Actors of the World
Actors of the World, also known as Actores del Mundo, was a New York City Off-off Broadway theatre company which was founded in 2001 by Marco Aponte and Lance Lattig. After seven years in New York, the company relocated to London in the summer of 2008 and shut down in 2010.[not verified in body]
Actors of the World produced plays which reflected different global viewpoints.[according to whom?] The company's first production was El Día que me Quieras ("The Day You'll Love Me") by Venezuelan playwright José Ignacio Cabrujas. It was performed in English at the Pulse Theatre in New York City during Fall 2001. The translation was by Cuban American playwright Eduardo Machado.[1]
Other plays produced by Actors of the World included Winter Under the Table, Manhatitlán, Cloudtectonics, Las Pinzas, Una Cordial Discrepancia and No Exit Huis Clos (A Puerta Cerrada).[2] In addition to producing their own plays, the company twice participated in the New York International Fringe Festival, once in 2002, with the US premiere of Winter Under the Table, a play based on L'Hiver sous la table by Roland Topor, and a second time in 2003, with the US premiere of Manhatitlán, based on Simone Schwarz-Bart's play Ton Beau Capitaine.[3][4]
In 2005, Actors of the World was nominated for two New York Latin ACE Awards for their production of Huis Clos (A Puerta Cerrada). Marco Aponte was nominated for his performance as Garcin,[citation needed] and Francisco Bustamante was awarded the ACE for his direction of the play.[5]
In 2007, the company started a pilot program based on teaching Spanish through drama. The program took place at Regent's College and resulted in three short films made by students of Spanish. The program was replicated at Aston University in 2009 and 2010.[6]
In the summer of 2008 Actors of the World announced the beginning of its 2008-09 season in London, England. The company organized a playwrighting contest won by Venezuelan playwright Johnny Gavlovski with the play The Final Session. Venezuelan writer Lupe Gehrenbeck obtained the second place with her play Gregor McGregor. In the 2009-10 season, the Venezuelan playwright Gennys Pérez won the Actors of the World playwrighting contest.[7]
In the summer of 2009 Actors of the World produced Gavlovski's Final Session in London as part of the Camden Fringe Festival. Also, in the summer of 2010, the company presented the play The Ghost of Hiroshima by Gennys Pérez at the Camden Fringe.[8]
After nine years of operation, the company disbanded in 2010.
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Day You'll Love Me". www.oobr.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21.
- ↑ http://www.hellohola.org/newsletter/lnosumfallo5-fullcolor.pdf
- ↑ Gutman, CurtainUp, Les. "2003 New York International Fringe Festival, a CurtainUp report". www.curtainup.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-14.
- ↑ "Manhatitlán". Backstage.com. 3 September 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-01-28.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ http://www1.aston.ac.uk/clipp/projects/2008/making-short-films-in-the-second-language-classroom/
- ↑ http://www.actorsoftheworld.com Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The Camden Fringe 2018: Home". The Camden Fringe. Archived from the original on 2008-04-14.
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