RICARDO FRAYHA
producer

In response to the request of the director of the National Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris to theorize about theatrical art for amateur actors, the playwright and director Olivier Py wrote the play Epistle to young actors (Epître aux Jeunes Acteurs ). “The word is that love that is embodied in orality in the form of a promise,” says Olivier Py. On stage, the actors John Arnold and Samuel Churin, win the audience's laughter with interpretations of characters such as the spoilers, the cultural responsible, the policeman of desire, the minister of communication and the director of the conservatory of dramatic art. The show, which integrated the activities of the Year of France in Brazil, was presented for the first time at the Theater of the Paris Conservatory in 2000, and is, according to Olivier Py, an opportunity to address a wider audience than just apprentices in the art of acting. The text, written when the playwright was 35, is not about remembering that the art of representing the human is a political adventure in itself or extolling the seriousness of his mission, but rather a chance to give sense to the word 'Word'.

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OLIVIER PY

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Author, director and actor, Olivier Py was born in 1965. After studying at the National School of Theater Arts and Techniques (Ensatt), he entered the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris in 1987, while studying theology. His first play, Des Oranges et des Ongles , was performed by Didier Lafaye in 1988. In the same year, Olivier Py founded his own company. Olivier Py is very connected to the Festival d'Avignon, where his work was presented many times, with special mention to 1995, when he left a mark on the Festival by presenting The servant, an endless story, a twenty-four hour cycle, or in 2006, for on the occasion of the closing of the 60th Festival d'Avignon, when he paid tribute to Jean Vilar, with The Vilar Enigma at the Cour d'honneur of the Palace of the Popes. In 1998, Olivier Py was appointed director of the Center Dramatique National Orléans. From 2007 to 2011, he was the director of the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe. Olivier Py was in charge of managing the Festival d'Avignon as of the 2014 edition. Position that he has held since September 2013.

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EPISTLE TO YOUNG ACTORS

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Text and direction: Olivier Py | With: John Arnold and Samuel Churin | Set, costumes and make-up: Pierre-André Weitz | Lighting: Olivier Py, supported by Bertrand Killy | Photos: Alain Fonteray | Translation: Paulo Chamon and Junia Barreto | Co-production: Center Dramatique National D'Orleans and Théâtre Le Point du Jour - Lyon | Adjunct Production: Odeon - Theater de L'Europe

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Production in Brazil: prod.art.br | Production direction: Matthias Pees and Ricardo Muniz Fernandes | Executive production: Ricardo Frayha | Technical direction: Julio Cesarini

 

Realisation: Sesc São Paulo and Consulate General of France in São Paulo

Support: CulturesFrance and Air France

Sesc Vila Mariana

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

01 to 03/09/2009

Sesc Santos

Santos, SP, Brazil

05/09/2009