Brava & La Lengua Teatro en Español present
Adios, Robinson, a radio play by Julio Cortázar
NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 5
One week only!
“The central idea is good, ecological, deontological, ‘contestatory’ and very current, and that we
Latin Americans must find it congenial for obvious reasons: we’re all a bit Friday.”
What would happen if Robinson Crusoe and Friday returned 300 years later to visit Juan Fernandez Island, where they met as castaways? Robinson realizes that the island, ‘his island,’ has become another city, an urban nucleus; that civilization and progress have reached it and turned it into a structured system in which imagination and spontaneity have no place. It is precisely this Modernity that makes Robinson feel more alone than ever. He wonders, “Would the best thing have been to civilize Friday? Was it really I who saved Friday from his wild nature? Or was he the one who saved me?”
Characterized as an anti-colonial, entertaining and ironic fable, Cortázar's 1977 radio drama represents the dominated and subjugated peoples, who in the name of civilization and progress, have had to reorganize their own subjectivity.
Adios, Robinson runs 40 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles. To read about the event in Spanish, please click here.
HOW TO LISTEN
Adios, Robinson will be available on YouTube via a private link from Saturday, November 28, 2020, at 7pm PST, through Saturday, December 5, 2020, 11:59pm PST.
Admission is free, though a reservation is required. Register at the button below to receive your ticket link.
La Lengua is accepting donations through Eventbrite and GoFundMe. La Lengua merchandise will also be available at the time of reservation. Proceeds from ticket sales and merchandise go to the artists behind the work, making it possible for this, and other works, to have a future once Brava Theater Center reopens. If you plan on listening with two or more people, please consider donating an appropriate amount when reserving your tickets. Thank you!
CAST & CREW
DEBORAH CORTEZ (AIRPORT SPEAKER/ NARRATOR/ HOTEL EMPLOYEE) was born in Argentina but spent most of her youth in Peru. Deborah emigrated to the US in l ate 1998. Her theatre work goesback to 1996 with her debut on the Stage in Peter Pan, playing Captain Hook’s ship keeper. Deborah is a Bay Area actress, singer, producer, and director. She’s worked in many plays as well as films and commercials. Some of her recent works are Josefa (Convoy 31000), Lucy (Strange Ladies), Theseus (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Olivia (Twelfth Night), Jean (Dead Man Cell Phone), and many more. Film credits include No Quiero Verte, One Long Day, Drops of Sunshine, Drunk Theatre, among others. Deborah’s Producing credits are Drunk Theatre -Bread and Butter and Titus Andronicus with Theatre Lunatico, in which she is a Core Member. She is also a company member of La Lengua Teatro en Español and MACT (Mexican American Conservatory Theatre). More info: deborahcortez.com
ALFONSO “FONZ” GODINEZ (ROBINSON) Fonz has worked as an actor in the Bay Area for over 12 years. With experience in all facets of art, Fonz enjoys a matrix of talents including acting, painting, producing, voiceover, and filmmaking. When he isn’t making art he is helping the world stay fit with his physical fitness business. Fonz has a deep love and appreciation for storytelling and helping others. From working in commercials such as Playstation, Banana Republic, Chase, and Adidas to helping people find the best versions of themselves through Health and Wellness. Fonz is never satisfied with making a difference, as there is so much more to aim for, aspire, and change. As a member of the Tribe Collective & The Mexican American Conservatory Theatre, he hopes to inspire and make long strides to connect the essence of art to help the community.
TONY ORTEGA (VIERNES) is thrilled to l end his voice to La Lengua Theatre’s production of Dear Robinson. Tony performed in La Lengua's i naugural production of Ana en el Tropico. Tony was last seen in Alter Theatre’s Rella Lossy award-winning play Ghosts of Bogota. He has performed throughout the Bay Area with prominent companies and has helped numerous new works come to life on stage, including Teatrovision’s Departera, 3Girls Theatre’s Birthright, City Lights Theatre’s staged reading of Max Tachis’ play Candelabrum, and Gary Soto’s new play The Afterlife at San Francisco Youth Theatre. Some additional theatre credits include, Anton's Well Theatre Knives in Hens, Bay Area Drama Company’s State of Denial, Coastal Repertory Theatre's production of Death of a Salesman, SFBATCO’s La Posarela, Syracuse Shakespeare Festival Coriolanus, Half moon Bay Shakespeare Romeo y Julieta, and Dragon Productions Take Me Out. Tony’s versatility has also led him to perform for Television in DiscoveryID’s I Almost Got Away With It.
