"Tables and Beds" US Premiere by The Chicago Theater Sweatshop
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
About the play
In 2010, Tables and Beds, an unromantic comedy was selected among 80 plays from 12 countries as the winner of the 4th Premio el Espectáculo Teatral. The play opened during Madrid‘s Alternative Theater Festival to both audience and critical acclaim. Its run in a commercial venue passed the 100- performances milestone and the show went on to tour around Spain.
This revision of the romantic comedy genre is a play about the comedy of falling in love and the tragedy of falling out of love. It's a hilarious dissection of the constant conflict between passion and routine and a tribute to the unconditional love of life-long friends.
When Mar, a reporter from Chicago, learns that a crime has been committed in her old home in Lake Geneva, she decides to go down memory lane to the places where years ago she was happy with her husband Thomas. Mar brings along Tedd, her best friend, who is also starting to feel the pains of boredom in his own relationship with Charlie.
The play takes place in the tables and beds that bring us together and pull us apart; places where past and present, reality and dreams collide; spaces that blur the fine line that separates platonic from erotic love, and romantic love from the profound affection of friendships.
This revision of the romantic comedy genre is a play about the comedy of falling in love and the tragedy of falling out of love. It's a hilarious dissection of the constant conflict between passion and routine and a tribute to the unconditional love of life-long friends.
When Mar, a reporter from Chicago, learns that a crime has been committed in her old home in Lake Geneva, she decides to go down memory lane to the places where years ago she was happy with her husband Thomas. Mar brings along Tedd, her best friend, who is also starting to feel the pains of boredom in his own relationship with Charlie.
The play takes place in the tables and beds that bring us together and pull us apart; places where past and present, reality and dreams collide; spaces that blur the fine line that separates platonic from erotic love, and romantic love from the profound affection of friendships.
Monday, June 14, 2010
New York reading will include scenes from "Tables and Beds"
Spain's Contemporary Dramaturgy
* Saturday, June 19 (7:00 PM)
A first peek at the work of award winning
Iberian playwrights who are breaking new ground with their unique dramaturgy.
Fuga Mundi by María del Mar Gómez
Algo más inesperado que la muerte by Elvira Lindo
Animales Nocturnos by Juan Mayorga
Camas y Mesas by Emilio Williams
Spot by Antonio Zancada
Instituto Cervantes
211 East 49th Street, Bet. 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Manhattan
Subway: 6 Train to 51st Street or E Train to 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue
Admission: FREE! First come first serve, so reserve your spot today!
reservations@teatrostagefest.org
Company: Puy Navarro and Francisco Reyes (Equilicuá Producciones)
Directed by: Puy Navarro
Cast: Pietro González, Mercedes Herrero, Puy Navarro, Francisco Reyes
Projections designed by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger
In Spanish with English supertitles. 1 hour 30 minutes. No Intermission.
Iberian playwrights who are breaking new ground with their unique dramaturgy.
Fuga Mundi by María del Mar Gómez
Algo más inesperado que la muerte by Elvira Lindo
Animales Nocturnos by Juan Mayorga
Camas y Mesas by Emilio Williams
Spot by Antonio Zancada
Instituto Cervantes
211 East 49th Street, Bet. 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Manhattan
Subway: 6 Train to 51st Street or E Train to 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue
Admission: FREE! First come first serve, so reserve your spot today!
reservations@teatrostagefest.org
Company: Puy Navarro and Francisco Reyes (Equilicuá Producciones)
Directed by: Puy Navarro
Cast: Pietro González, Mercedes Herrero, Puy Navarro, Francisco Reyes
Projections designed by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger
In Spanish with English supertitles. 1 hour 30 minutes. No Intermission.
About the Spanish Production
For his original manuscript "Camas y Mesas", playwright Emilio Williams won the IV Premio El Espectaculo Teatral among 80 Spanish plays from 12 different countries.
The play opened February 11, 2010 in La Sala Triangulo, an alternative 135 seat theater in Madrid, Spain, very much the equivalent of the Off-Broadway scene in New York City. The production will continue its run in Madrid and other Spanish cities in September of this year.
"Camas y Mesas" received the enthusiastic support of both critics and public. Leading Spanish newspaper, EL PAIS highlighted its "intelligent humor" and "good taste", while sold-out crowds flocked theater websites to praise the play and its cast. For more information about the original Spanish production of "Tables and Beds" you can visit its website here.
Actors Marta Rubio and Juan Antonio Molina in the
original production of "Camas y Mesas" in Madrid.
The play opened February 11, 2010 in La Sala Triangulo, an alternative 135 seat theater in Madrid, Spain, very much the equivalent of the Off-Broadway scene in New York City. The production will continue its run in Madrid and other Spanish cities in September of this year.
"Camas y Mesas" received the enthusiastic support of both critics and public. Leading Spanish newspaper, EL PAIS highlighted its "intelligent humor" and "good taste", while sold-out crowds flocked theater websites to praise the play and its cast. For more information about the original Spanish production of "Tables and Beds" you can visit its website here.
Actors Marta Rubio and Juan Antonio Molina in theoriginal production of "Camas y Mesas" in Madrid.
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