Octopus’s Garden
Caborca
About
A man enlists the town madwoman to help him recover his memory at the seashore. He encounters the ghosts of his ancestors emerging from the rupture of authoritarian violence, inviting him to dream again.
Artistic Director Javier Antonio González re-imagines Arístides Vargas’s celebrated work of political theatre in its first English translation. The ensemble production is infused with original compositions by Puerto Rican composer and ethnomusicologist Pilli Aponte.
2019 August Target Margin Theater, Brooklyn, NY
Producers Jenny Tibbels and Yaremis Félix
Translation by Aurora Lauzardo
Original music by Pilli Aponte
Set by Jian Jung
Lights and Projections by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Costumes by Cristina Fitch
Sound by Keenan Hurley
Additional Original Music by David Skeist
Stage Manager Alejandra Maldonado
Cast
Brooke Bell • Laura Butler Rivera • Yan Collazo • Yaraní Del Valle Piñero • Tania Molina • Pelé Sánchez Tormes • David Skeist
Photos by Marcos Toledo
Photos by Marcos Toledo
Photos by Marcos Toledo
Photos by Marcos Toledo
Photos by Marcos Toledo
Photos by Marcos Toledo
Photos by Marcos Toledo
Photos by Marcos Toledo
Press
“Javier González, the director of the show, does not offer us a peaceful beach excursion, but a redefinition of the sea as a space where time refuses the distinction between past, present and future…. he has a magnificent command of visual language.”
— Alida Millan Ferrer, Claridad Puerto Rico