Imagen de la obra La Casa de Bernarda Alba del Teatro Círculo.
Teatro Círculo celebrates its 2011 Fall season with the revival of La casa de Bernarda Alba, the most celebrated classical masterpiece by Federico Garcia Lorca. Professor Dean Zayas, an internationally known director for his extensive work with the classics, was invited to direct the play. Lydia Echevarría, the grand lady of Puerto Rican theater will interpret Bernarda Alba. The season will take place at Teatro Círculo (64 E. 4th St, bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves.) from November 17 – 27, 2011. Special performance on November 22nd at 7pm with a post reception party with the cast.
La casa de Bernarda Alba offers English super titles for the enjoyment of English-speaking audiences.
La casa de Bernarda Alba, Lorca’s last play, was completed on June 19, 1936, two months before the author’s murder by the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. Puerto Rican legend, Lydia Echevarría, is Bernarda Alba, a dominating woman, who, after the dead of her second husband, imposes a 8 years period of mourning on her household. Bernarda has five daughters, aged between 21 and 40, whom she has shielded and controlled to an excessive degree and prohibited from any form of relationship. The mourning period further isolates the daughters, and tension mounts within the household. “After been on stage for so many decades there are few important characters I have not played; Bernarda is one of them. She is the kind of character that any actor dreams about. I am both thrilled and nervous about the NY audiences. Although I worked in here almost 30 years ago I do not know how people are going to react to my work,” comments Mrs. Echevarría.
La casa de Bernarda Alba deals with the eternal struggle of passion and tradition, the conventional norm and rebellion, the conservation of a repressive system versus the establishment of a new one. “I am so proud that we count with the support of Lydia Echevarría, who accepted to join us as we meet this important threshold. I also hope this production will make our audience reflect about the larger paradigms of our time such as the crumbling social and economic order,” says José Cheo Oliveras, the company’s Founding Artistic Director.
After successfully completing the first phase of its capital campaign, Teatro Circulo says goodbye to its theatre. The House of Bernarda Alba will be the last production before full renovation begins in December. The transformation will include a complete renovation of three floors for rehearsals and office space; the construction of an additional black box theater in the cellar; and, the installation of state of the art noise insulation material throughout the building to allow simultaneous use of the different spaces. “Once completed, this renovation will allow Teatro Círculo and the two sister companies with which we share the space to exponentially expand our performances, classes and workshops,” stated Mr. Oliveras.
For interviews with actress Lydia Echevarría and members of Teatro Círculo, video samples, HR photos please contact: Diana Vargas: (917) 658-7735 | press@dianavargas.com
What: La casa de Bernarda Alba
When: November 17-27 / Performances at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM
Tickets: $25 and $20 for students and seniors.
Info: www.teatrocirculo.org click here/ (212) 505-1808
ABOUT TEATRO CÍRCULO
Teatro Círculo Ltd is a theater company located in New York City’s 4th Street Cultural District, East Village. East 4th street has become a de facto theatre district in Manhattan, housing four Latino theatre and dance groups.
Founded by a group of Puerto Rican artists with a strong academic background, Teatro Circulo is committed to preserving and promoting our cultural heritage through the presentation of creative, inclusive and educational theater works. It is our purpose to expose the public to the best works of Spanish and Latin American playwrights, both contemporary and classical, and to foster an appreciation of the richness and diversity of our culture in the context of the pluralism that characterizes NYC.
In 2005, when Teatro Círculo bought the building with two sister theatre companies, it became the first Latino theatre company to own its own theater in Manhattan.
