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Montera is a theater monologue that takes the audience through the adventures of its main character, La

Guiri .

From Montera, a lonely street, La Guiri uses a comical and unconcerned point of view to stimulate the

observation of the society values that surround her profession. Through the ethic foundations of her own

situation, her point of view is clear and honest, leading to the understanding of a whole range of feelings that

go from sadness, loving, giving up or dying. All of them, as part of a l ife that can´t be modified, and should be

accepted, not with meekness but with courage.

This piece is a human analysis of the most antique profession in History and the most de-humanized in present

times. The character wil l show the multiple and complex layers that constitute her being, al l through her

beliefs, dreams and living memories, besides provoking the audience to question the value of decency, and all

the preconceptions and judgments based on a double-moral society.

Between laughs and modesty, the audience wil l have to answer if it´s necessary to humil iate a human being

whose only job is to give pleasure and to face a shameless conception of prostitution. The truth is, we all have

a role in society so accepting it with dignity it´s the only thing that wil l make a difference.

Synopsis

The stage design of this piece can be characterized

with the simplicity of the elements. The character wil l

develop the story in the same environment through

the four acts of the play. That way, it references the

monotony of the atmosphere, but not the stories

which are sometimes extreme.

A desolated street, represented by a hallway or a

street door. A lamppost, a wooden bucket, seven

clothe racks with shoes on the floor and wigs on the

upper hooks of the racks, that l imit the space of

Montera street.

A main feature of the piece is the physical work of

the character, not only in the transformation between

scenes but with the choreography, that wil l have a

main role on the story supporting the main character

while she is tel l ing it.

The play has got the potential to be represented in

not conventional spaces such as public plaza,

col lege halls, clubs and parks.

The play is presented in Spanish with English

subtitles, depending on the main language of the

audience. In such case, a sl ide projector and a

screen wil l be needed.

Stage and stage requirements

The music, main support of the physical work, becomes the

third character of Montera.

I t has been chosen careful ly to enrich the crucial moments of

the story and the transitions of the main character. To

accomplish this target, the play counts with the help of known

DJ Walter Mil ler, NYC artist whom, delicately, has created a

sound track recreating the daily l ife noises of Montera Street.

Music

CreditsProducción y dramaturgia

Director

Coreografía

Casting

Diseñador de luces

Diseñador de sonido

Escenografía

Traducción y subtítulos

Operador de luces

Ayudante de dirección

Loren Escandon

Marisol Rozo

Marisol Rozo, Loren Escandon

Loren Escandon

Miguel Valderrama

Walter Mil ler

Jose Prieto

Monica Mosquera

A.B Lugo

Basil Rojas

LinksWeb

http: //monteratheplay.webs.com

Trailer

http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhO2CrilKnc

Entrevista Univisión

http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhO2CrilKnc

Marisol RozoActress, dancer, playwrighter and theatre director,

Marisol constantly works combining l iterature and

performing on a very passionate and dedicated effort.

She started her training at the Teatro Experimental de

Cali en Colombia, but her curiosity took her to Europe,

where she received lessons from acclaimed directors

l ike Wil l Ken, Owen Horsley (Declan Donnellan),

Andres Lima from Animalario ( Madrid), Ana Redi (

Napols), Enrique Vargas( Barcelona) o Romeo

Castelucci de la Bienalle de Venecia (I tal ia)

Her long and intense professional career has allowed

her to work, as an actress and dancer, with outstanding

drama directors as David Ottone, Ricard Salvat, Tino

Fernández, Pablo Vergne, Sergio Cabrera, Álvaro

Rodríguez, Federico Restrepo, Antonio Rodríguez,

Carlos Jaramil lo or Jorge Muñoz.

Up to the present day, Marisol has participated in the

shooting of the publicly acclaimed Báilame el agua

(2000) from Josecho San Mateo, and Secret agents

(2004), from French director Fréderic Schöendoerffer.

As a playwright, she´s written and directed multiple

shows with viol in virtuoso Ara Malikian. She has also

taken care of the lyrics that are included within the

recordings of Malikian´s Manantial , Vivaldi: Mis

primeras cuatro estaciones, 24 caprichos de Paganini

and Sarasate.

Obviously, this multidiscipl inary education has allowed

her to explore and configure an aesthetic and scenic

language of her own: l ight but deep, soulful but

dynamic and, over al l , contemporary. Based on a

constant study of the tools and resources of the

performers, Marisol experiments and plays with

movement, voice, musical ity of the body, in search of

new theatrical ways.

This search took her to the creation in 2005 of a theater

company called Dragones en el andamio, with another

actress, Esther Blanca. Together, they have taken on

stage several plays l ike 3xques, from Quim Monzó, The

Empire Builders or The Schmürz from Boris Vian,

Venice from Jorge Acame or The cat that walked its

way from Rudyard Kipl ing.

