MAS & MORE
THEATER
THE BIG STORM COMES
A black comedy with a touch of reality.
The play is ready for its premiere. The director has made sure everything is under control to showcase the greatness of this creation. A few hours prior to the premiere, an announcement came over the news that a very serious, threatening weather front was heading their direction. Gale force winds which could wreak havoc with their community. The county put the National Guard on alert and the theater staff has been briefed that their primary job might be to maintain calm.
As with any production, this play has had its ups and downs prior to the grand opening. The expectations are high. In spite of the inclement weather forecast, the lines out front of the theater are forming. The National Guard has already dispersed in the main parts of town and they are maintaining order with all the folks in line, hurrying to get inside the building.
The weather has stalled the opening. The power is flickering making everything very difficult for the technical crew. The movie screen has descended but there is no sound! Accessing the sound/technical room are difficult due to the electronic door lock, which isn’t functioning.
Meanwhile, people are no longer kept in the lines outside as the rains begin to fall, and they are entering the theater. The staff is doing a great job keeping everyone calm and helping everyone get to their seats. The thunderstorm intensifies, and the raging wind and thunder claps can be heard inside the theater. Surprisingly, the people remain calm. They seem to set aside their egos and relate to each other on a deeper level. They are bonding together.
As the weather rages on there are those who are reflecting on their lives and one man who comes out of the closet, declaring his love for another man with the fear that this might be the last opportunity to “get real”.
The actors backstage are stressed, not from stage fright, but from concerns over everyone’s safety and well-being. If they could just continue with the play, it would at least be a diversion, but with the technical issues, they are stifled. The actors are bonding at a deeper level as well.
The actors, the audience, the crew, have all found their personal strength rising along with the wind. The are finding the courage to sing and dance in the face of peril.
Based of true events.
CAST
JAVI PEPE as “JOSE”
CLAUDIO FERNANDO FRAGAPANE as “FRANCISCO”
ROCIO TULA as “SILVANA”
ANGEL GALURI as“JOAQUIN”
EMMANUEL ZEUS TELLO as “LUIS”
SANTIAGO RACCA as “MARCELLO”
MARISA PAEZ as “MARIA NIEVES”
PAMELA CALISE as “SEFERINA”
ANA LOPEZ as “JACINTA”
ROMINA VIOLA as “MUSA DE LA HISTORIA”
AGUSTIN RAMAL as “MUSO NIÑO INTERIOR”
CELESTE LEIVA as “MUSA DE LA TRAGEDIA”
JAQUELINE CHAPARRO as “MUSA DE LA ALEGRIA”
SOL FUENTES as “MUSA TRASCENDENTAL”
EQUIPO TÉCNICO
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – MARTÍN MANSILLA
ECENOGRAPHY – CRONOFIOS CLUB
SCENIC DESIGN, SOUND AND LIGHTS – MIGUEL MAS
COSTUME DESIGN – RUTH VALDIVIA
MUSIC DESIGN – MIGUEL MAS
ARTISTIC MUSIC CREATE AND MIX – VICTOR GOCA
LIGHT SOUND AND PROJECTION – LEANDRO AGOSTINO DE UMBRAL ARTISTICA Y TÉCNICA
PRODUCTION – CLAUDIO FERNANDO FRAGAPANE
PRESS – CRONOFIOS CLUB
GRAFIC DESING – FRANCO MATEO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERR – MIGUEL MAS
A MAS & MORE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION
MAS & MORE ENTERTAINMENT Production Company
“We should act through our own experiences and direct
with our own wisdom and understanding of the story.”
El Rey del Faro – Argentina
The king of the lighthouse
Mas & More Entertainment in a co-production with the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mendoza, the Independent Theater of the Theater Play “El Rey del Faro”
The King of the Lighthouse was premiered in Argentina on October 19, 2012, at the Teatro Independencia and since then there have been three presentations at the Julio Le Parc Cultural Center on November 16, 17 and 18, at 9:30 p.m. Follow a tour of the interior of Mendoza and the rest of the country in 2013.
