara Salvatrucha gang in the U.S. She embarks on a life of crime and is caught in a love triangle that brings about betrayal and bloodshed. Based on a true story
saturday, december 13th – 7pm
LA EXTINCIÓN DE LOS DINOSAURIOS (THE DINOSAURS’ EXTINCTION)
By Luis Ayhllón
translated by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas
An old man is dying of cancer and is being forced to sell his house when he is approached by an old frenemy who proposes they rob a jewelry store. To aid them in this unlikely endeavor, the two old men recruit a young meathead who moonlights as a porn actor. Sunday, december 14th – 4pm
SUEÑOS 22 (22 DREAMS…FAR FROM THE SEA)
by Aída Andrade Varas
translated by Virginia Grise
Matthew, incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, struggles to understand the difference between guilt and innocence. He dreams of the ocean and a woman named Ana. When stories do not belong to men but to fate, who can you trust? Sunday, december 14th – 7pm
OBRA NEGRA (A WORK OF ART IN BLACK)
by Flavio Gonzalez Mello
translated by Carmen Rivera
In the wake of an unknown natural disaster, a group of people are trapped within the bowels of an “intelligent building.” Was it an earthquake? A fire? A terrorist attack? … Or has the building developed a conscience and has decided to commit suicide?
All public readings will be @ the LARK BAREBONES STUDIO:
311 west 43rd street, 5th floor (btw 8th & 9th avenues)
Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, N, Q, R to Times Square Monday, December 15th – 7:30 – 9:00pm
¡celebración!
Come hear excerpts from these exciting new works, meet the writers, and help us celebrate this international exchange with food and drinks!
LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED
9:15 – 11:30pm
After Party @ Lark Play Development Center
