21st Hispanic Theatre Festival Spices S. Florida

TEATRO AVANTE and AMERICAN AIRLINES
proudly present the

XXI INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL

June 1-25, 2006

Miami  Coral Gables  Key Biscayne  Fort Lauderdale

Florida, U.S.A.

The acclaimed International Hispanic Theatre Festival, presented by
Teatro Avante and American Airlines, the festival's official
airline, is celebrating its 21st anniversary season by bringing the
finest theatre groups from the United States, Latin America and
Europe to various locations in South Florida, June 1-25, 2006.

►The Festival lasts four weeks, and most performances are scheduled
Thursday through Sunday.

►The Festival is held in four South Florida cities (Miami, Coral
Gables, Key Biscayne and Fort Lauderdale) in two counties (Miami-
Dade and Broward).

►The Festival opens, for the first time, at the Broward Center for
the Performing Arts – Amaturo Theatre in Fort Lauderdale.

►The Festival's venues include, for the first time, The Miracle
Theatre, in Coral Gables.

►The Festival is also being held at Miami Dade College's
InterAmerican and Wolfson Campuses and the Tower Theater, all in
Miami, the Key Biscayne Community Center in Key Biscayne and the
Broward Center for the Performing Arts-Amaturo Theatre in Fort
Lauderdale.

►The Festival includes three world premieres.

►The Festival encompasses 11 productions that represent six
countries. They include plays staged in Spanish with English
supertitles, theatre-dance performances and children's theatre.

►The Festival's International Children's Day celebration is again
presented in collaboration with Miami Dade College's InterAmerican
Campus.

►The Educational Component of the Festival, under the direction of
Dr. Beatriz J. Rizk and co-presented by the Florida Center for the
Literary Arts at Miami Dade College, includes post-performance
forums, a conference titled Current Trends in Latino and Latin
American Performing Arts and a theatre directors' round table.

►The Festival's "Life Achievement in the Performing Arts Award" will
be presented to director/actor/playwright Edda de los Ríos of
Paraguay.

►The Festival's poster was designed by internationally renowned
artist Baruj Salinas.

The XXI International Hispanic Theatre Festival (IHTF) features
productions in Spanish, some with English supertitles. Eleven
productions from six countries – the United States, Colombia,
Mexico, Paraguay, Spain and Venezuela – are in the lineup.

Festival producer TEATRO AVANTE once again raises the curtain on
Hispanic culture at the opening of our 21st anniversary celebration,
with the U.S. premiere of Una tempestad (A Tempest,) an adaptation
by Raquel Carrió of Shakespeare's The Tempest. This production,
directed by Lilliam Vega, was selected by the National Endowment for
the Arts to be part of the Shakespeare in American Communities:
Shakespeare for a New Generation project, and is being performed in
Spanish with English supertitles.

Local theatre is represented by two world premieres: El hombre que
vino del mar (The Man Who Came from the Sea,) written and directed
by Rolando Moreno, in a co-production by MAROMA PLAYERS and CREATION
ART CENTER in collaboration with Miami Dade College, and El cuento
de René (René's Story,) by René Ariza, a collection of monologues
directed by Larry Villanueva, presented by PROMETEO – MDC Wolfson
Campus, one of the Festival's founding companies.

Three Spanish companies have been invited. Seville's TEATRO DEL
MENTIDERO returns with Mi madre amadísima (My Beloved Mother),
written and directed by Santiago Escalante, starring Ramón Rivero;
Bilbao's FTI FABRICA DE TEATRO IMAGINARIO presents Yuri Sam,
directed by Ander Lipus; and MASKARADA S.L. also from Bilbao, brings
us the world premiere of Picasso 1937, la historia del Guernica
(Picasso 1937, the Story of "Guernica,") directed by Carlos Panera.

From Paraguay, LA FARANDULA presents Kuña Rekove by Edda de los Rios
(2006 Life Achievement Award), directed by Marcelino Duffau.
PRODUCCIONES HERNAN GALINDO, from Mexico, presents Los niños de sal
(Children of Salt,) written and directed by Hernán Galindo.

