Frenzy Fest 2024 - One Act Plays

Barrio Independent Productions

Frenzy-Fest is a bilingual competitive theatrical festival focusing on social and psychological vulnerabilities

El Barrio's Artspace PS109

Frenzy Fest 2024 has this year four participating four plays. Each one has two shows. The opening night we will be screening as a special presentation the film "Five Session: by Jaime Estades with a conversation with Mr Estades and some students of Columbia University School of Social Work.All play and short-films must promote multicultural dialogue and the freedom of creative expression, and tolerance for community members experiencing mental disorders such as: agitation, delirium, furor, hysteria, and madness resulting from a psychotic condition, as a result of drug or alcohol abuse, or as a casual frenzy episode, which anyone in an extreme moment may experience. Agenda: (Each play is betwee 30 &amp; 45 minutes)OPENING Night (NOT IN COMPETITION) May 17 - 7:00 PM Five Sessions by Jaime Estades “Five Sessions,” originally a play, presents a dialogue between a client and a therapist, and where the client asks the therapist a question that no one has yet answered: “Would slaves in the South feel better about the slavery if they received therapy three times a week?” With support from Columbia's Provost's Office, Estades collaborated with fellow adjuncts Dr. Ovita Williams and Ericka Echavarria, LMSW, JD, to create a film of the play, directed by Eddie Torres, for use in a new student course second-year MSW program called “Five Sessions.” Jaime A. Estades, Esq. MSW is an associate professor of social policy, social work law and advocacy at Columbia University and New York University and a doctoral professor of social policy. and research at New York University as well as a writer. The author says: "It is my belief that today we practice psychotherapy that is beneficial for those who have most of their material needs satisfied. By contrast, those with ongoing unsatisfied material needs do not respond to this one-size-fits-all approach. Although this “bourgeois” approach is designed to fit the needs of a specific class – it is applied to all! That is why we should search for a new “psychology of the whole,” which would embrace the poor and socially/ politically/ economically disadvantaged. Saturday May 18 7:00 PM “Memorias del Corazon” By Alexis Marquez / Directed by Raul Rivera When the heart and memory take you on different paths, your life can end up locked in the world of madness. Cuando el corazón y la memoria te llevan por caminos diferentes tu vida puede acabar encerrada en el mundo de la locura. 8:00 PM “Aqui, Fuego” By Yolanny Rodriguez Torres The play explores love, traditional ways of communicating and power struggles in a marriage.La obra explora el amor, las tradiciones, las formas de comunicarse y las luchas de poder en el matrimonio. Sunday May 19 3:00 PM “Aqui, Fuego” By Yolanny Rodriguez TorrezThe play explores love, traditions, ways of communicating and power struggles in a marriage.La obra explora el amor, las tradiciones, las formas de comunicarse y las luchas de poder en el matrimonio. 4:00 PM “Memorias del Corazon” By Alexis Marquez / Directed Raul RiveraWhen the heart and memory take you on different paths, your life can end up locked in the world of madness. Cuando el corazón y la memoria te llevan por caminos diferentes tu vida puede acabar encerrada en el mundo de la locura. When the heart and memory take you on different paths, your life can end up locked in the world of madness. Friday May 24 7:00 PM “Mi nombre es” by Lucy SantiagoA play that presents a woman in prison for a murder she did not commit.Una obra que presenta a una mujer en prisión por un asesinato que no cometió. 8:00 PM “SORROW” : by Reina Ivis CanosaA one-woman show that describes the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh and Sien, his wife. It represents the struggles that surrounded their lives, fatal destiny, hopes, lost illusions, and self-punishment. Un espectáculo unipersonal que describe la vida y obra de Vincent Van Gogh y Sien, su esposa. Presenta las luchas que rodearon sus vidas, el destino fatal, las esperanzas, las ilusiones perdidas y el autocastigo. Saturday May 25 7:00 PM “SORROW” : by Reina Ivis CanosaA one-woman show that describes the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh and Sien, his wife. It represents the struggles that surrounded their lives, fatal destiny, hopes, lost illusions, and self-punishment.Un espectáculo unipersonal que describe la vida y obra de Vincent Van Gogh y Sien, su esposa. Presenta las luchas que rodearon sus vidas, el destino fatal, las esperanzas, las ilusiones perdidas y el autocastigo. 8:00 PM “Mi nombre es” by Lucy SantiagoA play that presents a woman in prison for a murder she did not commit. Una obra que presenta a una mujer en prisión por un asesinato que no cometió. Sunday May 26 @ 4:00 Award Ceremony and at 5:00 PM the Winner Short Film streaming.

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