Tramontana

"Aunque nos reduzcan al silencio, nuestro silencio gritará.”

Written by Juanma Romero Gárriz

Directed by Pablo Andrade

Date: Saturday, June 11, 2022, 3:00 PM EST

Language: Spanish

Hashtag: #Cimientos2022

Location: IATI Theater (64 E. 4th St., NYC 10003)

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Synopsis

Two fishermen, a father and a son, live at the base of a lighthouse next to a cold windy beach. One morning, hundreds of thousands of refugees appear on the shore. The son wants to help them, but the father forbids it; still, the son comes into contact with them. The appearance of the foreigners awakens the call of adventure in the son, challenging the authority of the father. Around them, a mysterious character, The Sandwoman, will reopen the wounds of the past... Tramontana evokes the Spanish exile in 1939, from the perspective of the host country, France. The work, however, resonates in the exiles of the present, starting from the most essential conflict: the struggle between selfishness and solidarity, when an entire people needs our help.

About the Playwright

Juanma Romero Gárriz is a playwright, screenwriter, and director who founded the Vuelta de Tuerca company in 2003. His directing credits for Vuelta de Tuerca include Báthory against the 613 (runner-up at the Fray Luis de León award, 2006), Prisoner in May (best directing award at the 2014 Indiefestival), The Open Venus (2015), and Friendly Fire (2019). As a playwright he has taken part in the ETC workshops at Sala Cuarta Pared with the plays Here is a Hand (2013) and Into the Tree (2014). In 2015, his play Nothing to Lose, co-written with QY Bazo and Javier G. Yagüe, premiered with the Cuarta Pared theatre company. As a screenwriter, highlights include his work on the features Evelyn (Isabel de Ocampo), You will Love above all Things (Chema de la Peña) and Mindscape (Jorge Dorado). His most recent film credits include the short films Durandal (2013) and Domingo, the Early-Riser (2015).

Cast

Josean Ortiz

Reynaldo Romero

Yessi Hernández