Teatro Dallas announces the world premiere of
The 22+ Weddings of Hugo Multiple
written and directed by Teatro Dallas’ new Artistic Executive Director, Gustavo Ott
Teatro Dallas is thrilled to announce the world premiere of The 22+ Weddings of Hugo Multiple written and directed by Gustavo Ott. This new production promises to be warm and thought-provoking, based on a true story.
Why in the world does Hugo, a simple postal clerk, keep getting married so many times? The 22+ Weddings of Hugo Multiple is based on the true tale of a "beautiful crime.” A humorous story that delves into hidden themes of our day, from empathy and immigration, to love in times of hatred, and our common need to find refuge. A refuge that is not only a place, but a person and a feeling. The 22+ Weddings of Hugo Multiple won the 2018 Marius Gottin Award for non-Francophone plays from the Écriture Théâtrale Contemporaine Caraïbe. This production by Teatro Dallas will be its world premiere.
The performance schedule is as follows:
Thursday, May 11th @ 8 pm - Pay What You Can Preview
Friday, May 12th @ 8 pm - Opening Night: Join us as a VIP guest for Hugo’s 23rd wedding
Tickets for Opening Night: $50 (live music, champagne, ceremonial wedding cake & more)
May 13th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th @ 8 pm - Performances for $25 General Admission
May 21st at 3 pm - Performance for $25 General Admission
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Teatro Dallas website at https://
teatrodallas.org/productions/22-weddings/
Be sure to get your tickets in advance, as this is sure to be a popular show that will sell out
quickly.
About the Director/Playwright
Gustavo Ott was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He is a playwright, theater director and fiction writer. For 20 years, he was Executive Artistic Director of the San Martin Theater and Fiesta: International Theater Festival in Caracas. As a director, he has staged over 15 plays of his own and by other contemporary authors. As a playwright, he has written over 50 plays and has been translated into 15 languages. He participated in the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa (1993) and was a resident at the 2006 Residence Internationale Aux Recolletsand 2010 Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris.He was chosen in 2002 and 2003 for the New Work Now!program at the Joseph Papp Public Theater and the Playwriting Program of La Mousson D’Ete in the Comédie Française. He has received numerous playwriting awards, including the 1998 Tirso de Molina International Playwriting Prize, the 2003 Ricardo Aranda International Playwriting Award, the Prix Ville de Paris/EtCaraïbe(2009 and 2018); the FATEX Award for Playwriting (Mérida, Spain, 2012); Third BID Award Hispanics in USA(2010), pacuana National Playwriting Award (Venezuela, 2015), the Aguijón Theater Playwriting Award(Chicago, 2017), was a finalist in the Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition (New York, 2011) and was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical 2009, Washington, D.C.
About Teatro Dallas
Teatro Dallas was founded as a non-profit theater in 1985 by Cora Cardona and Jeff Hurst. As a cultural institution, we focus on international theater and the Latinx experience as lenses through which to experience the human condition. We stage productions for adults and children from both classical and contemporary Latinx, US, and international playwrights. We support emerging local artists and produce works from various genres, expanding the definition of theater to include visual, musical, spoken word, performance art, and more. More information:https://teatrodallas.org
