Puppet theater
Feos
- De Teatro y Su Doble | Dirección Aline Kuppenheim | Dramaturgia Guillermo Calderón
- Country: Chili
- Premiere: 2015
- Target audience: +14 years
- Length: 50 minutes
One of Teatro y su Doble's most exciting plays: a puppet and adult version of Mario Benedetti's short story about the value placed on physical beauty in an increasingly media-driven world.
A man and woman meet for the first time in the line at the movie theater. Both have visible physical deformities, are alone and are subjected to nasty stares from others.
Inevitably, they realize they have something in common and that they are ‘made for each other’. Together, they decide to go in search of the light behind the darkness, although nothing is quite as it seems.
Inspired by the story La Noche de los Feos by Mario Benedetti and written by playwright Guillermo Calderón, Feos is a production by Teatro y Su Doble (formerly the Milagros Theater) which have had tours through Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.
As in its previous plays, puppets and animations are the main characters in the story, although this time the performance is for adults.
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Credits:
Playwriting:
Guillermo Calderón, inspirado en el cuento La Noche de los Feos, de Mario Benedetti
Direction:
Aline Kuppenheim
Handling:
Aline Kuppenheim, Ricardo Parraguez, Ignacio Mancilla, Catalina Bize, Loreto Moya
Production:
Loreto Moya
Voices:
Francisco Melo, Roberto Farías, Aline Kuppenheim
Technical director:
José Luis Cifuentes
Set design:
Cristián Reyes
Lighting design:
Arnaldo Rodríguez, Cristián Reyes
Original music and soundtrack:
José Miguel Miranda
Integral design:
Aline Kuppenheim
General direction:
Aline Kuppenheim, Santiago Tobar, Ignacio Mancilla, Antonia Cohen, Vicente Hirmas, Daniel Blanco P.
Costume Design:
Muriel Parra, Felipe Criado
Costume Design:
Lissette Figueroa, Marcela Gebauer
Director of photography:
Arnaldo Rodríguez
Electricians:
Peter Urzúa, Jorge Suazo
Animation:
Aline Kuppenheim, Antonia Cohen, Camila Zurita
Posproduction:
Luis Salas, Renzo Albertinni
Funded by:
FONDART
Coproduction by:
Teatro y su Doble y Fundación Teatro a Mil
Biographies:
Compañía Teatro y su Doble
It was created in 2005 as Teatro Milagros: a space of experimentation and search for new languages and diverse theatrical tools, where the figure of the puppet was gaining more and more strength. In its plays, the actors-manipulators are at the service of the theatrical object, managing to transmit the text and awaken emotions through the illusion of life of the dolls, and the willingness of the spectator to surrender to a subjective look. The company has already staged other outstanding plays, such as Pedro y el lobo, Sobre la cuerda floja, Feos and El hámster del presidente, the latter three also co-productions of Fundación Teatro a Mil.
Premios:
2013 - Premio Fondart de Excelencia
Creación del montaje
Previous dates:
2024
Función en Villa Alemana, Valparaíso, Chile
2024
Temporada en Teatro Ceina, Santiago, Chile
2022
Festival de Teatro de Marionetas de Valparaíso, Chile
2020
Miami Dade County Auditorium
2020
The Ringling Theater en Sarasota
2020
The Clarice Theater en la Universidad de Maryland
2020
Festival Under the Radar en The Public Theater de Nueva York, EE.UU.
2019
Festival de Teatro Latinoamericano Destinos en Chicago, EE.UU.
2018
Festival Sala de Parto, Lima, Perú
2018
Ciclo Teatro y su Doble en Antofagasta e Iquique, en el marco del Festival Teatro a Mil
2018
Temporada Teatro Mori Bellavista
2017
Teatro UC, Festival Internacional Teatro a Mil
2017
Festival Puerto Colores Duoc Valparaíso, Chile
2017
Teatro Municipal de Sao Luiz en Lisboa, Portugal.
2017
Ciclo Teatro y su Doble en Teatro Nacional Chileno, Sala Antonio Varas, Santiago, Chile
2017
Festival Internacional FIDAE en Montevideo Uruguay
2017
Festival Internacional de Títeres de Valdivia, Chile
2017
Festival de Teatro del Bío Bío - Concepción, Chile
2016
Festival Internacional Teatro a Mil, Santiago, Valparaíso y Concepción.
2016
Temporada Teatro Mori Bellavista, Santiago Chile
2016
Festival de Teatro de Providencia – Teatro Oriente, Santiago, Chile
2016
Aula Magna de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Chile
2015
Estreno en Teatro Mori Bellavista, Diciembre
