Music, Mini-Plays, and Margaritas!
MUSIC! Brazilian
music with Paddy League and Amor Barato
Guitarist, percussionist, and vocalist Paddy League leads
this trio - featuring FSU graduate students José Serrano on bass and Austin
Testerman on percussion - in a journey through the popular music of Brazil,
from classic bossa nova and samba to contemporary songs in traditional rhythms.
Swinging, smooth, and sultry, with accents of jazz, this is the sound of Rio de
Janeiro thriving in the red clay of North Florida.
MINI-PLAYS!
Three 15-20 minute short plays performed
in English
23
Movements was written by Spanish playwright Carlos Zamarriego, and
translated into English by Alejandra Gutierrez. A conversation between two
strangers ends up in a bet. What is it that define us? What we chose or what
has happened to us in our lives? Do we have a say? While playing a chess match
at a bar in Paris, Anaelle and Andrés will be moving the pieces of their very
own lives. The play is directed by Curt and Beth Blair and performed by Kevin
Carr and Alejandra Gutierrez.
The
Madwoman of Chaillot is a piece written
by Gladys Prince and directed by Alejandra Gutierrez. In this one-person
monologue, a free-spirited woman shares her unique way of looking at and living
in the world, and celebrates life whether or not those around her understand or
accept her. Says the Madwoman, “Before, after leaving the stage I used to go
home. There, my children, my dog Milu, and my color-blind husband were waiting
for me. But they aren’t there anymore, because they couldn’t bear the idea of
living with a mad woman.” The role is interpreted by Marcy Palmer.
Bound
to Tampico is a play based of the short story “El guardagujas” (The Switchman) by Mexican writer Juan José Arreola. The
adaptation from the original Spanish text was by D. Stephen Kahn, a local
lawyer and theater enthusiast. This is a satiric short play about the encounter
on a deserted train station of an American passenger desperate to get to
Tampico, where he is going to board a boat to the US, and a retired switchman
who tells him a series of preposterous anecdotes about the Mexican railroad
system, switching the passenger from the track of reason onto the track of the
absurd. the play is directed by Tahirih Lee. The play is directed by Tahirih
Lee and performed by Duncan Hoehn, Tahirih Lee and Camille Vilela.
MARGARITAS!
Specialty Lime, Strawberry, and Mango Margaritas made with fresh fruit will
be available for purchase, along with the Opera House’s usual full bar featuring
a selection of premium beer, wine and cocktails.