More Information About Solitude

Description

The plot of Solitude was inspired by the themes in the groundbreaking collection of essays The Labyrinth of Solitude by revered Mexican poet, diplomat and Nobel laureate, Octavio Paz. Solitude which Evelina Fernández created in collaboration with the Latino Theater Company is directed by José Luis Valenzuela and elegantly explores love, death, destiny and family through a contemporary and uniquely Mexican lens. 

In Paz’s work, he envisioned his countrymen as hidden behind masks of solitude, torn between concurrent and conflicting indigenous and western cultures. Not fully identifying with either is an experience of isolation. Ms. Fernández moves Paz’s premise into the 21st Century by setting it in present-day Los Angeles, a city more distinctly Mexican in character than any other large metropolis in the United States. Its Chicanos and Chicanas are at once both Mexican and American, not fully being either. 

In addition to the playwright herself, the cast of Solitude includes members of the Latino Theater Company, celebrated cellist Semyon Kobialka and well-known television actor Robert Beltrán as “The Man.” A star of stage and screen, Beltrán played Commander Chakotay for six seasons on Star Trek: Voyager and can be seen as Jerry Flute on the current season of Big Love. 

Special Presentations:
Thursday, February 9 at 8:00pm: Q&A Session
Friday, February 10 at 8:00pm: Reception for the cast, playwright and director following the performance
Saturday, February, 11 at 2:00pm: Q&A Session 

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