Juan Crist\u00f3bal, casi al llegar a Zapadores<\/em> uses the theater to examine what is borne of materials, documents, and stories of two very unique women, aged 72 and 68. They have been neighbors in the Recoleta area for almost 40 years, living just 25 paces apart. Not only do they share their secrets, their stories, and their neighborhood; they are also the director\u2019s grandmothers. Theirs shall be the task of taking the lead roles in their own stories, with the help of two musician-actors and an on-stage film-maker.<\/p>\n

A production that eludes conventional dramatic structures, working from the idea of a \u2018living museum\u2019, a place filled with the remains of what was, details that tell the story of what is private and commonplace; the passing of time over two anonymous women, and how these fragments move between reality and fiction, finally building a shared identity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWRITER AND DIRECTOR<\/span>

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\u00cdtalo Gallardo is a director and playwright. He studied art at the Universidad de Chile, specializing in stage acting. He is currently working on the post-dramatic and documentary theater piece El a\u00f1o en<\/em> que nac\u00ed, <\/em>by Argentine director Lola Arias – featured at Santiago a Mil 2012 and 2013, and touring Valdivia, Valpara\u00edso, Lisbon, and Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n
He has created three productions with his company, La Laura Palmer. He acted in Doblev\u00e9 c\u00e9<\/em> (2011-2012), written in collaboration with Jorge Arecheta; he was also assistant director in the seasons played at Lastarria 90 and Teatro La Memoria; he directed La espera <\/em>(2010), written in collaboration with Jorge Arecheta and presented at the Agust\u00edn Sir\u00e9 playroom; and he appeared in Nosotros<\/em> (2008-2009), by Pedro Bustos and directed by Jorge Arecheta, running for two seasons at the Sergio Aguirre playroom.<\/p>\n
He has also appeared in productions of Enemy of the People<\/em> (2009), by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Aliocha de La Sotta; Petr\u00f3polis o la invenci\u00f3n del suicidio<\/em> (2007), by Juan Claudio Burgos, directed by Exequiel Tapia, and Cementerio de autom\u00f3viles<\/em> (2007), by Fernando Arrabal, directed by Pato Pimienta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nCOMPANY<\/span>
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La Laura Palmer, a group formed around actors Jorge Arecheta and \u00cdtalo Gallardo, started its life as a space to develop the art of storytelling in a creative and novel manner. Its work centers on building ways to position the audience before a story on the stage, before an experience that invokes questions more than it provides certainties. The group seeks to develop its own language of the stage, strongly influenced by the power of the cinema. It addresses its goals from a solid grounding of theoretical investigation, creating fertile ground to create theater and to think about space for representation as a unique site to develop idea-theater. The company\u2019s productions include Nosotros <\/em>(2008 \u2013 2009), La espera <\/em>(2010), Doblev\u00e9 c\u00e9 <\/em>(2011), Juan Crist\u00f3bal, casi al llegar a Zapadores <\/em>(2012), and Fragmentos de un discurso amoroso <\/em>(currently under development).<\/p>\n<\/div>\nCOMPANY<\/span>
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Text and direction \u00cdtalo Gallardo in collaboration with the actors<\/strong><\/p>\n
Direction assistant Jorge Arecheta<\/strong><\/p>\n
Production Felipe Balbont\u00edn, Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez Varas<\/strong><\/p>\n
Music and soundtrack design Jorge Arecheta, Pilar Ronderos<\/strong><\/p>\n
Audiovisual direction Sebasti\u00e1n Pereira<\/strong><\/p>\n
Space design, costumes and graphic design Italo Gallardo<\/strong><\/p>\n
Lightning design Iv\u00e1n Troncoso<\/strong><\/p>\n
Cast Adriana Guerra, Raquel Jara, Pilar Ronderos, Jorge Arecheta and Sebastian Pereira<\/strong><\/p>\n
Sponsorship Corporaci\u00f3n Cultural de la Ilustre Municipalidad de Recoleta<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Premiere July 2012, Universidad Mayor Theater<\/strong><\/p>\n
Length 1 hour 15 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Juan Crist\u00f3bal, casi al llegar a Zapadores es una investigaci\u00f3n esc\u00e9nica que nace a partir de materiales, documentos y relatos de dos mujeres que tienen varias particularidades: una tiene 72 a\u00f1os y la otra 68.Juan Crist\u00f3bal, casi al llegar a Zapadores uses the theater to examine what is borne of materials, documents, and stories of two very unique women, aged 72 and 68.