RICARDO FRAYHA
producer

An army of actors face a huge Styrofoam wall. They build and tear down the world at will, shaping the scene, Latin American texts, and the many ideas that make up this complex puzzle about the tragic and comical condition of people in Latin America. With words, sung or not, in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French, always translated, the play raises themes such as violence, political and ideological binarism, the elitist system, the lack of appreciation of culture itself, the lack of historical awareness, among other topics dear to the continent. The two parts of the play tell us, from the voice of Latin American authors, a narrative that the education of these countries, whether formal or informal, has taught to ignore. A whole continent of ideals built to then collapse and be rearranged, soon to become a ruin and then everything to be rebuilt again to collapse again and again and again. An allegory of representation of the state of affairs on this side of the earth.

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FELIPE HIRSCH

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Cinema and theater director, is one of the founders of Sutil Companhia (1993-2012). Worked with important actors such as Fernanda Montenegro, Paulo Autran, Paulo José, Renato Borghi, between others. His first feature film, Insolação, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Since 2013 directs the collective Ultralíricos, created at the Frankfurt Book Fair with the tetralogy Puzzle, which was followed by the projects A Tragédia e Comédia Latino-Americana, Selvageria and FIM, performing in Brazil, Germany, Portugal and Chile. In 2017, Severina, his second feature film, premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival.

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LATIN AMERICAN TRAGEDY AND COMEDY

 

General Diretor - Felipe Hirsch

 

Cast - Caco Ciocler, Caio Blat, Camila Márdila, Danilo Grangheia, Georgette Fadel, Guilherme Weber, Inés Efron, Javier Drolas, Julia Lemmertz, Magali Biff, Manuela Martelli, Maria Gal, Nataly Rocha, Pedro Wagner, Rodrigo Bolzan

 

Music written, arranged and directed by Arthur de Faria | Performed by Ultralíricos Arkestra: Arthur de Faria, Adolfo Almeida Jr, Mariá Portugal, Gustavo Breier, Georgette Fadel, Pedro Sodré

 

Authors (selected authors, subject to change): Augusto de Campos (Brazil), Dôra Limeira (Brazil), Gerardo Arana (Mexico), Glauco Mattoso (Brazil), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Cuba), JPZooey (Argentina), JR Wilcock (Argentina), Leo Maslíah (Uruguay), Lima Barreto (Brazil), Marcelo Quintanilha (Brazil), Martin Caparrós (Argentina), Nelson de Oliveira (Brazil), Pablo Katchadjian (Argentina) Pablo Palacio ( Ecuador), Reinaldo Moraes (Brazil), Roberto Bolaño (Chile), Salvador Benesdra (Argentina), Samuel Rawet (Brazil)

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Art Direction - Daniela Thomas and Felipe Tassara | Lighting - Beto Bruel | Costumes - Veronica Julian | Vocal Preparation - Simone Rasslan | Choreographer and Movement Preparation - Renata Melo | Internal Critic and Dramaturg - Ruy Filho | Lighting Assistant and Light Operator - Sarah Salgado | Sound, Treatment, Recording and Mixing Engineer - Gustavo Breier | Music Production - Arthur de Faria and Gustavo Breier | Stage Manager - Nietzsche

 

Idealisation and General Direction - Felipe Hirsch | International Production - Ricardo Frayha | Executive Production - Bruno Girello | Production Director - Luís Henrique (Luque) Daltrozo | Realisation: Sesc São Paulo
 

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The Latin American Comedy

Mirada - Festival Ibero-Americano de Artes Performáticas de Santos 

Teatro Coliseu

Santos, SP, Brazil

12 and 13/09/2016

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The Latin American Tragedy

Iberoamerikanisches Festival ¡Adelante!

Theater Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

11 and 12/02/2017

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The Latin American Tragedy

Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture 2017

São Luiz Teatro Municipal

Lisbon, Portugal

01 and 02/03/2017

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The Latin American Comedy

Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture 2017

São Luiz Teatro Municipal

Lisbon, Portugal

04 and 05/03/2017

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Latin American Tragedy and Comedy

Santiago a Mil International Festival

Matucana 100

Santiago, Chile

15 to 17/01/2018