VIRGINIA BLANCO (NORA ST. JOHN) Actor and theater-maker. Originally from Argentina, she was a. founding member of Drakma Grupo Teatral. Back in her country, she has performed in both classic and contemporary plays. Regional credits include Orinda Starlight Village Players, (Ex Ubuntu) Oakland Theater Project, Shelton Theatre, TheatreFirst, Theatre of Yugen, and The Cutting Ball Theater, along with several staged readings with Brava Studio Sessions and 3 Girls Theatre. She was Paulina in the live-streamed performed reading of L a Muerte y l a Doncella (Death and the Maiden) at La Lengua. Her local acting training is from Studio ACT, BerkREP Theatre School, and Shakespeare & Company. Virginia was nominated by BroadwayWorld SF for Best Leading Actress in a Play for the role of Young Woman in Knives in Hens a t Anton's Well Theater Company (2019). She studied Communications at Universidad de Buenos Aires and has worked as a journalist and editor for several written media platforms. Virginia is the founder of La Lengua and an Artist in Residence at Brava! for Women in the Arts. virginiamblanco.com
ROBERTO VAREA (PLATANO) He directed the first two shows of La Lengua: A na en el Trópico and La Muerte y la Doncella. His creative work includes directing world premieres of works by Migdalia Cruz, José Rivera, and Cherríe Moraga, as well as founding community-based companies such as El Teatro Jornalero! and Secos & Mojados. His research work focuses on live performance as a means of resistance and peacebuilding in the context of social conflict and state violence. His writing includes the two-volume anthology Acting Together-Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict, and publications in numerous journals in the US, Cuba, and the UK among others. He teaches at the University of San Francisco, where he is founding faculty of the Performing Arts & Social Justice and Critical Diversity Studies Programs, and he directs the Latin American Studies Program and the Center for Latinx Studies in the Americas (CELASA).
DAVID R. MOLINA (Sound Design, Music, Edition and Mix) Designer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound artist, music producer, and instrument inventor. He has created music for all the performing arts, multimedia installations, film, and radio, nationally and internationally for the past 24 years, La Muerte y l a Doncella (our previous production) among them. He has won several awards. His instruments and collaborations were featured at SFMOMA, The Broad Museum (L.A.), Oakland Museum of California, McLoughlin Gallery, SOMArts. Band collaborations: TAU (Berlin), Emanative (UK), El Paso (Peru). His bands are Impuritan, Ghosts and Strings, and Transient. www.drmsound.com.
BENOîT MONIN (English Translation) is an actor and improviser who co-founded improv duo Chatterbox as well as La Compagnie Carmina, which performs French theater with English supertitles. A company member with Oakland Theater Project and RagTag Improv, Benoît has also performed with Stanford Rep, Theater Rhinoceros, Half Moon Bay Shakespeare, Ragged Wing Ensemble, Shelton Theater, Inferno Theatre, Generation Theater, and Coastal Rep. He was nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role (TBA Awards, 2018) and Best Featured Actor in a Play (Broadway World SF, 2019), Benoît trained with BATS Improv, American Conservatory Theater, and Shakespeare & Company. www.benoitmonin.com
MIKEL PC (Art & Graphic Design) Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. Miguel Angel Paz De l a Cruz, better known as Mikel PC, is a graphic designer and stylist. He completed a degree in Integral Design, allowing him to participate in various artistic, cultural, and theatrical companies within his country as an art director and designer, thanks to this he has been able to explore various disciplines such as painting, drawing, digital illustration, photography intervention, spaces, and objects. More information: https://miguelangelpazportafolio.tumblr.com/
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