OXNARD — Teatro de las Américas will conclude the inauguration of its new theater in Oxnard with two short plays by Oscar Liera: “El gordo / The Big One” & “La pesadilla de una noche de verano / Midsummer’s Nightmare.” Teatro de las Américas will present the plays at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at its new theater, 880 Wagon Wheel Road (corner of Ventura Road at the 101 Freeway) in Oxnard.
In “El gordo” four friends exhibit their fanaticism for the game of chance, dreaming and imagining what they would do when they win the big one. In “La pesadilla de una noche de verano,” an audition for Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” turns into a nightmare for the director, thanks to the egos of certain actors who focus on anything other than the work as actors.
The plays are directed by Jesús Castaños Chima, director of the Latino Theater Program at the 24th Street Theatre in Los Angeles. Chima worked as an actor in the play “La Razón blindada” at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura in 2012. All the actors in these plays come from the local community.
Tickets — $15 general admission, $10 seniors, students and military — are available at Burrito Express and the Law Offices of Richard L. Francis and Associates in Oxnard; and at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Teatro-de-las-Americas/107388252090