This year the festival is named after Daniel Lugo, according to Executive Order Number 2024-007, in recognition of his artistic career as the first actor inside and outside of Puerto Rico, exalting the name of the Creole city. In addition, his assertive career in the performing arts such as theater, film and television.
For four weekends, citizens will be able to enjoy the theatrical productions that will be presented free of charge. Limited seats.
Performances will be held Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 4:00 p.m.
To reserve tickets you can call 787-746-4354 or 787-653-8833 extensions 1800 and 1842, while they last.
Friday, October 4, 2024 will be a special time at 8:00 p.m. for protocol acts.
Below, the varied billboard that will make up the forty-fifth edition of the Daniel Lugo Caguas Theater Festival
.October 4, 5 and 6
Piece: Betrayal in friendship
Anamín Santiago Theater Company, Inc.:
This play is based on the 17th century comedy written by María de Zayas y Sotomayor, which places women in the position of being able to choose who they want to love. The female figures represent mistakes and successes. She tells the story of Marcia, who falls in love with Liceo. She tells it to her best friend Fenisa, who betrays her by becoming Liseo's lover. Marcia colludes with other women creating a female sisterhood that will engender a new just order.
This piece amuses, reasons and proposes sisterhood as a tool for change. This comedy is valid today, since it is the women who try to break gender barriers and are the ones who will establish the solutions to the conflicts that arise in it. In it, the author amalgamates in a sympathetic and profound way, the masculine and the feminine in all the characters, nuanced the feminine characters, with their contradictions, as keys to achieving equity.
October 11, 12 and 13
Piece: Grandma gets married - Choir of Happiness
This play is about a woman who has struggled to raise her 5 children, in which 4 of them are professionals and the youngest is wonderfully cared for at home because he is disabled. When this woman reaches the age of majority, her children decide to send her to a nursing home to sell all the family assets, since their mother has turned 97 and there is no one who can take care of her. They receive resistance from the grandchildren who come up with a plan to prevent their grandmother from going to the nursing home, without first considering other measures. The plot is interesting, it has moments of comedy, music and dramatic action, with an ending that will leave you speechless.
October 18, 19 and 20
Piece: Tite Curet Alonso: Lyrics and Poetry - National Foundation for Popular Culture and Latinx Performance Ensemble
This stage production is a free adaptation for theater made by Josean Ortiz, who also directs and stars in it, of the book "Tite Curet Alonso: Lirica y Canción" written by the Ponce folklorist, Norma Salazar. It is focused on highlighting the outstanding artistic legacy of this Puerto Rican composer and poet, whose work has left an indelible mark on Latin music. This play is a rescue of our cultural memory, since the life and work of Tite Curet Alonso are intrinsically linked to Puerto Rican culture and identity. It is an opportunity to continue preserving their cultural memory, ensuring that their legacy continues to live on for future generations and serve as inspiration for emerging artists and poets.
October 25, 26 and 27
Piece: Lie to me - Blue Curtain Company, Inc.
The wedding day is, possibly, the most important day for every person in love. This work tells the story of Juan Carlos, a man who until that day thought he had his life resolved and in control until an unexpected event turns everything around. The bride does not show up at the ceremony, leaving a state of chaos and confusion. This fact causes Juan Carlos to wake up to reality and realize the lie in which he has lived for so many years, which has been woven by his own family represented by his sister Eva.
