Operating room lights, metal furniture, laboratory mouse. In that place and company Charly Gordon seeks to change his life. He, who until then had been a mentally disabled worker, was chosen by scientists to test a treatment that could increase his intelligence. Algernón is the mouse who lives the parallel process and becomes his best friend.
Algernon, the anguish of knowledge shows the treatment that progresses until transforming Charly into a genius. But his new IQ will not make his life easier and will complicate his relationships with others. To make matters worse, Charly can see in Algernón's accelerated deterioration the omen of his own end.
The work of the Matamala Art Collective is inspired by the science fiction story Flowers for Algernon, by the American writer Daniel Keyes. The monologue includes staged experiments performed by neuroscientist Timothy Marzullo. The play, directed by Nicolás Fernandois and performed by Moisés Angulo, won the Las Condes Young Theater Festival last year.
Dramaturgy Moisés Angulo and Nicolás Fernandois inspired by the story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Company Matamala Art Collective
Director Nicolás Fernandois
Cast Moisés Angulo
Design sound Nicolás Aguirre
Lighting designer Julio Escobar
Producer Francesca Ceccotti
