Gracias a Dios is the first part of a trilogy, and opens in a museum where a curator who is slightly unbalanced and an alcoholic, presents objects related to Central America. One such piece is a ship that reached Nicaragua at the beginning of the 16th Century. He imagines that he is the captain of the vessel, and climbs on two tables - the only stage decor in all three plays - and the Spanish official in Nicaragua, playing the roles of the Conquistador and the Revolutionary consecutively, through five centuries. Bruno Boeglin evokes unending bird song, torrential rains, harsh sun rays and the country of Nicaragua, by using just two bits of wood Poca Madre ! is directed by Mexican Carlos Calvo and performed by a Mexican actress who in seventeen minutes portrays the fallen country. In Oh Oaxaca ! Catherine Marnas directs a Mexican Indian who plays out the question of the native peoples' identity. These plays describe our troubled times in a rudimentary and universal theatre that prepares our tomorrows.
Distribution
stage direction Bruno Boëglin, Carlos Calvo, Catherine Marnas
Artistic collaboration : Dominique Bacle
Scenographers / Stage managers : Dominique Bacle et Carlos Calvo
> 1st part ¡ GRACIAS A DIOS ! (17 minutes)
Directed by : Bruno Boëglin
With : Bruno Boëglin
> 2d part ¡ POCA MADRE ! (17 minutes)
Directed by : Carlos Calvo
With : Odille Lauria
> 3rd partie ¡ OH OAXACA ! (17 minutes)
Directed by : Catherine Marnas
With : Giovanni Ortega
Production
Production : Novothéâtre, Compagnie Parnas, Théâtre de Vénissieux, ville de Lyon et direction régionale des Affaires culturelles Rhône-Alpes
Avec l'aide de : l'Association française d'action artistique-ministère des
Affaires étrangères et du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication-département des Affaires internationales