OXNARD — Teatro de las Americas, TEATRELA (Teatro de Repertorio Latinoamericano de Venezuela) and Oxnard College present ESA RISA NO DE LOCOS, a theatrical show for the whole family with two exceptional Latin American comedies (comedias costumbristas), two centuries apart, but with a great dose of humor: A FALTA DE PAN, BUENA SON TORTAS by Nicanor Bonet Peraza (Venezuela) and A MÍ…ME LO CONTARON, co-authored by Lucho Córdoba (Peru) and Américo Vargas (Chile). In Spanish with English supertitles.
Renowned theater and television artists from Venezuela and Argentina join local talent from Oxnard to present these fun comedies, under the direction of the award-winning Venezuelan theater director, Costa Palamides. Entanglements and comic situations that the theatrical tradition of our continent merged into a historical genre: the Sainete.
- Friday, October 6, 2017, at 8pm
- Saturday, October 7, 2017, at 8pm
- Sunday, October 8, 2017, at 2pm
A MÍ… ME LO CONTARON (I…. WAS TOLD)
Don Benigno, the village pharmacist, does not like the new doctor, because he doesn’t understand his handwritten prescriptions. Doña Bárbara, four times a widow, comes to buy the injections prescribed by the “docto” for her new husband, seriously ill, and Don Benigno learns that this one is also very successful … with the women of the town; so he begins a gossip that is embroidered subtly until ….
A FALTA DE PAN, BUENA SON TORTAS
Don Toribio, a tailor who wanted to prick with his needles every person and business that smells of government. Narciso, one of his clients, very well connected with the newly opened cabinet, has hidden affairs with the daughter of Don Toribio, Emilia. In order to pave the way before the engagement, Narciso uses as a strategy the possibility of “recommending” his possible father-in-law for an appointment. Don Toribio, a patriot, looking towards becoming a brand-new minister, soon begins to refine the details of his government plan … to keep a generous part of the national budget.
OXNARD — Teatro de las Americas, TEATRELA (Teatro de Repertorio Latinoamericano de Venezuela) and Oxnard College present ESA RISA NO DE LOCOS, a theatrical show for the whole family with two exceptional Latin American comedies (comedias costumbristas), two centuries apart, but with a great dose of humor: A FALTA DE PAN, BUENA SON TORTAS by Nicanor Bonet Peraza (Venezuela) and A MÍ…ME LO CONTARON, co-authored by Lucho Córdoba (Peru) and Américo Vargas (Chile). In Spanish with English supertitles.
Renowned theater and television artists from Venezuela and Argentina join local talent from Oxnard to present these fun comedies, under the direction of the award-winning Venezuelan theater director, Costa Palamides. Entanglements and comic situations that the theatrical tradition of our continent merged into a historical genre: the Sainete.
- Friday, October 6, 2017, at 8pm
- Saturday, October 7, 2017, at 8pm
- Sunday, October 8, 2017, at 2pm
The Black Box Theater at Oxnard College, 4000 S. Rose Ave, Oxnard, CA 93030
A MÍ… ME LO CONTARON (I…. WAS TOLD)
Don Benigno, the village pharmacist, does not like the new doctor, because he doesn’t understand his handwritten prescriptions. Doña Bárbara, four times a widow, comes to buy the injections prescribed by the “docto” for her new husband, seriously ill, and Don Benigno learns that this one is also very successful … with the women of the town; so he begins a gossip that is embroidered subtly until ….
A FALTA DE PAN, BUENA SON TORTAS
Don Toribio, a tailor who wanted to prick with his needles every person and business that smells of government. Narciso, one of his clients, very well connected with the newly opened cabinet, has hidden affairs with the daughter of Don Toribio, Emilia. In order to pave the way before the engagement, Narciso uses as a strategy the possibility of “recommending” his possible father-in-law for an appointment. Don Toribio, a patriot, looking towards becoming a brand-new minister, soon begins to refine the details of his government plan … to keep a generous part of the national budget.