If you are in Puerto Vallarta and understand Spanish well enough to spin a conversation, consider attending any of the plays participating in the program called, “Vamos al Teatro” (Let’s Go to the Theater.)
This program encourages theatrical activity in our city, with the participation of local citizens and visiting foreign theater companies. The following list of plays includes a description of the plot and the relevant details.
Inagada la Vida
This is the story of an old writer plunged into helplessness, when he is forced to live like a second -class citizen, in this story that chronicles the dehumanized and cruel treatment towards seniors in today’s society.
Saturdays and Sundays in June
8:30 PM
Centro Cultural Cuale
$60 pesos per person
Luna que se Quiebra (Breaking Moon)
Gabriel’s great dream is to go to Barcelona and admire Gaudi’s work, however he is living with a bitter reality. He is wounded by the loss of his mother in the terminal phase of cancer and the sudden departure of his sentimental partner, Mauricio.
Saturdays and Sundays in July
8 pm
Autor y director Alberto Fabián, Grupo Municipal de Teatro
Centro Cultural Cuale
$60 pesos per person
El Diario de Ana Frank (The Diary of Ann Frank)
This is the story of a Jewish girl in Germany born on June 12, 1929. At the age of 13, Ann is forced to experience the anguish of an obsession with unbridled power that affected her family and friends.
Fridays and Saturdays in June and July
Grupo de Teatro Experimental
7 pm
Cecatur
$50 pesos per person
Ajuste de Cuentos (Adjustment of Stories)
This theater play exercise is comprised of five stories that touch different genres, mainly eroticism and irreverence, raising alternatives that are very close to the surface in our environment.
Thursdays and Fridays in June
8 pm
Teatro en atril, Producciones Raquítica
Centro Cultural Cuale
$30 pesos per person
Por Ella las Botellas y por sus Hermanas las Botanas (Bottles for Her and Snacks for Her Sisters)
A compendium of true stories full of emotions, life, and human forms with names. This production is full of modern themes and is not suited for religious conservatives. It is a monologue full of emotion and fun.
Thursdays and Friday in July
8 pm
Autor y Director: Edgar Treviño, Producciones Raquitica
Centro Cultural Cuale
$50 pesos per person
Tu Ternura Molotov (Your Molotov Tenderness)
Provocative and current, this play chronicles an “ideal” couple that has intended to ensure their livelihood by procreating a son, and then the past returns in a surprising manner.
June 16
8:30 PM
Cecatur
Free Entrance
Niño, una Autopsía Psicológica (Child – A Psychological Autopsy)
This theatrical play deals with the social and health tragedy of child suicide.
June 30
8:30 pm
Grupo Musarteti, Dirección: Carmen Pérez Borrayo
Centro Cultural Cuale
Free Entrance with ticket (limited seating)
Algo Cotidiano
A 50s Musical
Grupo: A2 Cuadrado
Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30pm
Centro Cultural Cuale
$70 pesos
7 Pecados
Grupo: OTEART
In July: Wednesdays and Thursdays 7 pm at Cecatur Auditorium (60 pesos)
Monday the 13th and 21st of July at Cuale Cultural Center (60 pesos)
Fridays in July at 7 pm at Los Arcos Amphitheater (free)
For plays with Free Entrance, call 223-0095 to obtain your courtesy tickets.