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Barnard
College Theater Department Presents Lope de Vega’s
Fuente Ovejuna, October 11-12 and 18-19, 2002
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New
York, N.Y., October 9, 2002 — The Barnard College Theater
Department will present Fuente Ovejuna, Lope de Vega’s
17th-century classic play of love and revenge, beginning
on October 11 at the Minor Latham Playhouse. This production
will be directed by Pels Professor of Theater Denny Partridge
with Senior Lecturer Steve Friedman. Technical direction
and lighting design are by Harry C. Rosenblum.
Fuente Ovejuna features the scenic design of Erik
Flatmo, visiting lecturer in Theater. Mr. Flatmo, who graduated
from Columbia College in 1997 with a degree in architecture,
holds an MFA in Scene Design from the Yale School of Drama.
A former resident designer for Marilyn Horne’s Music
Academy of the West, he recently designed for the Drama
League’s New Directions/New Works Festival in New York
City.
The performance of Fuente Ovejuna continues a long
history of Spanish Theater at Barnard. The play’s costume
design, by Barnard Theater staff costumer Tracy Nishimoto,
includes pieces from the Barnard Spanish Department’s
noteworthy costume collection. The first Spanish language
theater in New York City was founded at Barnard in the 1940s
by Professors Amelia Agostini de del Rio, Laura de los Rios
de Garcia Lorca, and Margarita Ucelay (de da Cal). Under
the direction of Professor Ucelay, students participated
in the sewing of the costumes and performed in plays alongside
faculty and professionals. One of the many performances
that took place in the Minor Latham Playhouse was New York
City’s first Spanish production of Garcia Lorca’s
La Casa de Bernarda Alba in 1953.
Performances of Fuente Ovejuna will be held on Friday,
October 11, and Saturday, October 12, as well as Friday,
October 18, and Saturday, October 19, all beginning at 8
p.m. A free performance will be offered on Thursday, October
17 at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $3 for Columbia University students, faculty,
and staff, and $7 for General Admission. For information
and reservations, please call 212-854-5638.
Contact:
Petra Tuomi, Office of Public Affairs, 212-854-7907
Jessica Brater, Theater Department, 212-854-2757
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