Frida [Elda Ramos] está enamorada del mundo como si fuera un jardín. Baila, a pesar de los accidentes, de las cirugías y las traiciones. Ha recuperado las piernas y ahora se sube a la tarima. Te invita a que logres una transformación liberadora viviendo salvajemente, pero amando con bravura.

23 y 24 de abril , 2021 | 8 pm | presentado por MECA

en TBH 333 S. Jensen Dr. Houston Texas 77003

Género: Drama Feminista

Aproximadamente 80 minutos | en español (también disponible en inglés)

SOBRE LA PRODUCCIÓN

Frida, Flora & Fauna revive a la artista mexicana Frida Kahlo (ELDA RAMOS) en un mundo panteísta, en el que ella elige una vez más encarnar toda una vida de dolor. Esta vez, sin embargo, ella abraza a su yo herido, enfermo y defectuoso y le infunde los colores y la divinidad de la naturaleza misma. Esto le da un poder de regeneración y transformación. Frida se vuelve excepcional, extraordinaria, inmune a las leyes naturales y sociales. Logra recuperar las piernas, nos representa fríamente los accidentes, las cirugías, e incluso se burla públicamente de los amores que la atormentaron. Una vez en la tarima, nos pide que emulamos su persistencia, a que amemos con fiereza para lograr una transformación liberadora en la vida.

Dirección………….Angeles Romero & Rogelio Carrizales

Guión & Edición………….. Angeles Romero & Daniel Meza

Producción………..Absolute Art Productions

Iluminación…….León Esquenazi

Coreografía……Julio López

Elenco

Frida…..…………Elda Ramos

Muerte………… Rogelio Carrizales

Sor Juana [Angeles Romero] explores immortality through the geometrical structure of the chambered nautilus.

2019 MECA, Houston, TX | Photography by Pin Lim
Genre: Historical Feminist Drama
Approx. 75 minutes | in English (with some Spanish)

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Sor Juana & the Chambered Nautilus brings to life Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz—a 17th Century Mexican nun known for her voracious drive for knowledge and an exceptional genius as a writer. The play dramatizes the existential conversation Sor Juana has with herself as she attempts to build a self-defense argument against charges of transgression brought by the Inquisition. After an arduous night of self examination she chooses to confront her shortcomings and ultimately defend not only her own interest in worldly learning, but also the broad rights of women to an education and an unfettered life of the mind.

directed by………….Rogelio Carrizales
written by…………..Angeles Romero
|produced by………..Absolute Art Productions

Performers
Sor Juana…..………….. Angeles Romero
Father Antonio………… Brian Rotman | Philippe Dégé [voice]
María Luisa………..…… Nancy Fox | Elda Ramos [voice]

Videographers
Pre Show film………….. René Peñaloza Galván
Sergio Rodriguez | Katalina Gutiérrez
Father Antonio film…… Sarah Reese
María Luisa film…………. Johannes Birringer
Nautilus film……………… PBS documentary
Fire & Sky film…………… Angeles Romero
Engaño Colorido film… Angeles Romero

Designers
Lighting …………………… Leon Esquenazi
Set & Props ……………… Philippe Dégé
Sound …………………….. Angeles Romero

Music
La Fiera Borrasca……….………… Leticia Servín
[Pre-show music]

Sueño Musical Composition…… James Croson
[a 2003 production]

Marina [Luziris Pineda Turi] examines her bruised neck.

2018 MECA, Houston, TX | Photography by Pin Lim
Genre: Feminist Theatre of the Absurd
Approx. 90 minutes | Spanish & English with translation

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Puntos de Fuga (Vanishing Points) is set in an interrogation room where Amalia, a young maquila worker from Catemaco, Veracruz is being held for questioning in connection with the kidnapping of DEA Agent John Arenas. As the officer sets off to find incriminating evidence that links her to the drug cartel, Amalia reveals her supernatural powers as a means to keep a solemn vow of securing an American airplane in order to unearth the missing women in Juárez. The interrogation is existentially challenging to the interpreter, who is discomforted by its senseless brutality.

Written by Angeles Romero
Adapted by Leon Esquenazi

Director………Ángeles Romero
Asst. Director…….Loriana Espinel
Script Adaptation…….Leon David Esquenazi
Sound & Illustration…….Angel Quesada
Photography…….Rogelio Carrizales

Readers on Stage
Jonathan Gonzalez as Officer Law
Luziris Pineda Turi as Marina
Magdalena Cuevas as Amalia
Anna Elise Phillips as Earhart
Caleb Fields as Narrator

Actors on Photography
Daniela Michelle Garcia as Amalia
Luziris Pineda Turi as Marina

Voice-over Actors
Rogelio Carrizales as Cesar
Caleb Fields as Nigerian
Magdalena Cuevas as Amalia
Anna Elise Phillips as Earhart
Ángeles Romero as Goddess
Angel Quesada as Ramon Lee Rampeed

Interpretation by Analisa Luedtke
Interpretation Sound by Horacio Romero

COSTUME & PROP DESIGN TEAM
Daniela Michelle Garcia (Make-up), Rogelio Carrizales (Props)

TECHNICAL CREW
León Esquenazi (Lighting Operator), Angeles Romero (Multimedia Operator), Aluana (Technical Support & troubleshooting)

VIDEO EDITING
Ángeles Romero

Music
Carmen Soriano in English, "Yo Te Amo" ('La Zandunga'),
Banda Regional Princesa Donashii, "La Zandunga."
Cézar Lupus (Cantor), (Tradicional de Oaxaca, México) "La Llorona"
David Zaizar, "Mi Unico Camino"
Toots Thielemans - Theme From Looking For Mr Goodbar
Andrés Calamaro, “Volver”
Credits: Adan Jodorowsky , “Mi Fe”

Harlequin [Rogelio Carrizales] tricks Carmen [Vanesa Alanis] into believing he is her lover, Ignacio.

