Hartbeat Ensemble and Trinity College teamed up to open the HartBeat Ensemble New Play Institute at Trinity College - pushing the boundaries of aesthetics and story.

 The New Play Institute’s first production was The Pueblo, a dual language, multi-cultural play that explores the changing politics of Latin America and how that affects people in North America.  Known for such socialist leaders as Chile’s Salvador Allende and Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Latin America now has a new wave of such socialist leaders as Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Evo Morales of Bolivia, Michelle Bachelet of Chile, and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua., who see themselves as  "leaders of the Bolivarian Revolution.”

United States officials have called them “dictators who abuse power and manipulate their citizens.”  The Latin American leaders have called the Bush administration, "the devil" and “imperialist.”  Set in a fictional South American country, The Pueblo incorporates these themes at its core.

The Pueblo employs many exciting artistic styles such as the poetics décima and contra-punto, live music composed and performed by Lorena Garay, shadow puppetry, object manipulation, mask, and large puppet styles will be explored with master puppet makers Lisa Butler and David Wasch.

“Artistically, the idea of multiple perspectives is exciting and conducive to creating a complete and universal story,” says Ginsburg.  “The Pueblo will use poetry as well as contemporary and multi-cultural rhythms to directly appeal to our audience.” Performed in both Spanish and English, The Pueblo opens June 21 at Trinity College Austin Arts Center.

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Larry Bilansky

Jean Molodetz