From Colombia, GRUPO TEATRO LA MASCARA presents Casa Matriz (Parent
Company,) by Argentine author Diana Raznovich, directed by Diego
Vélez, and MASK ENTERTAINMENT presents Puck "El Duende" (la alegría
del Amazonas) (Puck the Sprite, Joy of the Amazon) written and
directed by Antonio Vásquez Valencia, celebrating International
Children's Day, in collaboration with Miami Dade College-
InterAmerican Campus. From Venezuela, GRUPO ACTORAL 80 presents El
dia que me quieras (The Day You Love Me) by Jose Ignacio Cabrujas,
directed by Juan Carlos Gené, in Spanish with English supertitles.

PROGRAM

For security reasons, the United States has severely tightened
restrictions on visas and other travel documents. Such restrictions
may impair our ability to adhere to the published festival schedule.
Please bear with us and keep in mind that our program may change
without notice.

Thursday/Friday, June 1 & 2 – 8:30 P.M.

TEATRO AVANTE, Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES

A TEMPEST, adaptation by Raquel Carrió based on William
Shakespeare's The Tempest. Directed by Lilliam Vega.

This adaptation of the famous romance play is set in the New World
and deals with the quest for justice and freedom and the impossible
dream of building a utopian society on an island, themes that still
resonate today. The illusion of thunder and magical atmosphere
embrace characters and audience alike in a truly hypnotic theatrical
event.

(In Spanish with English supertitles)

This production is part of the project Shakespeare in American
Communities: Shakespeare for a New Generation, sponsored by the
National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.

Broward Center for the Performing Arts – Amaturo Theatre

201 Southwest Fifth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale

Tickets: 954. 462-0222 – www.browardcenter.com

Co-presented by the Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Saturday, June 3 – 8:00 P.M. & Sunday, June 4 – 7:00 P.M.

MAROMA PLAYERS & CREATION ART CENTER, Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES

In collaboration with Miami Dade College.

EL HOMBRE QUE VINO DEL MAR, written and directed by Rolando Moreno.

Inspired by a Tennessee Williams play based on the Greek myth of
Orpheus and Eurydice, "The Man Who Came from the Sea" brings some of
Williams? creatures back to life in contemporary Miami, the Florida
mini-Babel that struggles like an adolescent to define its identity
amid indescribable growing pains.

WORLD PREMIERE

Tower Theater, 1508 S.W. 8th Street, Miami

Tickets: 305. 549-7712

Thursday/Friday/Saturday – June 8, 9 & 10 – 8:30 P.M.

Sunday, June 11 – 5:00 P.M.

TEATRO AVANTE, Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES

A TEMPEST, adaptation by Raquel Carrió, based on William
Shakespeare's The Tempest. Directed by Lilliam Vega.

This adaptation of the famous romance play is set in the New World
and deals with the quest for justice and freedom and the impossible
dream of building a utopian society on an island, themes that still
resonate today. The illusion of thunder and magical atmosphere
embrace characters and audience alike in a truly hypnotic theatrical
event.

(In Spanish with English supertitles)

This production is part of the project Shakespeare in American
Communities: Shakespeare for a New Generation, sponsored by the
National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Tickets: 305. 444-9293

Saturday, June 10 – 9:00 A.M.

EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT – CONFERENCE

Co-presented by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Mami
Dade College

CURRENT TRENDS IN LATINO AND LATIN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS

Tower Theater, 1508 S.W. 8th Street, Miami

Information: 305. 445-8877

(Free)

Co-sponsored by the Ford Foundation

Saturday, June 10 – 8:00 P.M. & Sunday, June 11 – 3:00 P.M.

LA FARÁNDULA, Asuncion, PARAGUAY

KUÑA REKOVE, by Edda de los Ríos. Directed by Marcelino Duffau.

A psychologist's arrival in a small provincial town sparks a
conversation that conjures up characters of different ages and
personalities who, in relating their lives, bring the audience into
their world, one long ignored or forgotten by urbanites. Here,
laughter and weeping become one as the stories depict the Paraguayan
peasant without evasion, dualism or melodrama.

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Tickets: 305. 444-9293

Sunday, June 11 – 4:00 P.M.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY

In collaboration with Miami Dade College – InterAmerican Campus

MASK ENTERTAINMENT, Bogota, COLOMBIA

PUCK "EL DUENDE" (LA ALEGRÍA DEL AMAZONAS.) Written and directed by
Antonio Vásquez Valencia.

