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Faena
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Faena is a biological, gastronomical, political, philosophical, anthropological, economical, existential, sexual, scatalogical, comical, and linguistic foray into the grotesque world of bullfighting. Performed in Castilian Spanish and live-interpreted into English, Faena follows the absurd hero Víctor, a virile matador, as his pride and machismo lead him to his inevitable DEATH, much to the chagrin of his poor, worried-sick mother, Carmen.
FAENA: (sustantivo femenino. from Catalán faina.) The series of passes performed by a Matador before the kill: a chore, a struggle, a dirty trick.
Faena is an homage to the esperpento, a uniquely Spanish genre of tragicomedy that utilizes baroque, flamboyant, and grotesque exaggerations of reality to comment on a deeper truth. So pop some popcorn and grab your opera glasses because you’re not going to want to miss the blood, the guts, the sex, and the drama.
Content Warning: This show contains adult language, loud gunshots, graphic depictions of animal and human violence, deviant sexuality, and scatological humor.
Dylan Hankins studied World Languages at La Universidad de Alicante and Lewis and Clark College (’21). Since then, he has translated two works from Spanish: Miguel Romero Esteo’s Tartessos: a Memorial (to/from) the Darkness and Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba. He is also an alumnus of PETE ICP (’21) where he first worked on REM which would later become his residency piece at CoHo theatre entitled S p r a w l. Other notable works include: (de)composition, Spear (Corrib Theatre), and Reflections of a Garbage Collector (Lewis and Clark). His goal has always been to transcend the binaries between “high art” and “low art,” morality and libertinism, the holy and the impure, the personal and the foreign, the profound and the profoundly dumb, and, by doing so, making such distinctions feel unimportant.
PETE Presents is an initiative that supports the production and presentation of new work by emerging artists. The program provides resources to emerging artists, including space for tech and performance, box office, marketing, artistic mentorship and an artist stipend to support the creation and presentation of performance that aligns with PETE’s mission to propose new ways of being through creative inquiry and performance. Artists are invited to participate annually and usually have graduated from PETE’s ICP Program in Contemporary Performance.