Program 2011

Diciembre

Teatro en el Blanco (Chile)

Written and directed by Guillermo Calderón

A Co-Production with Fundacion Teatro A Mil

Running Time: 75 minutes

$15 Tickets: publictheater.org or 212-967-7555

(On Sale December 1)

The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street

Hatched from the brilliant imagination of writer-director Guillermo Calderón, comes this haunting and politically charged black comedy about a near-future war in Chile. Taking place on Christmas Eve 2014, the story is set in Santiago, a city surrounded by Peruvian forces. A young solider Jorge returns home to celebrate Christmas with his pregnant twin sisters. The sisters' deeply opposing views on the war come to a head when it is revealed that Jorge is planning to go awol.

In Spanish with English supertitles

"Explores the reality of war and its power to transform collective consciousness and domestic life."  -Caras y Caretas

"You needn't know Chilean history... nor understand Spanish to appreciate its masterfully economic blend of near-poetry and graphic context." - Los Angeles Times

First seen in New York at TeatroStageFest June 2009