Atacama: A World Premiere

Augusto Federico Amador’s play about a man and a woman who meet in the Chilean desert while searching for bone fragments of loved ones and find a deep and unsettling connection.

September 28-30 & October 5-7, 2018

7:30 pm—Friday-Saturday

2 pm—Sunday

Augusto Federico Amador’s Atacama is a play about a man and a woman who meet in the northern Chilean desert while searching for bone fragments of loved ones disappeared by the Pinochet regime, and find a deep and unsettling connection that shakes their souls. Juliet Salazar directs Bernadette Peña and James R. Chávez in this taut psychological drama. Although the play was a finalist at both Austin and San Diego Latinx New Play Festivals, and has had readings around the country, the current Teatro Paraguas production is the world premiere. Atacama is also one of nine finalists in the BBC International Radio Play Competition.

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