Presented in Spanish with English supertitles
Produced by GALA Hispanic Theatre @teatrogala (Washington DC, USA)
Running time: 90 minutes
Six characters and "twelve voices" meet in a municipal kennel on December 31, and while they take stock of what has happened in the past year, they look for someone to accompany them through the rest of the years to come.
It is a hilarious and corrosive work about any country that laughs at its tears, fears, and frustrations as long as it is not held accountable for what it has done and left undone. Thus, an extravagant dog catcher, a hallucinated soap opera actor, an injured provincial, a troubled debt collector, an alcoholic sailor, a lousy emigrant, and a cheerful sister-in-law will share their stories, some tragic and others hilarious, surrounded by a pack of dogs that They are a lot of bandits but always with a light of hope. Because, as the piece says, "Don't you understand me? I'm talking about love. It is worse, even if you think it is an earthquake, hurricane, or epidemic, because love does not end or change your life, but rather, it breaks it into pieces. Forever".
Premiered for the first time in Poitiers, France, Bandit & Bad Blood is one of the most performed pieces by Venezuelan author Gustavo Ott. "Travelling and stray" work, as the author has defined it, has been presented in Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Denmark, Spain, France, Korea, Japan, and Brazil, and It has been translated into French, Portuguese and Catalan. This unique performance at FLAE will be its premiere in the United States.
Playwright: Gustavo Ott
Director: Gustavo Ott
PG13
*Student tickets are $15 at the door with valid student ID.
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Seis personajes y "doce voces" se reúnen en una perrera municipal el 31 de diciembre, y mientras hacen el balance de lo ocurrido en el último año, buscan a alguien que les acompañe el resto de la vida.
Es una obra hilarante y corrosiva sobre cualquier país que se ríe de sus lágrimas, miedos y frustraciones mientras no se le haga responsable de lo que ha hecho y dejado de hacer. Así, un extravagante perrero, un alucinado actor de telenovelas, un provinciano damnificado, un atribulado cobrador, un marino alcohólico, un malasangre emigrante, y una alegre cuñada, compartirán sus historias, algunas trágicas y otras desternillantes, rodeados de una jauría de perros que tienen mucho de bandidos pero siempre con una luz de esperanza. Porque, como dice la pieza, “¿Es que no me entiendes? Te estoy hablando del amor. Aunque creas que es terremoto, huracán o epidemia, esto es peor. Porque el amor no termina ni cambia tu vida, sino no que te la parte en pedazos. Para siempre”.
Estrenada por primera vez en Poitiers, Francia, Bandit & Bad Blood es una de las piezas más interpretadas del autor venezolano Gustavo Ott. La obra "Viajero y extraviado", como la ha definido el autor, ha sido presentada en Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Brasil, Cuba, Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, México, Dinamarca, España, Francia, Corea, Japón y Brasil, y ha sido traducido al francés, portugués y catalán. Esta actuación única en FLAE será su estreno en Estados Unidos.