Fun, enriching and magical, Puck retells some of Colombia's most
beautiful myths and legends, and kindles in children feelings of
respect for the country's diverse cultural groups.

MDC-InterAmerican Campus, 627 S.W. 27th Avenue, Miami

Information: 305. 445-8877 / 305. 237-6180

(Free)

Monday, June 12 – 7:00 P.M.

DRAMATIC READING

LA CASA DE TODOS, by Neher Jacqueline Briceño. Directed by Lilliam
Vega.

(María Teresa León Award)

Teatro Avante, 744 S.W. 8th Street, 2nd Floor, Miami

Reservations: 305. 445-8877

(Free)

Wednesday/Thursday – June 14 & 15 – 8:30 P.M.

PROMETEO – Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES

EL CUENTO DE RENÉ, by René Ariza. Directed by Larry Villanueva.

A collection of frenzied monologues, intertwined with images from
Ariza's literary works and life, that convey a place-rooted reality
channeled by the genius of the author and colored by his personal
experiences in his native land.

Prometeo, MDC – Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Miami

Tickets: 305. 237-3262

Thursday/Friday – June 15 & 16 - 8:30 P.M.

TEATRO DEL MENTIDERO, Seville, SPAIN

In collaboration with the Spanish Culture Ministry's National
Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM) and the Cultural
Council of Andalusia's regional government.

MI MADRE AMADÍSIMA, written and directed by Santiago Escalante.

A homosexual in his fifties takes us on a journey through the
funniest, meanest and most heartbreaking Andalusia, under his
mother's gaze, the Blessed Virgin's protection and his father's
neglect, sharing tales of faithless lovers, scant friendships,
battles won and wars lost.

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Tickets: 305. 444-9293

Saturday, June 17 – 8:30 P.M.

TEATRO AVANTE, Miami, Florida, UNITED STATES

A TEMPEST, an adaptation by Raquel Carrió, based on William
Shakespeare's The Tempest. Directed by Lilliam Vega.

This adaptation of the famous romance play is set in the New World
and deals with the quest for justice and freedom and the impossible
dream of building a utopian society on an island, themes that still
resonate today. The illusion of thunder and magical atmosphere
embrace characters and audience alike in a truly hypnotic theatrical
event.

(In Spanish with English supertitles)

This production is part of the project Shakespeare in American
Communities: Shakespeare for a New Generation, sponsored by the
National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.

Key Biscayne Community Center, 10 Village Green Way, Key Biscayne

Co-sponsored by Key Biscayne Community Foundation and the Village of
Key Biscayne.

Reservations: 305. 365-7570

Saturday, June 17 – 8:00 P.M. & Sunday, June 18 – 3:00 P.M.

GRUPO TEATRO LA MÁSCARA, Cali, COLOMBIA

CASA MATRIZ, by Diana Raznovich. Directed by Diego Vélez.

Through the theatrical convention of a "play within a play," this
comedy-drama elicits elicits open laughter and immediate reflection
because of its witty and critical way of delving into the emotional
relationship between mother and daughter, the interpersonal dealings
of individuals in everyday social life and the family structure of a
system in crisis.

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Tickets: 305. 444-9293

Saturday, June 17 – 8:30 P.M. & Sunday, June 18 – 5:00 P.M.

GRUPO ACTORAL 80, Caracas, VENEZUELA

EL DÍA QUE ME QUIERAS, by José Ignacio Cabrujas. Directed by Juan
Carlos Gené.

Carlos Gardel, the Americas' first and greatest icon, as perfect and
glorious as only his adoring fans could imagine him, appears before
us as a dazzling thunderbolt in the midst of family squabbles, only
to continue on a journey that shortly thereafter will take him back
to eternity.

(In Spanish with English supertitles)

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Tickets: 305. 444-9293

Co-sponsored by COMMERCEBANK

Thursday/Friday, June 22 & 23 - 8:30 P.M.

PRODUCCIONES HERNÁN GALINDO, Monterrey, MÉXICO

LOS NIÑOS DE SAL, written and directed by Hernán Galindo.

Tinged with joys and heartaches, the return of a mature man to his
place of birth becomes a journey into the depths of a human being,
showing life as it is but through the crystal of magic and memories,
where one way or another we all see our reflection.

