Chicago – The Physical Theater Festival in Chicago has one more weekend, and for two of those nights the fest showcases “Marrano A Tale from The Inquisition,” a joint international stage presentation from Israel and Spain. For tickets and info, click Physical Fest.
Play Rating: 5.0/5.0
The Spanish Inquisition lasted an astounding 344 years (1478-1834) as a smokescreen for the authoritarian monarchy. Jews and Muslims were forced to convert to Catholicism to survive, and still were targeted by the law (and executed) as “heretics.” The staging of “Marrano A Tale from The Inquisition” is a focused story of the era which encompasses the definition of the Inquisition, as a Jewish shoemaker experiences all levels of the persecution, and ultimately seeks revenge.
Marrano A Tale of the Inquisition
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La Percha Teatro, a Spanish and Israeli company, uses the power of physical theater to create a vivid portrait of harassment, bigotry and genocide.
Play Rating: 5.0/5.0
The Spanish Inquisition lasted an astounding 344 years (1478-1834) as a smokescreen for the authoritarian monarchy. Jews and Muslims were forced to convert to Catholicism to survive, and still were targeted by the law (and executed) as “heretics.” The staging of “Marrano A Tale from The Inquisition” is a focused story of the era which encompasses the definition of the Inquisition, as a Jewish shoemaker experiences all levels of the persecution, and ultimately seeks revenge.
Marrano A Tale of the Inquisition
Photo credit: PhysicalFestival.com
La Percha Teatro, a Spanish and Israeli company, uses the power of physical theater to create a vivid portrait of harassment, bigotry and genocide.
- 7/14/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – One of the more unique theater festivals in Chicago invites us to “get physical.” The 10th Physical Theater Festival Chicago will take place from July 8th-16th, 2023. For the complete show line-up, including ticket links, click Physical Fest.
Representing the Festival is Co-Artistic Director Alice Da Cunha, who also co-founded the Fest in 2014 (with Co-Artistic Director Marc Frost). The 10th Festival will have a couple key free events, including their kick-off on July 8th at Nichols Park on Chicago’s Southside, with many family friendly events. Ms. Da Cunha is an actor, stage director and festival veteran, and worked as a Marketing Director for Casa, London’s Latin American Theatre Festival, when she lived there. She also contributes to the Chicago Latino Film Festival.
Have a Unique Stage/Performance Experience
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In a Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, co-artistic director Alice Da Cunha talks...
Representing the Festival is Co-Artistic Director Alice Da Cunha, who also co-founded the Fest in 2014 (with Co-Artistic Director Marc Frost). The 10th Festival will have a couple key free events, including their kick-off on July 8th at Nichols Park on Chicago’s Southside, with many family friendly events. Ms. Da Cunha is an actor, stage director and festival veteran, and worked as a Marketing Director for Casa, London’s Latin American Theatre Festival, when she lived there. She also contributes to the Chicago Latino Film Festival.
Have a Unique Stage/Performance Experience
Photo credit: PhysicalFestival.com
In a Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, co-artistic director Alice Da Cunha talks...
- 7/3/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – We are a sick society, consumed with fear. But the greatest art comes out of that fear, and the Strictly Arts Company – visiting from Britain – assesses the sum of our phobias regarding race relations in “Freeman,” now at the Physical Theater Festival in Chicago. There are two more performances of this must-see expression, Friday, June 7th, and Saturday, June 8th, 2019, at Stage 773 in Chicago’s Belmont theater district. Click here for more details and tickets.
Play Rating: 5.0/5.0
In the 1840s, 16-year-old William Freeman was a “free man” African American in upstate New York, where he was accused of stealing a horse. He was sentenced to five years in Auburn prison, where he was beaten into a mental stupor. When released, he went on a murderous rampage, killing a wealthy farmer and his family. At his trial, he was the first man in American History to plead the insanity defense,...
Play Rating: 5.0/5.0
In the 1840s, 16-year-old William Freeman was a “free man” African American in upstate New York, where he was accused of stealing a horse. He was sentenced to five years in Auburn prison, where he was beaten into a mental stupor. When released, he went on a murderous rampage, killing a wealthy farmer and his family. At his trial, he was the first man in American History to plead the insanity defense,...
- 6/7/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – The visual artistry of the stage is often due to the picture that is created through the physicality and movement of the actors. This is brought to light in the 6th annual Physical Theater Festival in Chicago, a cornucopia of international imagination generating theater through the physical realm. Co-founders/Artistic Directors Alice Da Cunha and Marc Frost created the fest, which runs from May 31st through June 9th, 2019, Stage 773 in the Belmont Avenue Theater District. All the Festival information – including tickets – can be found by clicking here.
The Physical Theater Festival Chicago seeks to program work that uses cutting-edge, on-the-pulse theatrical forms that are responding to the moment using contemporary notions of theater, which elevates the perceptible aspects of its stories. This style of theater is occupied with the creation of visual atmospheres and images as much as verbal text. The Festival also seeks to present work that pursues storytelling through primarily physical means,...
The Physical Theater Festival Chicago seeks to program work that uses cutting-edge, on-the-pulse theatrical forms that are responding to the moment using contemporary notions of theater, which elevates the perceptible aspects of its stories. This style of theater is occupied with the creation of visual atmospheres and images as much as verbal text. The Festival also seeks to present work that pursues storytelling through primarily physical means,...
- 5/29/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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