Fronteras Americanas
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Fronteras Americanas
A Tarragon Acoustic Production in association with PlayME Podcast's Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley
December 27, 2020 2:30 PM – January 10, 2021 11:59 PM (listen anywhere anytime)
Written by and Starring: Guillermo Verdecchia
Directed by: James Warren
Sound Design and Edit by: Chris Tolley
Fuelled by equal parts outrage, intelligence and wit, Fronteras Americanas re-creates one person’s struggle to construct a home between two cultures, while exploding the images and constructs built up around Latinos and Latin America. This one-person play works through bold juxtapositions and satiric reference points: Simón Bolívar and Speedy Gonzales; Columbus and Fodor’s travel guides; Ricky Ricardo and the Latin Lover; ‘La Bamba’ and Placido Domingo; Carlos Fuentes and American made-for-TV drug-wars movies. Verdecchia twirls stereotypes and clichés, offers comparative histories, examines myths and mysticism, and provides lessons in language and dancing.
Fronteras Americanas won both 1994 The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the1993 Governor General’s Award for Drama. Guillermo is a four-time winner of the Chalmers Canadian Play Award, a recipient of Dora and Jessie Awards, and sundry film festival awards for his film Crucero/Crossroads, based on Fronteras Americanas and made with Ramiro Puerta.
Fronteras Americanas was first produced at Tarragon in January 1993.
Pre-purchased Acoustic subscriptions and tickets will receive an email on the opening day of the play (Dec 27) with instructions on how to access it and any associated bonus content. Subscriptions and tickets purchased after the opening day (Dec 27) will receive the access information email within 24 hours of purchase.
A Tarragon Acoustic Production in association with PlayME Podcast's Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley
December 27, 2020 2:30 PM – January 10, 2021 11:59 PM (listen anywhere anytime)
Written by and Starring: Guillermo Verdecchia
Directed by: James Warren
Sound Design and Edit by: Chris Tolley
Fuelled by equal parts outrage, intelligence and wit, Fronteras Americanas re-creates one person’s struggle to construct a home between two cultures, while exploding the images and constructs built up around Latinos and Latin America. This one-person play works through bold juxtapositions and satiric reference points: Simón Bolívar and Speedy Gonzales; Columbus and Fodor’s travel guides; Ricky Ricardo and the Latin Lover; ‘La Bamba’ and Placido Domingo; Carlos Fuentes and American made-for-TV drug-wars movies. Verdecchia twirls stereotypes and clichés, offers comparative histories, examines myths and mysticism, and provides lessons in language and dancing.
Fronteras Americanas won both 1994 The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the1993 Governor General’s Award for Drama. Guillermo is a four-time winner of the Chalmers Canadian Play Award, a recipient of Dora and Jessie Awards, and sundry film festival awards for his film Crucero/Crossroads, based on Fronteras Americanas and made with Ramiro Puerta.
Fronteras Americanas was first produced at Tarragon in January 1993.
Pre-purchased Acoustic subscriptions and tickets will receive an email on the opening day of the play (Dec 27) with instructions on how to access it and any associated bonus content. Subscriptions and tickets purchased after the opening day (Dec 27) will receive the access information email within 24 hours of purchase.