The Asylum Theatre to Premiere Complemento

A Collaboration With Winchester Dondero Cultural Center in Partnership With the Out Of The Wings Festival in the UK

The Asylum Theatre is proud to present COMPLEMENTO by the Colombian playwright Rafael Guizado, translated by his granddaughter and local theatre maker, Gigi Guizado, and featuring a diverse company of local talents. There will be two performances held at the Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Drive, Friday, September 9 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, September 10 at 2 p.m., with a post-matinee audience discussion.

The production is part of an ongoing international development process with the Out of the Wings Festival, a group based at King's College London that showcases plays in translation from throughout Iberia and Latin America via year-round table read, discussions, and theatre events. The Asylum’s Artistic Director, Sarah O’Connell, will direct the work of the 20th-century Colombian master following the successful premiere of his SCHERZO (Dialogue with a Statue), also translated by Resident Playwright Gigi Guizado.

"We are pleased to bring local arts to the world stage, once again, through our collaboration with the Out of the Wings Festival in the UK. Scholars from across the globe have supported Gigi Guizado’s evolution of the script and celebrate our new staging. It is an honor to uplift a local Latina playwright who has gifted this Colombian master's work to a new audience through her translation and to highlight the rich talents in our diverse company of artists,” says O'Connell.

The company includes actors Jose Anthony, Diana Martinez, Angel Mendoza, Jessie Johnson, Jackie Hoopz Lakoudis, Graciela Strahan, and Jacob Sidhom in the title role, with scenic design by Jay Nagle and costume design by Sean Stuart, and stage management by Rebecca Sass.

Out of the Wings (OOTW) was co-founded in 2008 by Catherine Boyle, David Johnston, and Jonathan Thacker, following their collaboration with Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed Spanish Golden Age season. Ms. Boyle will join The Asylum’s audience via zoom for a real-time talkback following the Saturday, September 10 performance. The Asylum often serves as a global theatre ambassador for southern Nevada through partnerships, including the World English Speaking Theatres (WEST) network established in Kyiv by its Ukrainian collaborators at the ProEnglish Theatre.

Formed in 1996, The Asylum Theatre exists to connect audiences to new work and artists to each other. It is remarkable to serve for over 25 years as one of southern Nevada’s longest-running theatre companies as well as a haven for the development of new ideas, emerging artists, and international partnerships. Click on the QR code for more info and purchase a ticket.

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Ring Round the Moon Wraps Wit and Farce at UNLV

By Debbie Hall

Presented by the Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Ring Round the Moon brings absurdity and fun to the stage at the Judy Bayley Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Oct. 8.

Set in Paris before World War I, the delightfully witty farce takes place in the winter garden of a palatial estate owned by the incorrigible Madame Demortes, aunt to the roguishly charming Hugo. Ever cynical about love, Hugo suspects that his lovesick and emotionally sensitive twin brother, Frederic, is engaged to the wrong woman—the wealthy and seemingly indifferent Diana. Hugo schemes to turn Frederic’s head from Diane to a new conquest—the breathtakingly innocent and enchanting dancer, Isabelle. Mistaken identities, unrequited love, reunited school chums, and a whole pot of noodles with no butter or salt add flavor to this quick-paced romantic comedy that will delight the entire family.

Jean Anouilh's Invitation to the Castle was released in 1947 and the play based on the book, Ring Round the Moon, was adapted in 1950 by Christopher Fry. Peter Brook commissioned Fry to adapt the book as a play which was first performed at the Globe Theatre starring Academy Award winners Paul Scofield and Margaret Rutherford with Claire Bloom. It has since been performed in the West End, Royal Exchange (Manchester), and on Broadway (1999).

Ring Round the Moon will be performed at the Judy Bailey Theatre at UNLV at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8. Ticket prices are $25 with discounted tickets ($22.50) available for seniors, military members, the disabled, and UNLV faculty, staff, and alumni. Students may get one $10 ticket with identification. Tickets are available at the UNLV Performing Arts Center Box Office (northeast end of campus attached to the south wall of the parking garage) or call (702) 895-ARTS (2787). UNLV Performing Arts Center patrons are welcome to park in the Cottage Grove Parking for free after 1 p.m. on Friday. For more info, click here.

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A Public Fit opens its season with Foxfinder

Live theater in Southern Nevada perseveres with the opening season premiere of Foxfinder by Dawn King will be presented by A Public Fit at The Space Sept. 23-26.

At the heart of this gripping, futuristic parable beats an incendiary plot that pulses with menace and suspicion. In rural England, a blight of bad luck has befallen the countryside, and an infestation may be to blame. The totalitarian government sends an agent, a Foxfinder, into the home of Judith and Samuel Covey, and the invasive inspection whirls simple lives into a frenzy of finger-pointing and distrust. As the bizarre scrutiny intensifies, guilt, fear, and distorted realities fuel a feverish hunt to explain the unknown.

The Covey Farm is in distress. Afflicted with fallow fields, an over-abundance of pests, and seemingly unending rain, Samuel and Judith struggle to meet the Capitol’s demanding quotas. The situation is complicated with the arrival of William Bloor (Foxfinder), dispatched by the government to help the couple solve their agricultural woes. But is Bloor really there to help, or has he been sent by the powerful to assign blame? This riveting play offers an unnerving critique of political mind-control and bureaucratic propaganda.

Directed by co-founder and artistic director Ann-Marie Pereth, this was the play that introduced A Public Fit to the audiences of Las Vegas. Learn more about Foxfinder on A Public Fit’s podcast Behind the Buzz!!! Click here to listen.

Foxfinder will be presented at The Space, 3460 Cavaretta Court, 7 p.m. Sept. 23-25 and 2 p.m. on Sept. 26. Click here to purchase tickets.