International award-winner Carlos Espinal returns to the New York stages with his solo Peter El Rojo, The Gorilla. The play is a stage adaptation of the Franz Kafta’s story about an ape who learns to behave like a human and becomes an immigrant among them. After rave reviews and awards for its performances in New Jersey and the Dominican Republic, the New York premiere will take place at IATI Theater (East Village, NY), avant-garde Latin Company that for 48 years maintains a solid reputation of quality work. All three performances, April 23-25, 2016, will be bilingual; for it is preferable the audience speaks English and Spanish. General admission is $30.00 and $25.00 for students and seniors.
The famous story by Franz Kafka, “A Report to an Academy”, tells the story of an ape who learns to imitate humans and receives a …show more content…
Espinal writes this play as an acting laboratory, having as reference his experience as immigrant-emigrant in the United States, and passages from the life of English Writer Quintin Crisp, source of inspiration for the 80’s song “English Man in New York”.
It opened at the Dante Hall Theater in New Jersey in 2012. The Dominican Republic premiere was produced by Amaury Esquea and Victor Alonzo in June 2013 at the prestigious Sala Ravelo of the National Theater, reaching major press headlines from theater critics. It was nominated for Best Production, Best Direction and Best Actor of the Year by the prestigious “Soberano” awards of the Dominican Republic.
“Returning to East Village is like going back to my roots. For many years, I lived there, studied and did the type of theater that built who I am today. In fact, this neighborhood inspired me to write this theatrical version of Kafka’s story. It’s been long since I performed in New York, and it gives me great pleasure to work again with my IATI Theater friends, by bringing this story to an intimate setting,” said the playwright and
The famous story by Franz Kafka, “A Report to an Academy”, tells the story of an ape who learns to imitate humans and receives a …show more content…
Espinal writes this play as an acting laboratory, having as reference his experience as immigrant-emigrant in the United States, and passages from the life of English Writer Quintin Crisp, source of inspiration for the 80’s song “English Man in New York”.
It opened at the Dante Hall Theater in New Jersey in 2012. The Dominican Republic premiere was produced by Amaury Esquea and Victor Alonzo in June 2013 at the prestigious Sala Ravelo of the National Theater, reaching major press headlines from theater critics. It was nominated for Best Production, Best Direction and Best Actor of the Year by the prestigious “Soberano” awards of the Dominican Republic.
“Returning to East Village is like going back to my roots. For many years, I lived there, studied and did the type of theater that built who I am today. In fact, this neighborhood inspired me to write this theatrical version of Kafka’s story. It’s been long since I performed in New York, and it gives me great pleasure to work again with my IATI Theater friends, by bringing this story to an intimate setting,” said the playwright and