The Little Pony | Spain
Written by Paco Bezerra
Translated by Marion Peter Holt
Directed by Janyce Caraballo
In Partnership with UrbanTheater Company
Synopsis - A play that addresses bullying, identity, sexual orientation and education. Timmy is being bullied at school because of his favourite backpack, a bright pink backpack full of little ponies from his favourite TV series. Daniel and Irene try to confront the brutal school bullying that Timmy is subjected to. A school that protects its bullies and a couple that tries to do the best for their child will witness how Timmy escapes to an imaginary universe to protect himself from the insufferable reality.
Playwright – Paco Bezerra
Playwright – Paco Bezerra was born in 1978 in Almería, southern Spain. He studied dramaturgy and theatre studies at the Madrid RESAD College of Theatre and drama at the William Layton Theatre Laboratory in Madrid. His plays, which have won many awards in Spain, have been translated into several languages. Paco Bezerra lives in Madrid. For his play "Dentro de la tierra" (Under the Earth) he was awarded the Spanish National Prize for Drama in 2009.
Director – Janyce Caraballo
Director – Janyce Caraballo is a Director, Actor, and Teaching Artist from Chicago’s Humboldt Park. She takes pride in her Latiné culture, Queer communities, and strives to uplift their vibrant stories. She is passionate about cultivating fun inclusive spaces, being an ally for underrepresented folks in the arts, and making storytelling accessible to and for all. Select Chicago credits: Gaslight, Little Women, Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (Northlight Theatre) Rome Sweet Rome, Shakespeare in the Parks (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre) A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane), Romeo and Juliet, Hope: Part 2 of a Mexican Trilogy (Teatro Vista), Seussical (Marriott), Suddenly, Last Summer (Raven Theatre), Hot Pink (New American Folk Theatre), The Full Monty (Theo Ubique). Regional Credits: Door Shakespeare, Peninsula Players Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, First Folio Theatre,TheatreSquared. Select teaching experience includes work with: Urban Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre, Timeline Theatre, The National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Chicago High School for the Arts, and Silk Road Rising. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA, has her Master of Fine Arts from The Theatre School at DePaul University. https://www.janyce-caraballo.com
Translator – Marion Peter Holt
Translator – Marion Peter Holt (1916 - 2021) was a writer and a translator of contemporary Spanish and Catalan theatre. His translations of plays by Buero-Vallejo, López Rubio, Skármeta, Paco Bezerra and other dramatists have been staged in New York and London, and by regional and university theatres throughout the United States, including Baltimore’s Center Stage, the Wilma Theatre, Chicago’s Bailiwick Repertory, the Atlanta Alliance Theatre, the San Jose Repertory Company, and the San Diego Repertory. In June, 2010, his translation of Sergi Belbel’s Blood had its Australian premiere at TheatreWorks-Melbourne. His most recent translations are Belbel’s Offsideand Guillem Clua’s acclaimed Marburg, was the featured play in the spring 2011 issue of TheatreForum. His most recent publications include Benet i Jornet: Two Plays (Fleeting and Stages) and Barcelona Plays, a co-edited collection in which his translations of Benet i Jornet’s Salamander and Lluïsa Cunille’s Barcelona, Map of Shadows appear. He was an emeritus professor of Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Center and had been a visiting lecturer at the Yale School of Drama, Hunter College, and Barcelona’s Institut del Teatre. Dr. Holt was a member of the Dramatists Guild.