The king of the lighthouse, based on a true story.
Synopis:
1982. Place: Patagonia, Argentina. The war of the Malvinas is over. The dictatorship is still going on. More than 300 sailors killed in the sinking of General Belgrano. Four young Argentines
To be elected without any military experience as part of a secret mission in the Strait of Magellan. They are moved to a very abandoned place. Very close to the Falklands and only 10 kilometers from the border with Chile. A petty officer tormented by his past is the only company that will have in that desolate place.
Juan Mendizábal, is the first of the four, who decides to fight against the imposed terror. It will create a day in a fantasy world where the protagonists will be an unreal cold, an endless nothingness, wind, hunger, adventure, hope, friendship, penguins and ghosts.
After almost three months, the union of these four young people, to obtain something that in the Argentina of 1982, was totally prohibited: Freedom.
Written & Directed by Juan Carlos Malpeli
Cast
Juan Mendizabal – Joaquin De Lucia
Oscar Canosa, el Gringo – Agustín Daguerre Ouet
Ricardo Altieri – Hernán Iguacel
Luis Bajit – Juan Pablo Bravo
Sub Official Ramirez, el perro – Marcelo Ríos
Sub Oficial Quiroz – Miguel Mas
Director Assistant and Production – Silvina Persia
Scenography – Rodolfo Carmona
Scenography Assistants – Federico Paez y Lucas Chiarelli
Wordrob – Juan Carlos Malpeli, Miguel Mas, María Celia Parasecoli
Photography – Eduardo Dolengiewich
Co-production – Teatro Independencia y Mas & More Entertainment
Executive Producter – Miguel Mas
Musical Production – Fernando Lorenzo
Graphic Desing – Nicolas Louet
Sponsors Coordinator – Roberto Louet
THE KING OF THE LIGHTHOUSE
1982. Place: Patagonia, Argentina. The Malvinas war just ended. The dictatorship remains. More than 300 marines are killed in the sinking of the General Belgrano.
Four young argentine men from different backgrounds are sent to do their military service, where they are brainwashed with the possibility that the outbreak of another war could happen in any moment. They are chosen without any military experience to be a part of a secret mission at the Stretch of Magellan.
They will be sent to an abandoned lighthouse located very close from the Malvinas Islands and just 10 kilometers away from the Chilean’s limits. A sub official tormented by his past is the only company that they will have in this desolate place.
Juan Mendizábal, is the first young men that decides to fight against the imposed terror. He will create a world of fantasy where our protagonists will be an unreal cold, an interminable nothing, wind, hunger, adventure, hope, friendship, penguins and ghosts.
After almost three months, the union of these four young men will take them to face even death, obtaining something that in Argentina of 1982 was prohibited: Freedom.
Based on a true story.
JUAN CARLOS MALPELI
ACTORS:
JEAN BERNARD TENAILLE
role of JUAN MENDIZABAL
CESAR GIRALDO
role of LUIS BAIJT
ALEX RUIZ
role of RICARDO ALFIERI
LUIS ARRIETA
role of OSCAR CANOSA, alias EL GRINGO
GABRIEL ROMERO
role of SUB OFICIAL RAMIREZ, EL PERRO
VIVIANNE NACIF
role of SUB OFICIAL QUIROZ
CREW:
MAARTEN CORNELIS
Lighting Designer
MARLEN SAITES
Assistant Director & Stage Manager
FORREST BORIE
Sound Designer
MARTIN RIVERA
Set Designer
PRODUCERS:
MIGUEL MAS
DAVID LEE STRASBERG
MAS & MORE ENTERTAINMENT
THE GROUP AT STRASBERG
POSTER & POSTCARDS DESIGN:
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“We should act through our own experiences and direct
with our own wisdom and understanding of the story.”
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Mas & More Entertainment is an independent production company that specializes in developing and producing strong character-driven feature films that will appeal to both the domestic and international market.