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Chile Con Carne
Juan Carlos Velis, Todd Thomson, Osvaldo Sepulveda, Beatriz Pizano, Paula Rivera in The Refugee Hotel (2009) by Carman Aguirre. Photos by Itai Erdal
           
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The Refugee Hotel
By Carmen Aguirre

 

A moving portrayal of a group of Chilean political refugees who arrived at a Vancouver residential hotel in 1974, months after Chile’s bloody military coup. Passionate and insightful, the play brilliantly captures the immigrant and exile experience in Canada. It is a story about love and the strength of the human spirit.

 

September 16 to October 4, 2009
in association with Theatre Passe Muraille
16 Ryerson Ave. (Queen & Bathurst)

 

Cast:

Salvatore Antonio: Manuel
Felix Basaez: Male Cueca Dancer
Leanna Brodie: Social Worker
Terrence Bryant: Receptionist
Cheri Maracle: Cristina
Paloma Nunez: Isabel
Beatriz Pizano: Flaca
Paula Rivera: Manuelita
Michael Scholar Jr.: Juan
Osvaldo Sepulveda: Joselito
Todd Thomson: Bill O'Neill
Juan Carlos Velis: Fat Jorge

 

Production:

Produced by Marilo Nunez
Written & Directed by Carmen Aguirre
Dramaturgy by Brian Quirt
Set Design by Trevor Schwellnus
Lighting Design by Itai Erdal
Costume Design by Andjelija Djuric
Sound Design by Nano Valverde
Production Manager: Doug Morum
Stage Manager: Andrea Schurman
Assistant Stage Manager: Wendy Lee
Assistant Director: Alex Castillo
Assistant Producer: Sigrid Velis
Head of Wardrobe: Barbara Rowe
Photography: Itai Irdal
Poster Design: Peter Riddihough

 

 

The Refugee Hotel Blog

 

 

 

The production process of The Refugee Hotel was documented in an episodic documentary presented in blog entries in the 12 weeks leading up to the show opening.

 

Visit The Refugee Hotel Blog for more...

 

"**** FOUR STAR HOTEL...

The Refugee Hotel

Dora Nominated for Best New Play!!

 

"This is a production to catch, not just for its theatrical strengths and insights into an important historic event, but also because it puts Canadian Latin American artists centre stage. It's a triumphant debut for Alameda Theatre." - NOW Magazine

 

"The Refugee Hotel is a powerful, engaging, moving, sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes funny piece of theatre. It’s definitely worth taking the time to see. Just don’t forget your kleenex." - Mooney on Theatre

 

*** "an engaging mash-up of comedy and tragedy that somehow seems to mirror the bewildering experience exiled immigrants encounter when starting new lives here in Canada." - EYE Weekly

 

"These are incredibly powerful stories that could hold their own without a stage. But what was most interesting about the staging of these stories was its treatment of the Canadian cultural landscape as a welcoming, yet precarious destination for newcomers..." - Curzon Online

 
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