2016 MECA Houston TX | Photography by Pin Lim
Genre: Historical Theatre of the Absurd
Approx. 60 minutes | in Spanish (no translation provided)

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

El sueño de la razón produce monstruos interweaves two plots--on stage, a household of women depicts Mexico’s struggle for sovereignty against Napoleon III during the Battle of Puebla on May 5th, 1862; on screen, a condemned activist braces himself to face his assassins by video-recording of his final reflections on social justice—alongside a harlequinesque narrator prescribes the “official” historical account, one of total irrelevancy, since ultimately, the unexpected Mexican victory did not change the outcome of a French takeover a year later.

Playwright & Director…….Ángeles Romero
Stage Manager…….Loriana Espinel
Production Consultant…….Angela Martinez

Cast
Vanesa Alanis as Carmen
Rogelio Carrizales as Narrator/Harlequin
Raquel Flores as María
Angela Martinez as Abuela
Luziris Pineda Turi understudy
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Joge Diáz as Ignacio
Ángel Quesada as El sicario
Rosie as Carlota

Design
Costume, Set & Props by the collective
Lighting León Esquenazi
Videography León Esquenazi
Multimedia & Editing Angeles Romero
Sound Angel Quesada & Angeles Romero

Technical Production
Angel Quesada, Johannes Birringer, Mike Zepeda, Estevan Azcona, Luziris Pineda Turi

Promotion & Documentation by Luziris Pineda Turi

Music
Créditos de apertura: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Amparo Montes, “Los Condenaditos”
Los buques franceses: Patrick James McArthur, "A Tangled Web"
El Vuelo: Asturias de Isaac Albéniz interpretada por Ana Vidovic
La lectura: "¿Dónde Vas, Isabel" interpretada por Rafael H. Medina M."

“Death streams [Sayra Contreras] Frida’s abortion on the big screen.”

2015 MECA Houston TX | Photography by Pin Lim
Genre: Iconic Drama
Approx. 80 minutes | offered in Spanish and in English

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

The Brow [EL entrecejo] portrays the tumultuous life of Mexico’s iconic painter, Frida Kahlo. Compelling physicality and interactive film projections lend new insights into Frida’s struggle with polio; a near-fatal bus accident at 18, her tempestuous marriage to Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, her love affairs, among which painting reigned supreme, her many surgeries—nearly 35 altogether—and ultimately her death. In The Brow, Death’s looming presence accompanies Frida on stage and like a paparazzo, at times voyeuristically captures with a live camera feed her most intimate moments.

Playwright…….Ángeles Romero

Directors…….Rogelio Carrizales & Ángeles Romero

Stage Actor
Sayra Contreras as Frida [2015]
Elda Ramos as Frida [2019]

Film Actors
Ángeles Romero as Frida
Marina Gago as Frida young girl
Johannes Birringer as Guillermo Kahlo
José Rebollo as Diego
León Esquenazi as Trotsky
Rossana Daumas as Judith nurse
Angel Quesada as Salvador Dalí
Jean Prati as Pablo Picasso
Paul Arciso as doctor 1
Javier Palacios as doctor 2

Designers
Sayra Contreras, Gustavo Contreras, León Esquenazi, Ángeles Romero, Blanca Santos, Ana Fuentes, Brad Steinmetz, Ángel Quesada

Videography
León Esquenazi, Ángeles Romero, Angel Quesada

Designers
Lighting by León Esquenazi
Sound by Ángeles Romero
Video by Ángeles Romero

Technical Crew

León Esquenazi (Lighting Operator), Loriana Espinel (Multimedia Operator), Anthony & Estevan Azcona (Technical Support & troubleshooting)

Music in Videos
Frida in the garden: Maria Callas, “Casta diva” from the opera “Norma” by Bellini.
Diego smiling: Amparo Montes, “No niegues que me quisiste”
El Pueblo Unido: Inti-Illimani, La Nueva Canción Chilena, “ El pueblo unido jamás será vencido”
Trotsky’s Death: La Internacional by Eugene Pottier. Music by Pierre Degeyter, sung by Cuban chorus.
Frida with nurse: Sounds from the bottom of the ocean, Author Unknown.
Frida falling and being carried: Francisco López, “La selva”
Credits: Juan Gabriel, “ La sinaloense”

Music on Stage
Ludwig van Beethoven, “Moonlinght Sonata”
Agustin Lara, “ Danzones”
Lotte Lenya, “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer”. Music: Kurt Weill. Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht