39 Defaults on NY1

 

The play “39 Defaults” by Spanish playwright Mar Gomez Glez, which highlights the Latino international festival, is the true story of a Spanish political activist on the run from the law who gets invited to stay at an American woman’s New York apartment.

“It really creates a unique opportunity, I feel for an audience to experience a different kind of just experience, a different kind of way of seeing theater,” said director Julian Mesri.

“We founded TeatroStageFest to give voice to the diverse and rich Latino community of New York,” said Susana Tubert, the festival’s executive director.

NY1 is a sponsor of the festival. For more information, visit teatrostagefest.org.

Watch the interview at http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/on_stage/163018/teatrostagefest-celebrates-hispanic-performers

 

39 Defaults video!

Take a look at the Teaser video of 39 Defaults and buy your tickets now!!!

39 Defaults

Come to Liz’s apartment.

Prepare for a voyeuristic experience in a living room,

where two strangers wrestle with attraction and suspicion.

He is a Spanish political activist and she hides a secret…

39 Defaults International Premier at Teatro Stage Fest

TeatroStageFest 2012 Celebrates New York’s Latino Scene featuring a handful of visiting international artists, and has chosen 39 Defaults as part of it.

Don’t miss 39 Defaults, it will be performed only 3 days: Sunday 17, Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20; at  Casa Mezcal.

Come to Liz’s apartment. Prepare for a voyeuristic experience in a living room, where two strangers wrestle with attraction and suspicion. He is a Spanish political activist and she hides a secret…

When:

Sunday 17  at 4 & 7pm

Tuesday 19 at 7pm

Wednesday 20 at 7pm

Where: Casa Mezcal – 86 Orchard Street, New York – Subway: Delancey Street (F), Essex St (J, M, Z), Grand St (B, D)

Tickets: http://39-defaults.eventbrite.com 

Regular Ticket: $20; Students Ticket: $15

Further questions: fifthwalltheater@gmail.com

39 Defaults is a featured production of TeatroStageFest 2012 Celebrates the NY Latino Scene.  

Sponsored by: Spain Culture New York – Consulate General of Spain

A Spanish playwright conquests Broadway with Theater at English

Premiere on Broadway is a dream for many, for a Spanish author is little more than a chimera. However, if there is a scenario in which illusions can happen is the city of New York. An example is the Spanish writer Mar Gómez Glez, who in June released his work 39 Defaults , written in English, during the theater festival organized  Teatro Stage Fest.  Teather La MaMa also scheduled for 2013.

Playwright, small but intense gaze and determined, was born in Madrid 34 years ago and moved to the Big Apple in 2007. The writer has just won the Calderon de la Barca Award by  Numbers , that the artist director Mike Bradwell, defines his style as a cross between Monty Python and Chekhov. “I could not have received a higher compliment,” laughed Gomez, who in 2007 was also awarded the Beckett for his first play, Fuga Mundi . In 2010 he published his first novel, Reversing (Parentheses, 2010) and is now about to finish a book of stories.

To read the original interview, by Eva Saiz in EL PAIS, read http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2012/05/02/actualidad/1335981790_229097.html

To read the translation by SFluxe, read: http://sfluxe.com/2012/05/06/a-broadway-playwright-spanish-conquest-world-news/

Una espanyola conquista Broadway con teatro en ingles

Si estrenar en Broadway es un sueño inalcanzable para muchos, para un autor español es poco más que una quimera. Sin embargo, si hay un escenario en el que las ilusiones pueden hacerse realidad es la ciudad de Nueva York. Un ejemplo es el de la escritora española Mar Gómez Glez, que en junio estrenará su obra 39 defalults, escrita en inglés, durante el festival que organiza el teatro Stage Fest. La MaMa Teather también la ha programado para 2013.

La dramaturga, menuda pero de mirada intensa y decidida, nació en Madrid hace 34 años y se mudó a la Gran Manzana en 2007 para estudiar un doctorado en la Universidad de Nueva York. La escritora acaba de ganar el Premio de teatro Calderón de la Barca 2011 por Cifras. El autor del prólogo, el director de escena Mike Bradwell, define su estilo como una mezcla entre Chéjov y los Monty Python. “No podía haber recibido un halago mayor”, ríe Gómez, que en 2007 también fue galardonada con el Premio Beckett por su primera obra de teatro, Fuga Mundi. En 2010 publicó su primera novela, Cambio de sentido (Paréntesis, 2010) y ahora está a punto de finalizar un libro de relatos.

Seguir leyendo en EL PAÍS: http://elpais.com/cultura/2012/05/02/actualidad/1335981790_229097.html

Fifth Wall Presentation

Last Thursday, April 5th, Mar Gomez presented Fifth Wall Company to the audience, during “Creative Writing in Spanish Event” in NYU, co-sponsored by the King Juan Carlos Center

All the company joined Mar in this important day and an intense monologue of Numbers and a key scene of 39 Defaults were performed.

fifth wall

Fifth Wall originated with the production of 39 Defaults to break the distance with the audience and gives them a new theater experience!

This is a play about idealism and human interaction, about the contrast between ideas and daily necessities.

This new theater piece, performed in living rooms through NYC, explores trust in an era where hospitality meets surveillance.

Opening in June 2012 at the Teatro Stage Fest de Nueva York.