With Geraldine Dulex, Chris Kaufman, Bryn Packard and Chris Popio.

Set and light by Brian Sidney Bembridge. Costumes by Tonette Navarro. Music by Gabriel Dib. Assistant Diretor: Mariana Leite

Written and directed by Emilio Williams

Opens March 14th at Stage773

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Reading of "Tables and Beds" in Chicago (2011)

The comedy "Tables and Beds" by Emilio Williams opens International Voices Project in Chicago (2011)


Friday, May 13, 2011, 7:00 p.m. 
Instituto Cervantes Auditorium
31 W. Ohio St.

Presented in English
Reception to follow

Free and open to the public

"Tables and Beds" was selected among 80 plays from 12 countries to win the "4th Premio El Espectaculo Teatral" in Spain. The stageplay has been published by Ediciones Irreverentes. 

The play continues its critically acclaimed run in Teatro Arenal, Madrid.




Critical acclaim for “Tables and Beds”

“The play is modern, intelligent, fun and very well acted. “Tables and Beds” is about love in this day and age; love, the one we live, or the one we survive! And it’s about the effect that all our past experiences have on it.”
EL IMPARCIAL

“You will have a great time with its intelligent humor, and will leave the theater with a good after-taste”
EL PAIS

“A gentle plot, an artsy text, a sense of humor that is lighthearted and well-balanced… “Tables and Beds” receives wherever it goes a well deserved applause.”
DIARIO DE JAEN

“Intelligent humor and a text that reaches great heights”
EL IDEAL

“Williams validates for a wide audience what critics had already said.”
EL DUENDE

“Tables and Beds” part from the romantic comedy goes well beyond the usual revisions of this genre. The playwright forces the blueprints of that genre to offer a truthful and recognizable picture of our most intimate feelings and the unavoidable effect that time has in our romantic relationships.”
PREMIOS TEATRO MAX

Thursday, January 27, 2011

About the author





As Artistic Director of The Chicago Theater Sweatshop, Emilio Williams brings together his experience as a theater artist on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

He was born in Madrid Spain, where he is widely regarded as one of the most promising playwrights of his generation. His work has been produced in Spain, France and the United States.

Last summer he directed his own play, Smartphones- a pocket size farce, for Trap Door Theatre to much critical acclaim. He is currently developing Your problem with men, a world premiere, in English, for Teatro Luna, the all-Latina theater company from Chicago.

Recently, his one woman show Medea's got some issues, starring Ana Asensio, received "Best International Show" at United Solo Festival, Off Broadway, New York City.

In 2010, his comedy Tables and Beds, an unromantic comedy  was selected among 80 plays from 12 countries as the winner of the 4th Premio el EspectáculoTeatral. The play opened during Madrid‘s Alternative Theater Festival to both audience and critical acclaim. The comedy transferred to a commercial venue, the Teatro Arenal. It will receive its US premiere in March 2013 at Stage773, Chicago.

Also in 2011, he directed his own play, España S.L., in the historical Teatro Lara of Madrid. The play, a farce against the political class in Spain, coincided with the pacific street revolts in Spain. The show also entertained participants in the “indignados” movement during an outdoor performance in Plaza de la Opera.

His first play opened in 2007 in Madrid. Sonata a Strindberg was a night of five one act that also played at Universidad de Salamanca. Two of the plays were presented in French as part of the Avignon Off Festival in 2009. In 2010 a full English production opened at the University of Tennessee. The play included “Tomorrow will be worse”, documentary play about President George Bush’s extra-judiciary program of extraordinary renditions.

That indie hit was followed up with If I lived, it was for a reason (2008), a verbatim documentary play about the drama of political refugees in Spain. It opened at the Casa Encendida, an iconic civic center in Madrid.

Emilio‘s interest for documentary theater is rooted in his years of training and work as a journalist. In the 1990’s, he worked for CNN in Atlanta and Washington. He worked for Johns Hopkins University between 2001 and 2005, and was an international consultant for the institution until 2011. That same year, he moved permanently to Chicago, the city where his father was born.

His email is emilio.williams@chicagosweatshop.org 
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