Program 2007
El Narciso en su opinión
Brigham Young University, Utah
By: Guillén de Castro y Bellvis
Directed by: Anna-Lisa Halling
Starring: Nels Johnson, Jared White, Chris Larson, Chris Nielsen, Sarah Haynie, Fran Morón, Jorge Torres, Jessica Wise, Sarah Butler, Joseph Hegstrom Pratt, Jesse Hegstrom Oakey, Sofia Adams
Adapted by: no adaptation, original play
Sets & Costume design: Emily Tobey
Lighting design: Todd K. Mack and Anna-Lisa Halling
Makeup design: Sarah Haynie
Production Manager: Todd K. Mack
Photos by: Vanessa Swenson
Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Presented in Spanish
Recommended for all audiences
Synopsis: Brianda is in a serious bind. Her father, Pedro, wants to marry her off to one of her two cousins. Brianda, however, is not in love with either of them. She hatches a plan to escape from her sticky situation, including disguising her criada as a dama in order to draw off Gutierre, one of her suitors. Although Gutierre falls head over heels in love with the “dama,” he also compromises his sister, Mencía, by promising her to Marqués, Lucía true love. Things get complicated as we learn that Gonzalo, the other suitor, is actually in love with Mencía. Can Brianda dissuade Gutierre from giving his sister to Marqués? Will she ever be able to wed her true love? Find answers to these questions and more in the bewildering comedia El Narciso en su opinion, by Guillén de Castro.
La villana de Vallecas
Teatro Rodante Universitario - San Juan, Puerto Rico
By: Tirso de Molina
Directed by: Dean Zayas
Starring: Yesibel Falcón Vincenty, Wilmarí Morales Santiago, Karimar Pérez Casiano, Carlos Joel Flores, Jonathan Cardenales, Luis Omar O’Farril, Heriberto Cruz Feliciano, Israel Franco-Müller, Xavier Cldero, Jonathan Arroyo, Milton M.Cordero, Christian Nieves, Omarjadhir Flores, Edwin Emil González, Bryan Villarini
Adapted by: Dean Zayas
Sets & Costume design: Ramonita Toro, Genoveva Tirado, Clara tirado, Felipa Mariño, Yamilka Márquez, Zulivet Díaz
Lighting design: Ariel Cuevas y Tamara Walker
Makeup design: Adair Morales Santiago, Carmen F. Cruz García, Mei-Ling Ramos Pérez, Alejandra Meléndez García, Ayra Texidor Moreno y Andrea Rivera López
Production Manager: Dean Zayas
Photos by: Jose Perez Mesa
Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Presented in Spanish
Recommended for all audiences
Synopsis: This production by Tirso de Molina is a comedy of identities, in which no one is who they appear to be. Some of Tirso’s topics in this play get to the bottom of what we see and hear much in the manner of other Tirso’s plays such as La villana de la Sagra or El vergonzoso en Palacio
No hay burlas con el amor
Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, Murcia, Spain
By: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Directed by: Francisco Garcia Vicente
Starring: Antonio Blaya, Francisco Pardo, Ricardo Arqueros, Neila Díaz, Lucía Padilla, Jerusa Arias, Miguel Cegarra
Adapted by: Francisco Garcia Vicente
Sets & Costume design: María Vicente, Producciones Swing, Ahora Teatro
Lighting design: Luisma Soriano
Original music & soundtrack: Rafael Párraga
Makeup design: Ana Vivancos
Production Manager: Juan Ángel Serrano Masegoso
Photos by: Juan Carlos Alba
Running time: 90 minutes
Presented in Spanish
Recommended for all audiences
Synopsis: Don Alonso, a don juanish elegant fellow, who makes fun of love in trying to help his friend, is implicated in a series of amusing and complicated situations. At the end, he will become the seducer seduced.
Risas aqui y después … ¡ganancia!
Grupo La Hormiga - Lerma-Burgos, Spain
By: Lope de Vega
Directed by: Norberto Vázquez Freijo
Starring: Paco Ventura, Luismi Orcajo, Antonia Alvarez, Charo Alvarez, Juli Pérez, Marga Ruiz, Maite Diez, Elena Ruiz
Adapted by: Norberto Vázquez Freijo
Sets & Costume design: La Hormiga
Lighting design: Norberto Vázquez Freijo
Original music & soundtrack: Olga Servidio & Gerardo Delgado
Makeup design: Grupo La Hormiga
Production Manager: Todd K. Mack
Photos by: Mario Angeleri
Running time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Presented in Spanish
Recommended for all audiences
Synopsis: This presentation is a contemporary adaptation of several of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s one-act farces and short light comedies by Norberto Vázquez Freijo. A troupe of actors is involved in a car accident after finishing a performance in a nearby town. Still dressed in their stage costumes, the actors wake a sleeping homeless man who mistakes them for the Devil, Death and other supernatural characters.
La cueva de Salamanca
Universidad de Veracruz
By: Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
Directed by: Ramiro Sotelo
Starring: Abril Ruiz, Anna Arocha, Gabriela Martínez, Karen Utrera, Felipe Galván, Fernando Flurens, José de Jesús Benites, Carlos Hernández, Paloma Avalos, Domingo Adame
Adapted by: Ramiro Sotelo
Sets & Costume design: Fernando Payán
Lighting design: Eduardo Mier Hughes
Makeup design: Universidad de Veracruz
Production Manager: Fernando Payán
Photos by: Universidad de Veracruz
Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Presented in Spanish
Recommended for all audiences
Synopsis: A mischievous and innocent joke by three young students trying to make fun of the authority turns into a serious mess and disorder which affect important Court officials and noble men. The incident leaves some people dead and wounded, and the students are forced to run away from justice and avoid being apprehended. They find asylum in the humble home of Enrico, who possesses extraordinary magician qualities, Enrico’s home is known by everyone in town as “La cueva de Salamanca.” Enrico becomes no only the students’ protector but also their teacher of the art of magic. Don Garcia, one of the students involved in the struggle, is not as fortunate as the rest and ends in prison. Don Garcia and Don Diego both love Doña Clara and have to struggle to get her hand in marriage, but only one of them will succeed.