THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11
U.S. Premiere of Lucid by Rafael Spregelburd
An intoxicating new comedy about the meaning of dreams.
Opening GALA Theatre's 34th season.

When Thursday, September 17 thru Sunday, october 11 *
Hours thursdays-saturdays - 8 pm sundays - 3 pm
* There will be no performance on sunday, september 27
Presented by GALA Hispanic Theatre www.galatheatre.org
Tickets & more information GALA Hispanic Theatre [masked] www.galatheatre.org
1-800-494-TIXS (8497)

Where
GALA Hispanic Theatre
3333 14th St, NW
Washington, DC 20010
parking
Available behind the theatre at the Giant garage on Park Rd.
The production Lucid (Lúcido) written by Rafael Spegelburd (Argentina)
Directed by José Carrasquillo

Cast
Lucrecia Basualdo - Teté
Carlos Castillo - Darío
Anabel Marcano - Lucrecia
Peter Pereyra - Lucas

About the Play

In this intriguing and humorous tale, we enter the world of a dysfunctional family suspended between lucidity and dreams. Trying to escape his oppressive reality through his dreams Lucas, a young man, navigates between a domineering mother and a sister who reclaims the kidney she donated to him as a child.

The family’s interactions are explosively funny and heartfelt, and the ending will leave audiences breathless. One of Argentina’s leading contemporary playwrights, Spregelburd’s language takes us to the most absurd places as if they were the most natural.

“Like the best of Alain Robbe-Grillet, Spregelburd’s writing,” states Carrasquillo, “is ‘phenomenological.” Using repetitions that are methodical and geometric, Spregelburd reveals the inner self of the characters. In the repetition of moments, the ruptures in those reoccurring incidents, and the attention to odd details, Spregelburd’s approach resembles the experience of psychoanalysis that he cleverly spoofs in Lúcido.”

About the Playwright

Rafael Spregelburd is a playwright, director, actor, and translator who lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has written approximately 40 plays, including La modestia, La estupidez, El pánico, La extravagancia, Fractal, Un momento argentino, La escala humana, and Bizarra. Spregelburd’s plays have been translated into German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, and Czech. In 1994, he founded El Patrón Vázquez Theater Company, which has appeared in festivals in Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, Colombia, Uruguay, and Venezuela. He has been playwright-in-residence at the Royal Court Theatre in London and at the National Theater of Hamburg, and guest director at the Berlin Schaubühne. Spregelburd is a recipient of several national and international playwriting and directing awards, including the Tirso de Molina, the Municipal, the Argentores, Teatro del Mundo, María Guerrero, and the Clarín.

About the Production

Lúcido will feature GALA company members Lucrecia Basualdo (Teté), who last appeared in La edad de la ciruela, and Carlos Castillo (Darío), who last appeared in the critically acclaimed El mejor alcalde, el rey. Making their first appearance at GALA are Anabel Marcano (Lucrecia), who was most recently seen in Mujeres al poder and Rosa de dos aromas at Teatro de la Luna, and Peter Pereyra (Lucas), a company member of Teatro de la Luna, who recently appeared in Fucking A at the Studio Theatre SecondStage.

José Carrasquillo is entering his third decade of directing for regional theaters. At GALA, he directed The True History of Coca Cola in Mexico, Cita a ciegas, El arquitecto y el emperador de Asiria, La granada, and Chaos Organized. Other credits include Macbeth and Medea at Washington Shakespeare Theatre, Jesus Hopped the “A” Train at Round House Theatre, Donna Q at Signature Theatre, A Language of Their Own at Studio Theatre SecondStage, Sueño at Olney Theatre, The Obituary Bowl at Woolly Mammoth, and The Magic Rainforest at the Kennedy Center. He also directed José Rivera’s Marisol at the Clarice Smith Performance Arts Center. Mr. Carrasquillo was the founding Artistic Director of Freedom Stage in Washington, DC, served as Artistic Director at The Group Theatre in Seattle, and is a regular guest lecturer and director at universities and conservatories.

Set design is by Giorgos Tsappas, who designed sets for Bodas de sangre at GALA and Fucking A at Studio Theatre SecondStage. Light design is by Cory Ryan Frank, who designed The True History of Coca Cola in Mexico at GALA and Miss Nelson Is Missing at Imagination Stage last season. Costumes are by Ivania Stack, who designed The True History of Coca Cola in Mexico at GALA and Fucking A at Studio Theatre SecondStage. Sound design is by Brendon Vierra, who designed Momia en el closet: The Return of Eva Perón and The True History of Coca Cola in Mexico at GALA. Marie Schneggenburger, who designed properties for The True History of Coca Cola in Mexico, is Properties Designer; and Leslie Felbain, who has worked at African Continuum Theatre and Kennedy Center, is Movement Coach. Mel Bieler is GALA’s Resident Stage Manager. Mariana Osorio is Production Manager, Eric Lucas is Technical Director, and Abel López is Producer.