Bandit & Bad Blood

Bandolero & Malasangre / Bandit and Bad Blood

JUNE 22, 2024 – 8 pm EST - Presented in Spanish with English supertitles

IN-PERSON ArtSpace Mainstage

Produced by GALA Hispanic Theatre @teatrogala from Washinton, D. C.

Running time: 90 minutes

Six characters and "twelve voices" meet in a municipal kennel on December 31. While they take stock of what has happened in the past year, they look for someone to accompany them through the rest of the years to come.

It is a hilarious and corrosive work about any country that laughs at its tears, fears, and frustrations as long as it is not held accountable for what it has done and left undone. Thus, an extravagant dog catcher, a hallucinated soap opera actor, an injured provincial, a troubled debt collector, an alcoholic sailor, a lousy emigrant, and a cheerful sister-in-law will share their stories, some tragic and others hilarious, surrounded by a pack of dogs that They are a lot of bandits but always with a light of hope. Because, as the piece says, "Don't you understand me? I'm talking about love. It is worse, even if you think it is an earthquake, hurricane, or epidemic, because love does not end or change your life, but rather, it breaks it into pieces. Forever".

Premiered for the first time in Poitiers, France, Bandit & Bad Blood is one of the most performed pieces by Venezuelan author Gustavo Ott. "Travelling and stray" work, as the author has defined it, has been presented in Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Denmark, Spain, France, Korea, Japan, and Brazil, and It has been translated into French, Portuguese and Catalan. This unique performance at FLAE will be its premiere in the United States.

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Seis personajes y "doce voces" se reúnen en una perrera municipal el 31 de diciembre, y mientras hacen balance de lo ocurrido en el último año, buscan a alguien que les acompañe el resto de los años venideros.
Es una obra hilarante y corrosiva sobre cualquier país que se ríe de sus lágrimas, miedos y frustraciones mientras no se le haga responsable de lo que ha hecho y dejado de hacer.
Así, un extravagante cazador de perros, un actor de telenovela alucinado, un provinciano herido, un cobrador de deudas en problemas, un marinero alcohólico, un pésimo emigrante, y una cuñada alegre compartirán sus historias, algunas trágicas y otras hilarantes, rodeados de por una jauría de perros que son muchos bandidos pero siempre con una luz de esperanza. Porque, como dice la pieza, "¿No me entiendes? Estoy hablando de amor. Es peor que un terremoto, un huracán o una epidemia, porque el amor no termina ni te cambia la vida, sino que la rompe en pedazos para siempre".
Estrenada por primera vez en Poitiers, Francia, "Bandolero y Malasangre" es una de las piezas más montadas del autor venezolano Gustavo Ott. La obra "viajera y realenga", como la ha definido Ott, ha sido presentada en Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Brasil, Cuba, Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, México, Dinamarca, España, Francia, Corea, Japón y Brasil, y ha traducida al francés, portugués y catalán. Esta actuación única en el FLAE será su estreno en Estados Unidos.

Playwright: Gustavo Ott

Director: Gustavo Ott

PG13

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