Creature/Creations: A Political Fable about Responsibility and Delusion
Highways Performance Space and Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Rated 0.0 by 1 member who went.
Once upon a very terrible time, a woman coped with the slaughter of her friends and family by turning herself into a hen. That's the premise of Creature/Creations (A Political Fable about Responsibility and Delusion in Oppressive Times), a one-woman show written by Argentinean writer Eugenio Griffero during the country's military dictatorship. This new production is adapted and directed by Abraham Celaya and performed by Minerva Garcia.
Event summary prepared by the Goldstar Editorial Team.
* Additional fees apply.
Currently at Highways Performance Space and Gallery:
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Highways Performance presents a playfully perverse, thought-provoking performance showcase. Curated by Flint and inspired by performance art provocateur Ron Athey, Endurable Goods brings together seven artists for performances that range from a rock-n-roll revue of the crucifixion of Adult Baby Jesus to an exploration of masculinity involving a headfirst dive into a vat of Gatorade. Learn More
1 Member Review
Tell me when new reviews are added. [Remove]Tell me when new reviews are added.
Reviews are sorted first by profile photo (reviewers with profile photos are displayed first), second by the total number of kudos the review has received (the more kudos, the earlier the review appears), third by date written (newer reviews appear before older reviews).
More Details About Creature/Creations
More Information
The expressionistic fable Creature/Creations recounts the tale of a Woman whose whole world has been turned upside down. Family and friends are all dead. She survives by thinking she is a hen. But as she examines her life, she comes to the shocking realization that she has been a “collaborator” in the terror and violence that engulfed her. It was easier for her to look the other way, deluding herself with fantasies and distractions in order to enjoy her privileged status, the middle way.
Creature/Creations is part of a group of 21 short plays written in 1981 for the first cycle of Teatro Abierto (Open Theatre) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Also known as Theatre Under Vigilance, Teatro Abierto was a cultural reaction by the theatre community against the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1970 through 1983.
Director / Translator Abraham Celaya has served as the Artistic & Education Director of Theatre of Hope, the Education and Outreach Coordinator of the Pasadena Playhouse, and Associate Director and the Assistant to the Artistic Director, Benny Sato Ambush, at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. He has also served as an assistant director for the Taper, Too, the Old Globe in San Diego, and the Seattle Rep. His direction of Arrabal’s The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria received critical acclaim during its run at Stages Theatre Center.
Performer Minerva García is well known to Los Angeles audiences. A few of her credits are Electricidad at the Mark Taper Forum, María in Chavez Ravine also at the Taper, Julia Flores in School of the Americas at Teatro Visión, Frida at the Frida Kahlo Theatre and Sandra in Living Out at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. She can also be seen on the small screen in series like Dexter, Viva Vegas, Los Beltrán, City of Angels and The Closer.
Highways Performance Space
Highways Performance Space is Southern California's boldest center for new performance. Founded in 1989, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages fierce new artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative works.
Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms. Our mission is implemented through four programs (the performance space, workshop/university program and two galleries). Annually, Highways co-presents approximately 250 performances by solo dramatic artists, small theater groups, dance companies and spoken word artists; curates and exhibits approximately 12 contemporary visual art exhibits per year with work that explores the boundaries between performing and visual art forms; commissions and premieres new work by outstanding performing artists; organize special events, curate festival, offer residency and educational programs that engage community members in the arts while providing access to professionally-directed instruction.
