Cientos de pájaros te impiden andar
(Forbidden Love)

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Inspired by Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding
A new contemporary adaptation by Pati Doménech

IATI Theater kicks-off the world tour of Forbidden Love.  This one-woman play is already scheduled to be presented in Egypt, Germany, France, Austria, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. But the show will run first from March 25th to April 3rd at IATI.

Just as in Blood Wedding, Forbidden Love portraits a powerful society whose members have to struggle to defend their individuality and their deepest desires. Yet Forbidden Love takes us a step farther, suggesting that this struggle continues today as individuals face the tyranny of big media companies, fueled by the might of capitalism.

The story in the play is told from the point of view of the mother, a character of unquestionable tragic dimension. This one-woman show intertwines three tragic stories: Paco Montes, protagonist of the story that inspired Lorca to write the play; Leonardo, the character created by Lorca; and Lorca himself, as lead actor in a drama ending in an obscene and absurd death.

Continuing in the creative spirit evident in the play Antigone’s Heart, Forbidden Love will be performed by Maria Vidal (HOLA Award Winner as Best Outstanding Solo Performance) and directed by Pati Doménech and Jorge López, currently nominated for ACE Awards, to be held in spring 2010, for their work in Antigone’s Heart, presented at IATI last year during its world tour. In less than two years, Antigone’s Heart traveled to over twenty-five countries in Africa, Europe, the United States, and Latin America, where it earned numerous awards.

Again, at the beginning of another world tour, Forbidden Love will begin on March 25, 2010 at IATI until April 3, 2010. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 3:00pm, all in Spanish with English supertitles.