Actors of the World
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Actors of the World (also known as Actores del Mundo) is a New York based off-off Broadway theater company founded in 2001 by Marco Aponte and Lance Lattig. The Company is committed to producing plays of high artistic quality that reflect different realities from around the world. Actors of the World's first production was El Día que me Quieras (The Day You'll Love Me) by Venezuelan playwright José Ignacio Cabrujas. The play was performed in English at the Pulse Theatre in New York City during the Fall of 2001. The translation was done by Cuban American playwright Eduardo Machado [1].
Other plays produced by Actors of the World include Winter Under the Table, Manhatitlán, Cloudtectonics, Las Pinzas, Una Cordial Discrepancia and Huis Clos (A Puerta Cerrada). In addition to producing their own plays, the Company participated two times in the New York International Fringe Festival, once in 2002 (with the US premiere of Winter Under the Table, a play based on L'Hiver Sous La Table by Roland Topor), and a second time in 2003 (with the US. premiere of Manhatitlán, based on Simonne Schwartz-Bart's play Ton Beau Capitaine)[2].
In 2005, Actors of the World received two ACE award nominations for their production of Huis Clos (A Puerta Cerrada) in New York City. Marco Aponte was nominated for his interpretation of Garcin, and Francisco Bustamante was awarded the ACE for his direction of the play[3].
In 2007, the company started a pilot program based on teaching Spanish through drama. The program took place at Regent's College and resulted in three short films made by students of Spanish: Casa de Locos, La Apuesta Perfecta and Trato Hecho.
[edit] Board of the Company
- Lance Lattig, (General Manager)
- Ximena Mieles, (Artistic Director and Performer)
- Marco Aponte, (Producer and Performer)
- Isabella Méndez, (Performer)
