Verano Verano
What if you had one more chance?
Written by Myrna Casas
Directed by Jorge B. Merced
Asst Director & Stage Mgr: Alejandra Maldonado
English Translation: Oscar Giner
No Late Seating
Running Time: 65 minutes
Language: Spanish with English Supertitles
Age: 13+
Location: IATI Theater (64 E. 4th St., NYC 10003)
Website: Facebook Event
Synopsis
Tragedy befalls a once joyful couple. Now Adriana and Juan Pablo survive by longing and coming to terms with choice, and life’s twist and turns. Set in their beach house, the matriarch attempts to save her husband from insanity. Meanwhile, he straddles the fine line between delusion and the uncanny; he is trying to seize his last opportunity to speak to their deceased daughter.
Branded with IATI’s signature tradition of pushing theatrical boundaries, and following the surreal dimensions of Myrna Casas’ words, our creative team has designed a metaphorical world where her characters survive.
Myrna Casas | Playwright
A pioneer of vanguard theater in Puerto Rico and one of the most important playwrights of her generation, as well as a director and educator. She received a master’s degree in acting from Boston University and completed her Ph.D. in Theater Education at New York University. Her work includes Verano, verano, El gran circo eucraniano, Este país no existe and Absurdos en soledad. Her play The Great U.S. Krainian Circus won the 1988 National Dramaturgy award of the Circle of Puerto Rican Drama Critics.
Jorge B. Merced | Director
Associate Artistic Director of Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater. An acclaimed theater artist, he trained with Osvaldo Dragún, Eugenio Barba, Miguel Rubio and Teresa Ralli (EITALC 89 - Cuba), Augusto Boal (Brazil & France), and at the Alvin Ailey Center (NY). Directing credits include: Fellini’s La Strada with René Buch, El huesped vacío, The Smell of Popcorn, Baile Cangrejero, El Apagón, Blanco, Aloha Boricua, Migrants! Las facultades, Neon Baby, Marchers Trilogy. He is a graduate of City College-CUNY.
Cast
Andrea Velasco
Juan Luis Acevedo
Mateo Lamuño
Tatiana Ronderos
Creative
Scenic Design | Elizabeth Mak
Costume Design | Leni Méndez
Lighting Design | Miguel Valderrama
Sound Design | Haydn Díaz & Gabriel García
Dates
Friday, November 2, 2018 at 8:00pm Eastern Time
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 8:00pm Eastern Time
Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 3:00pm Eastern Time
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 7:00pm Eastern Time
Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:00pm Eastern Time
Friday, November 9, 2018 at 8:00pm Eastern Time
Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 8:00pm Eastern Time
Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 3:00pm Eastern Time
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7:00pm Eastern Time
Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 7:00pm Eastern Time
Friday, November 16, 2018 at 8:00pm Eastern Time
Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 8:00pm Eastern Time
Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 3:00pm Eastern Time