About this Event
ABOUT THE NIGHT
For the first time, Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love will be heard entirely in Spanish.
Tontos de Amor is an intimate staged reading that brings Shepard’s iconic American play into the world of El Teatro, blending live theater, film, music, and English subtitles.
In a motel room at the edge of nowhere, May and Eddie find themselves trapped in the beautiful, messy, impossible cycle of loving someone you probably shouldn’t.
For one night, we’re inviting just 99 people into the room with us.
The evening is also a celebration of what we are building with El Cine + El Teatro. We’ll introduce the El Cine Board and bring together the artists, filmmakers, collaborators, and community helping us build a People’s Theater for Los Angeles.
Come early. Have a drink. Meet the community. Watch the first public life of this translation unfold.
Stay afterward and spend some time with us.
THE COMPANY
Translated + Directed by Mariana Da Silva
Executive Produced by Kelly Overton
Produced by Pete Galindo
Music Direction by Magali Shukar
Music by Magali Shukar + Adrian Zamora
Featuring:
Mariana Da Silva as May
Angel Villalobos as Eddie
Luis Quintana as Martin
Rey Cordova as The Old Man
Magali Shukar as Narrator / La Condesa
TICKETS
$35 Suggested Donation
Only 99 seats are available.
All proceeds from the evening support El Cine + El Teatro and our work creating accessible film, theater, and arts programming in Los Angeles.
El Cine is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
TONTOS DE AMOR / FOOL FOR LOVE
One motel. Two people who cannot stay together and cannot stay apart.
Come fall in love with us.
Event venue & nearby stays
Eastwood Performing Arts Center, 1089 North Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, United States
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