rat faith

"A couple of touches on the ass and they make a big deal. In their life they were fond of those shitty brats and now they are scandalized because one was affectionate." The phrase is from a bishop who is about to be honored by his community. Despite his work running a shelter for children, his past detained in dictatorship and defending human rights, the tribute is in danger because the bishop is a brutal abuser of children. But the religious will even negotiate with an official from a SENAME home as long as the tribute results, the abuses continue to be hidden and the complaints are silenced. That is Faith of rats, the new play by the Teatro La María company. 

Alexis Moreno writes and directs this black comedy that portrays the abuse of minors in the Catholic Church and SENAME. Hypocrisy, religion, violated childhood, racism and classism intersect in this production performed by Elvis Fuentes, Juan Gálvez, Manuel Peña, Rodrigo Soto and Alexandra Von Hummel. The work is the closing of the trilogy also composed of The Millionairesand The Hotel.

Company and Costume Design: Teatro La María
Direction and dramaturgy: Alexis Moreno
Cast: Elvis Fuentes, Manuel Peña, Rodrigo Soto, Alexandra Von Hummel, Juan Gálvez, Daniela Fernández. 
Scenery and lighting design: Rodrigo Ruiz  
Production: Horacio Pérez