Theater
Encuentros breves con hombres repulsivos
- Dirección de Daniel Veronese
- Country: Chile - Argentina
- Premiere: 2020
- Target audience: +14 years
- Length: 60 minutes
In "Encuentros breves con hombres repulsivos," the theatrical adaptation that the renowned Argentine director Daniel Veronese made from the novel by David Foster Wallace, there are two characters: A and B. Two actors who interact and, during eight brief and independent encounters, alternate roles. The themes are varied, but all point to a common focus: the contemporary male condition as it appears in encounters with women—in love, sex, and even loss. A confrontation of dangerous and uncomfortable edges that, at some point and somewhere, began to be socially permitted and reflects the lack of communication between genders. Overprotection, intimidation, degradation. This is the terrain where the play unfolds.
" Encuentros breves con hombres repulsivos" stars Marcelo Alonso (director by El padre y La última sesión de Freud) and Francisco Reyes (Lear, el rey y su doble, La desobediencia de Marte), and is a co-production of the Fundación Teatro a Mil and Teatro Finis Terrae, with the collaboration of T4 theatrical productions (Argentina).
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Credits:
Author
David Foster Wallace
Direction
Daniel Veronese
Cast
Francisco Reyes y Marcelo Alonso
Assistant Director
Francisco Albornoz
Production
Cristóbal Pizarro
Co-production
Fundación Teatro a Mil y Teatro Finis Terrae
Biographies:
David Foster Wallace
Considered one of the most brilliant and influential exponents of his generation, David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) was an American writer known worldwide for "Infinite Jest," a novel selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 best books published between 1923 and 2006. In 1999, he wrote "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men," a work that, like all his narrative, addresses themes such as the malaise of current society, the idiosyncrasy of American life, and the crisis of masculinity at the end of the 20th century.
Daniel Veronese
Born in Argentina in 1955, he is an author, adapter, actor, and theater director, one of the founding members of the experimental theater group El Periférico de Objetos, created in 1989. Among his latest works are "The Last Session of Freud," "Autumn Sonata," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (presented in Madrid and Mexico City), "Bona Gent" (in Barcelona), "Under Therapy" (Argentine, Madrid, Catalan, and Lima versions); "The Lambs," "Night Watch," and "Invincible" (in Madrid). He has received numerous awards, such as the KONEX de Platino, the First National Prize for Playwriting, and the MAX Ibero-American.
Daniel Veronese Awards:
Premio Konex 2004
Platino
Premio Konex 2011
To the author and theatrical director
Premio Konex 2011
Merit diploma
Premio Max 2013
Premio Max Iberoamericano
Previous dates:
March 2021
Teatro Municipal José Bohr, Punta Arenas, R. Magallanes
September 2021
Season in Teatro Finis Terrae
September 2022
Teatro Municipal de La Pintana
January 2022
Anfiteatro Bellas Artes
November 2022
CC Atacama, R Copiapó
October 2022
Al Teatro Program in CEINA
August 2022
Teatro Provincial de Curicó, R. Maule and Teatro Regional del Maule, R. Maule
July 2022
Season in Teatro Finis Terrae
July 2022
Festival Internacional de Teatro Hispano de Miami, EEUU
June 2022
Centro Cultural de Puente Alto, Alcalde Juan Estay
May 2022
Season in Teatro Finis Terrae
January 2022 Festival Internacional Teatro a Mil
Teatro Biobio, Parque Cultural de Valparaíso, R. Valp CC y de Emprendimiento de Padre Hurtado, RM, Teatro Municipal de Las Condes, RM
November 2023
Teatro Municipal de Vicuña, R. Coquimbo
August – September 2023
Season in Teatro UC
April 2023
Teatro Regional de Ovalle, R. Coquimbo
January 2023 Festival Internacional Teatro a Mil
Teatro Municipal de Antofagasta. Centro Cultural de Lampa. Teatro Municipal de Buin. Teatro Municipal de Casablanca, R. Valparaíso. Centro Cultual Espacio Matta, Santiago. Centro Cultural Palace, Coquimbo.
March 2024 Circulación Nacional
Teatro Roberto Barraza, San Felipe, R. Valparaíso
January 2024 Festival Internacional Teatro a Mil
Teatro Mori Parque Arauco, Santiago. Teatro Serrano, Melipilla. Teatro Municipal de Chillán, R. Ñuble