Nowadays, Marisol works at the direction of Los

Divinos, launched at Teatros del Canal and

programmed at the Teatro Español de Madrid;

and Caprichos para viol in y cuerpo, where

contemporary dance and viol in go together. Both

shows are developed together with viol in player

Ara Malikian.

In 2008, Marisol was the winner of the 2nd place

award for Best Direction at the XI Certamen

nacional de Teatro para Directores de Escena,

ciudad de Torrejón de Ardoz. Since then, she´s

directed three awards ceremonies of this contest.

From Dragones en el andamio, she´s written, co-

produced and directed the play Don´t ki l l i t with

the IATI Theater in New York during 2011 . In

201 2, she wrote, co-produced and directed the

play Montera with the actress and produced

Loren Escandón at LATEA Theater in New York.

Nowadays, Marisol keeps working hardly at the

development of creative shows and projects to be

soon launched at national and international

stages.

Actress, dancer, playwrighter and theatre director,

Marisol constantly works combining l iterature and

performing on a very passionate and dedicated effort.

She started her training at the Teatro Experimental de

Cali en Colombia, but her curiosity took her to Europe,

where she received lessons from acclaimed directors

l ike Wil l Ken, Owen Horsley (Declan Donnellan),

Andres Lima from Animalario ( Madrid), Ana Redi (

Napols), Enrique Vargas( Barcelona) o Romeo

Castelucci de la Bienalle de Venecia (I tal ia)

Her long and intense professional career has allowed

her to work, as an actress and dancer, with outstanding

drama directors as David Ottone, Ricard Salvat, Tino

Fernández, Pablo Vergne, Sergio Cabrera, Álvaro

Rodríguez, Federico Restrepo, Antonio Rodríguez,

Carlos Jaramil lo or Jorge Muñoz.

Up to the present day, Marisol has participated in the

shooting of the publicly acclaimed Báilame el agua

(2000) from Josecho San Mateo, and Secret agents

(2004), from French director Fréderic Schöendoerffer.

As a playwright, she´s written and directed multiple

shows with viol in virtuoso Ara Malikian. She has also

taken care of the lyrics that are included within the

recordings of Malikian´s Manantial , Vivaldi: Mis

primeras cuatro estaciones, 24 caprichos de Paganini

and Sarasate.

Obviously, this multidiscipl inary education has allowed

her to explore and configure an aesthetic and scenic

language of her own: l ight but deep, soulful but

dynamic and, over al l , contemporary. Based on a

constant study of the tools and resources of the

performers, Marisol experiments and plays with

movement, voice, musical ity of the body, in search of

new theatrical ways.

This search took her to the creation in 2005 of a theater

company called Dragones en el andamio, with another

actress, Esther Blanca. Together, they have taken on

stage several plays l ike 3xques, from Quim Monzó, The

Empire Builders or The Schmürz from Boris Vian,

Venice from Jorge Acame or The cat that walked its

way from Rudyard Kipl ing.

Loren EscandonLoren is a Colombian Actress and Ballerina l iving in

NYC. She holds a B.A. in Theater from Universidad

Del Valle’s Drama School in Colombia; and she is

also a professional bal lerina from the National Ballet

School. She has worked with recognized

choreographers such as Gustavo Herrera and Ivan

Tenorio, Clara Carranco and Gloria Padron from

Cuba, Gloria Castro and Marisol Rozo from

Colombia. As an actress Loren has had the

opportunity to work with great directors from around

the world as Ma Zhengongh from China, Everett

Dixon from Canada, Jorge Holovatuck and Debora

Astrosky from Argentina and the well-known writer

and director Gustavo Meza from Chile.

In NYC she has worked with Repertorio Español on

productions l ike La fiesta del Chivo and Crónica de

una muerte anunciada, both directed by Jorge Ali

Triana. Her most recent credits include Lady Capulet

in Romeo and Jul iet directed by Jose A. Esquea at

Teatro LA TEA and Geneva by A.B Lugo as well as

Mo(u)rning play and short fi lm both directed by Arian

Blanco

Loren participated in Spain as an actress and

dancer in the 2011 edition of the National awards

for best female theater directors of Spain.

Her latest work is as an actress and producer of

the play No lo Mates (Don’t ki l l i t) a co production

between Dragones en el Andamio (Spain) and IATI

Theater (USA) premiered during the 2011 fal l

season in IATI Theater.

She has also played lead roles in independent

fi lms such as “Emociones,” “People from the third

floor” and “Mo(u)rning.” Currently, Loren is the

lead actress of the webnovela Madres y Comadres

in You Tube directed by Alberto Ferreras. She

appeared in multiple commercials for the Spanish

market, at the same time she is the voice of

multiple commercials for radio and TV.

ContactLoren Escandon (USA)

Tel. +1 - 91 7-309 9689Email : lorenxa@yahoo.com

Santi Mazarrasa (España)

Tel: +34.687.224.883Email : santi .dragones@gmail .com

www.dragonesenelandamio.com