Pedro Páramo performed by Buendía

The story follows a son who returns home to meet his father and reveals how one man’s unchecked appetite destroys both everything he loves and the town that made him great. The novel galvanized writers such as Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez to raise the voices and laughter of forgotten people, and encouraged writers and readers alike to listen to the dead living among us.

Pedro Páramo was created by Buendía with local artists over an eight-week residency in Chicago and Havana, Cuba. The cast—half from Cuba and half from Chicago—includes such stage notables as Charin Alvarez, Sandra Delgado and Laura Crotte.

When:  Saturday, June 28, 2014, from 8:30 to 10 p.m.
Where: Théâtre Outremont (1248 Bernard Ave. W., between Champagneur Street and Bloomfield Avenue) Outremont Metro station

Tickets: $15; Tickets can be purchased online from Théâtre Outremont.

Pedro Páramo is presented as part of the 2014 Encuentro

From June 21 to 28, 2014, the 2014 edition of the Encuentro, MANIFEST! Choreographing Social Movements in the Americas, will unite artists, activists, and scholars in Montreal to investigate the aesthetic, social, and choreographic techniques that transform political ideas into collective images, through actions, embodied utterances and ways of being.

Pedro Páramo will be performed in Spanish with English subtitles.