The Well of a Thousand Demons
Synopsis
EL Pozo De Los Mil Demonios is a dramatic text by Maribel Carrasco, which in 2018 celebrated 30 years since it was written. It is a story that represents a watershed in theater focused on children in Mexico, which has also been represented in other countries as part of the collection of the best theater for children edited by CONACULTA in 1994 and 2001.
This play has been rewritten by its author for Luna Morena in 2018. In this new version, the author preserves the original dramatic structure of the play, based on the archetypal figure of the hero and his initiatory journey, in this case the heroine, who makes her symbolic journey to transform her vision and mission on earth.
The girl Jacinta travels through the well in order to recover her pitcher containing the water of life. It is a powerful allegory of the search for identity and lost roots. A work that delves into the importance of memory: historical, social, family, as well as the danger of forgetting these roots, raising the memory as a resource to find what makes us part of something, a family, people or nation; it also speaks of respect for the environment and responsibility in the natural balance of the world through decision making.
Credits
Director: Miguel Angel Gutiérrez
Text: Maribel Carrasco
Executive Producer: Cynthia G. Bordes
ACTORS/PUPPETEERS:
Andrés David
Mario Montaño
Maimuna Achleitner
Alex Morán
Carolina Ramos “Karlek
Andrea Belén SánSa
Karina Valle
Daniel Macias
Substitute: Cynthia G. Bordes
Assistant director and assistant playwright: Cynthia G. Bordes
Production assistance: Ixel Orozco
Visual Cell:
Visuals, puppets and props design: Rita Basulto.
Lighting design: Enrique Morales “Chester”
Lighting Assistant: Emily Brown
Costume design: Andrés David
Stage movement: Paloma Martínez
Animation and asset production: Polar Studio and Elias Eliant
Projection and Video Mapping operation: Vlive Media, Ricardo Arzola
Sound Cell:
Original Music: Nirl Cano
Sound design and Scenophonie: Gabriela Bautista
Recording and sound design mixing engineer: Alejandro Merodio
Sound design assistance: Ricardo Neri
Recording studio voices and sound design: Floating Point Studio
Music recording studio: Huehue Estudio
Music and live audio recording engineer: Jorge A. González “Cuervo”.
Marionetic cell:
Production workshop: Taller Experimental de Títeres Luna Morena
Puppets and props: Miguel Angel Gutiérrez, Américo García, Claude Rodrígue, Lisa Marchand, Arturo Castellanos, Mildred Hernández, Yaxel Gutiérrez, Paulina Lozano Franco, Alondra García, Edgar David González, Ixel Orozco, Cynthia G. Bordes.
Technical workshop manager: Américo García.
Marionetics of the drought demon and bird woman: Humberto Galicia.
Press and diffusion: Esteban Contreras, Alejandra M. González
Graphic design: None Studio ®; Humberto Vanhuten, René Hernández. Brenda Solís
Advertising photography and video: Adriana Alvarado, Mayra Ramírez, Jerry Aguire, Luis Cortes, Dany Orozco, Leo Cortés, Omar Martínez.
Costume designer: Blanca Estela Robledo.
Musical Consultant: Ernesto Cano Lomelí
Technical team of Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas: Horacio Cícero, Fabián Flores, Enrique Rodríguez “Kike”, Abraham Barrios “Chino” and his entire technical team.
Rehearsal location: DESTE Studio
Acknowledgements: Xcaret, Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, María Luisa Meléndrez Bayardo, Aholibama Castañeda.
Luna Morena Production
Co-Direction/Management Luna Morena: Ana Zatarain
Press and diffusion Luna Morena: Alejandra M. González
General assistance Luna Morena: Luisa Guzmán
Coordination Luna Morena: Marisol Méndez
Luna Morena Management: Carlos Arnulfo Díaz and Axel Amaya