This video documents the theater piece Romeo(s) y Julieta(s), created collaboratively by Rosa Luisa Márquez with her students of the course of Experimental Theater at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus. Based on Pablo Neruda's version of the classic Shakespearean tragedy, the play crystallizes a year-long investigation on the creative links between theater and visual arts, in homage to renowned Puerto Rican scenographer José "Checo" Cuevas. Antonio Martorell collaborated with this elaborated version of Romeo and Juliet, where the classic feud between Montagues and Capulets echoes the current political climate of colonialism, warfare, and "an eye for an eye" political mentality affecting American foreign affairs, with concrete resonances with the Iraq War as well as with social and political violence at play in Puerto Rico.
Photo/Foto: Rosa Luisa Márquez
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Video:
Video in HIDVL
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Title:
Romeo(s) y Julieta(s)
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Alternate Title:
Romeo(s) and Juliet(s)
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Holdings:
photo gallery, program, video (HIDVL)
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Duration:
02:08:00
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Language:
English, Spanish
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Date:
27 Mar 2003
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Location:
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico.
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Type-Format:
play, performance
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Cast:
Julio César Morales, Giuseppe Vázquez, Nami Helfeld, Cristina Pérez, Mariel Acevedo, Tania del Pilar Molina, Yaremis Félix, Axel Pacheco, Juan Pablo Díaz, Dharma Padrón, Mayra Acevedo, Jaime Zayas, Jessica Rodríguez, Javier Cardona, Carlos Alexis Cruz, Coquí Robles, Javier González, Lixandra Merced, Armando García, Veraalba Santa, Joaquín González, Jennifer de Jesús, Darién Acevedo, Francisco Iglesias, Arlene Martínez, María Pilar Aponte, Omar Silva, Mila Aponte-González, Emily López, Marcos Toledo, Reinaldo Rodríguez, Naomí Bonafoux, Jerry Soto, UPR High School Brass Ensemble.
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Credits:
University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras campus) Drama Dept., producer ; Rosa Luisa Márquez, producer, director ; William Shakespeare, original text ; Pablo Neruda, translation/version ; Checo Cuevas, Antonio Martorell, set design ; Omar Silva, music director ; Javier Cardona, choreographer ; Carmen Acevedo, music consultant ; Gilda Navarra, movement consultant ; Paola Marchena, Javier González, Mila Aponte-González, asst. directors ; Checo Cuevas, lighting design ; Miguel Vando, costume design ; Experimental Theater students, props ; Edgar Garayúa and performers, makeup ; Mila Aponte-González, masks ; José Cotté, graphic design ; Miguel Villafañe, videographer.
Published in
Rosa Luisa Márquez: Works