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First Theater Festival in East Harlem dedicated to the human psyche

Posted March 25, 2019

From Friday, April 19, to Sunday, April 28, six different plays that explore the human psyche will be presented as part of Frenzy Fest in El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109. Frenzy Fest is an innovative concept that seeks to promote multicultural dialogue, freedom of creative expression, and tolerance for community members who experience mental disorders such as: agitation, delirium, fury, hysteria, and madness as a result of a psychotic condition, as a result of drug or alcohol abuse. Furthermore, in the complexity of the mind, almost all human beings can experience temporary madness or violent mental and emotional agitation without necessarily being diagnosed as a psychotic person.

PROGRAMMING

Friday, April 19 at 7:00 P.M. & Saturday, April 20 at 8:30 P.M

Forty-Six Hundreds… Tales of survival on a stranded island… Puerto Rico after María

By: Tamaris Cañals & Orlando González (In English & Spanish)

Actors: Tamaris Cañals & Orlando González

Synopsis: In the midst of all the stress of Hurricane Maria a reporter covers the news, while he and his wife are victims of physical and emotional devastation.

Friday, April 19 at 8:30 P.M. & Saturday, April 20 at 7:00 P.M

La Chica del Parque…Sometimes I am so different from myself that I could be taken for someone else totally opposite.

By: Eduardo Valdez (In Spanish)

Director: Raúl Rivera

Actors: Jemma Ibarra & Juan Manuel Sanabria

Synopsis: A woman with multiple personalities lives all their lives every time she is in the park with her beloved man.

Sunday, April 21 at 4:00 & Friday, April 26 at 8:30 P.M.

El Espejo… Could abortion affect your subconscious to the point of desiring death itself?

By Yasmar Cruz (In Spanish)

Adaptation: José Ramón Hernández

Director: Yasmar Cruz

Actors: Yasmar Cruz, Sharon Gallardo

Synopsis: Adriana's Mirror allows her to look into her subconscious and reveals to us her frustrations within her marriage, her loneliness ... and an induced abortion.

Sunday, April 21 at 6:00 & Friday, April 26 at 7:00 P.M.

Trash Talk… A play about garbage

By Alano P. Baez (In English)

Director: Alano P. Baez

Actors: Omar Villegas & Dan Haft

Synopsis Two men who discuss work, waste, the hustle, struggle, refuse and the meaning of life and death, while trapped in a shipping container underneath a mountain of garbage.

Saturday, April 27 at 7:00 & Sunday, April 28 at 6:00 P.M.

The Junkies Stole the Clock… What’s love got to do with drug addicts?

By Jesus Papoleto Melendez (In English)

Director: Amneris Morales

Actors: Belange Rodríguez & Iván Goris

Synopsis: El Barrio ... and two junkies lost in the anguish of drugs.

Saturday, April 27 at 8:30 & Sunday April 28 at 4:00 P.M.

#Popular… For him, "prestige" does not matter as long as he is "popular

By Marcos Purroy & Alfonso Rey (In Spanish)

Director & Actor: Alfonso Rey

Synopsis: A comedian diagnosed with bipolarity and whose desire to be popular leads him to do whatever it takes to gain followers in the networks. For him, the "prestige" does not matter as long as he is "popular".