6th Annual La Vida Es Cortos / Life Is Shorts Festival
October 4 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Pay-What-You-Will
Event Admission
RUNTIME: GENERAL AUDIENCE PERFORMANCES Friday & Saturday at 7:30 PM and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 PM RUNTIME: 2 hours 30 minutes with one intermission Recommended age is 13 and up with parental guidance. YOUNG AUDIENCE PERFORMANCES Family Friendly for ages 5 and up. Saturday & Sunday at 10:30 AM RUNTIME: 1 hour PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL TEATRX tickets are "Pay-What-You-Will." As a Latinx Theatre company we believe in making theatre accessible. We understand that for some a $25 ticket is beyond their means. We want our audience to pick a ticket price that suits their budget. TEATRX recommended ticket price for this event is $25. This by no means will cover the cost of the production but will allow us to make sure everyone is paid for their work. If you are passionate about advancing Latinx theatre arts and you have the means, please consider purchasing tickets for up to $45.
https://matchouston.org/events/2024/6th-annual-la-vida-es-cortoslife-shorts-festivalTEATRX annual festival encapsulates Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring rich and inspiring short stories through live theatre and cinema.
La Vida Es Cortos/Life Is Shorts Festival returns for its 6th year and will feature 7 brand new short plays that explore family dynamics in English, Spanish, and sometimes both. We begin with Alejandro Martinez’s directorial debut of Translation, Traslacion, Traducción Or Whatever You Call It by Hernán Angulo, a play about a father and son finding a way to communicate their love. Mayra Monsivais also makes her directorial debut with the Spanish language comedy Café Deluxe by local playwright Doris Ramos who uses satire to examine how smartphones affect human interaction. In Knuckle Games by Erik Florentino, brother and sister duke it out for their late father’s boxing gloves directed by Main Street’s own Jonathan Minshew-Gonzalez. Houston’s renowned writer and poet, Jasminne Mendez directs The Garden of Night Blooming Flowers by Samantha Vargas about a couple caught in the middle of a battle between nobility and anarchy.
This year TEATRX will once again provide programming for young audiences with “La Vida Es Cortitos” two performances dedicated to showcasing short plays and films for young audiences ages 5 and up!
La Vida Es Cortitos, or Cortitios, will feature short films made for young audiences alongside 3 new short plays selected from a nationwide search. We begin with Adam Castañeda’s Pilot Dance Project presenting the dance theatre production, Jarabe, written by Adriana Domínguez. Jarabe explores a daughter’s memories of her mother through Folklorico dancing. Next, TEATRX produces two plays for young audiences led by returning directors, Angeles Romero and Laura Moreno. Romero will direct Silver Linings by Alicia Ana Hernandez-Roulet. Silver Linings demonstrates a mother’s determination to stop the cycle of addiction with love, honesty, and sacrifice. Finally, Moreno directs Alien Menudo by native Houstonian and 3-time festival playwright Alvaro Saar Rios as he imagines a world where Mexican food is out of this world.
The festival will showcase a diverse and compelling lineup of short films by independent filmmakers from around the US and Latin America. The lineup will also include short dance films to provide a multidisciplinary experience like never before. Following every performance, audiences will vote for their favorite short film. At the final performance, the top films will compete to win a $100 cash prize and the chance to be named “LVEC 2024 Audience Favorite Film!”
La Vida Es Cortos/Life Is Shorts Festival is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. TEATRX is a sponsored project of Fresh Arts, a non-profit service organization. Contributions for TEATRX must be made payable to Fresh Arts and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by the law.
