Teatrx's annual La Vida Es Cortos festival encapsulates Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring rich and inspiring short stories through live theatre and cinema.
TEATRX will produce two plays: Cafecito by Marielle Vizcarra, which depicts a ladies’ night of poker and drinking interrupted by a ghostly visit, and Arpilleras by Justin P. Lopez, in which a Chilean matriarch processes her husband's disappearance by sewing arpilleras, small handmade pieces of fabric, but her daughter still tries desperately to search for answers.
Adam Castaneda’s Pilot Dance Project is back with the dance theatre production of Jarabe by Adriana Domínguez, a play that explores a daughter’s memories of her mother through Folklorico dancing. Theatre artist and TSU professor Rosarito Rodríguez-González will make her TEATRX directing debut after acting in the festival in 2021 by directing her own adaptation of Iván Brave’s novel Awake and Asleep. And finally, the Spanish language theatre collective Teatro Maktub will use satire and comedy in Café Deluxe by Doris Ramos to examine how smartphones affect human interaction and behavior.
The festival will showcase a diverse lineup of short films by independent filmmakers from around the US and Latin America. The lineup will include short dance films to provide a multidisciplinary experience. Following every performance, audiences will vote for their favorite short film and the winners will compete during the final performance for the chance to be named “LVEC 2023 Audience Favorite Film.”
This year the festival will also provide programming for young audiences by adding La Vida Es Cortitos, two performances at 10:30 am dedicated to showcasing short plays and films for young audiences ages 5 and up. The inaugural performance will feature short films made for young audiences alongside three short plays selected from a nationwide search.
Teatrx's annual La Vida Es Cortos festival encapsulates Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring rich and inspiring short stories through live theatre and cinema.
TEATRX will produce two plays: Cafecito by Marielle Vizcarra, which depicts a ladies’ night of poker and drinking interrupted by a ghostly visit, and Arpilleras by Justin P. Lopez, in which a Chilean matriarch processes her husband's disappearance by sewing arpilleras, small handmade pieces of fabric, but her daughter still tries desperately to search for answers.
Adam Castaneda’s Pilot Dance Project is back with the dance theatre production of Jarabe by Adriana Domínguez, a play that explores a daughter’s memories of her mother through Folklorico dancing. Theatre artist and TSU professor Rosarito Rodríguez-González will make her TEATRX directing debut after acting in the festival in 2021 by directing her own adaptation of Iván Brave’s novel Awake and Asleep. And finally, the Spanish language theatre collective Teatro Maktub will use satire and comedy in Café Deluxe by Doris Ramos to examine how smartphones affect human interaction and behavior.
The festival will showcase a diverse lineup of short films by independent filmmakers from around the US and Latin America. The lineup will include short dance films to provide a multidisciplinary experience. Following every performance, audiences will vote for their favorite short film and the winners will compete during the final performance for the chance to be named “LVEC 2023 Audience Favorite Film.”
This year the festival will also provide programming for young audiences by adding La Vida Es Cortitos, two performances at 10:30 am dedicated to showcasing short plays and films for young audiences ages 5 and up. The inaugural performance will feature short films made for young audiences alongside three short plays selected from a nationwide search.