“Paloma Ausente is a street work for the masses.” This is how the latest work of the La Patogallina theater collective is defined, a proposal that immerses itself in all the dimensions of Violeta Parra, rescuing her spirit and legacy through the multiple social roles she developed throughout her life. The compiler, the mother, the singer, the guitarist and the visual artist, are some of the multiple facets that appear to represent one of the most extraordinary creators in Chile.

Physical theater, manipulation of objects and dolls, construction of poetic images and the fundamental presence of live music, shape the popular and street language with which La Patogallina wanted to pay tribute to the great national singer-songwriter. Far from floklorism and traditional theater, Paloma Ausente proposes a non-realistic theatrical language, which immerses itself in what they have called “rural surrealism.”

Address  Martin Erazo | Dramatic structure and original idea Martin Erazo | Script development Carla Zúñiga and Martín Erazo | Cast Sandra Figueroa, Victoria González, Gloria Salgado, Laura Maldonado, Matías Burgos, Juan Ferino, Eduardo Moya, Rodrigo Rojas, Cael Orrego and Antonio Sepúlveda | Musical direction Alejandra Muñoz | Musicians Jaime Molina, Emilio Miranda, Alejandra Muñoz | Dolls Tomas O´ryan & The chicken duck | Comprehensive design  The Patogallina | Set design consultancy Pablo de la Fuente | Realization Rodrigo Rojas, Eduardo Moya, Juan Ferino | Costume Design Antonio Sepulveda | Sound  Pablo Riveros | Producer  Lorena Ojeda Sepúlveda | Strategic Project of National Council of Culture and the Arts | Co-production Teatro a Mil Foundation

Premiere Alameda Amphitheater, Curicó, September 2017

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