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Tickets: 305. 444-9293

Saturday, June 24 – 8:00 P.M. & Sunday, June 25 - 3:00 P.M.

FTI FÁBRICA DE TEATRO IMAGINARIO, Bilbao, SPAIN

YURI SAM, by Jon Gerediaga.  Directed by Ander Lipus.

A shaman spirit travels through the cosmos visiting the living. He
comes to pray for those who don't pray, to reveal the mysteries of
the other side, to confirm that the privileges of life are
incomparable and that death is not, nor will ever be, beautiful.
There is nothing like life, and above all there is nothing like the
liberating ability to sin.

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Tickets: 305. 444-9293

Saturday, June 24 – 8:30 P.M. & Sunday, June 25 – 5:00 P.M.

MASKARADA S.L., Bilbao, SPAIN

PICASSO 1937, historia del Guernica, by Carlos Panera, Federico
García Lorca, Antonio Machado, César Vallejo, Miguel Hernández,
Pablo Picasso and Honoré de Balzac.  Directed by Carlos Panera.

The artist's contained creative energy finally explodes with the
destruction of Guernica. Here, Picasso's inspiration and effort
unite art and indictment into a masterpiece. Taken to the United
States, the painting sets out on its mission to travel and denounce,
becoming, more than a canvas, a heartrending cry to the world.

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Tickets: 305. 444-9293

WORLD PREMIERE

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

presented by

TEATRO AVANTE ● AMERICAN AIRLINES

FLORIDA CENTER FOR THE LITERARY ARTS – MIAMI DADE COLLEGE

Co-sponsored by the Ford Foundation

Beatriz J. Rizk, Ph.D., Director

Thursday, June 27 – 5:30 P.M.

MEET THE ARTIST – Festival Poster

Baruj Salinas, Artist

Cremata Art Gallery, 1646 S.W. 8th Street, Miami

Information: 305. 644-3315

Co-sponsored by Cremata Art Gallery & Bacardí, U.S.A.

Thursday, June 1 – 7:00 P.M.

OPENING RECEPTION – Broward County

Broward Center for the Performing Arts – Amaturo Theatre

201 Southwest Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale

Information: 954. 462-0222

June 1-25

POST-PERFORMANCE FORUMS

Each forum is conducted in the language in which the preceding play
is performed.

Information: 305. 445-8877

Thursday, June 8– 7:00 P.M.

OPENING RECEPTION – Miami-Dade County

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Information: 305. 445-8877

Thursday, June 8 – 10:00 P.M.

2006 LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTATION

Edda de los Ríos (PARAGUAY)

The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Information: 305. 445-8877

Saturday, June 10 - 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

CONFERENCE

Current Trends in Latino and Latin American Performing Arts

Tower Theater, 1508 S.W. 8th Street, Miami

Information: 305. 445-8877 / 305. 237-3475

(In Spanish. Some translation available.)

Sunday, June 25 – 7:00 P.M.
CLOSING RECEPTION
The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables
Information: 305. 445-8877

All Educational Program events are free.

THEATRE LOCATIONS:

CORAL GABLES

THE MIRACLE THEATRE, 280 Miracle Mile – 305. 444-9293

MIAMI

MIAMI DADE COLLEGE, InterAmerican Campus, 627 S.W. 27th Avenue -
305. 237-6186

PROMETEO-MIAMI DADE COLLEGE, Wolfson Campus , 300 N.E. 2nd Avenue -
305. 237-3262

TOWER THEATRE, 1508 S.W. 8th Street - 305. 237-3940

KEY BISCAYNE
KEY BISCAYNE COMMUNITY CENTER, 10 Village Green Way - 305. 365-7570

FORT LAUDERDALE
AMATURO THEATRE, BCPA, 201 Southwest Fifth Avenue - 954. 462-0222

TO PURCHASE TICKETS
BY TELEPHONE: 305. 444-9293
IN PERSON: The Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, FL
BY MAIL: Teatro Avante, 744 S.W. 8th St., 2nd Floor, Miami, FL 33130

ADMISSION: $30

Senior citizens, students, physically challenged and groups: $25

FESTIVAL HOTLINE: 305.445-8877 * FESTIVAL FAX: 305.445-1301
Email:  TeAvante@aol.com * http://www.teatroavante.com

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