TE LLEVO EN LA SANGRE
Written by Mónica Silver
Directed by Daniel Jáquez

Love! Obsession! Murder! Set against the backdrop of turbulent 1955 Argentina, this award-winning black comedy cleverly weaves together the infamous backstage lives of a radionovela (radio soap opera) cast with the dreams of Mabel, an obsessed fan. Mabel’s deluded fantasies can as easily awaken love as provoke a macabre crime, one in which gift boxes bearing body parts mysteriously begin to arrive at the studio. The intersection of show business and politics examines our fleeting passions and illusions of grandeur in the face of an aggressive world, questioning the nature — and existence — of love in the real world. On the surface, this is an amusing soap opera, but underneath hide political metaphors from a society in transition.

Te llevo en la sangre takes Miracle Theatre audiences back to the roots of the nonprofit organization’s Spanish language presentations with a fully staged production of what was presented as a staged reading in 2002, launching the organization’s now annual Teatro Español Spanish-language productions, which recently included Federico García Lorca’s Bodas de sangre (2008) andRosalba y los Llaveros by Emilio Carballido (2007).

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Mónica Silver was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since 1978, she has worked as a theatre instructor, establishing in 1987, together with Silvia Kanter, her own school. From 1988 to 1992, she was a member of the group “3x1”, where she wrote and directedGAG, 3x1, and Bando Neón. From 1995 to 1998, she has written for television, including the series Nueve lunas, De poeta y de loco and Laura y Zoe. In 1999, she wrote Te llevo en la sangre. In 2000, she was an instructor at the University of Oregon in Portland and at the San Antonio Film School in Baños, Cuba. Awards for her work include in 1989 a “Coca Cola en the Arts and Sciences” citation for her work 3x1; in 1995, an award from “Fundación Huesped” for Nueve lunas; and in 1996, a nomination for best script for the Martín Fierro prize for her work De poeta y de loco. In 1998, she received the “Argentores” Prize for Laura y Zoe, and in 1999 she won first place for Drama from the National Theatre Institute of Argentina for Te llevo en la sangre.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Daniel Jáquez, a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, is Artistic Director and Choreographer of Calpulli Mexican Dance Theatre (calpullidance.org), as well as Associate Artist at the Miracle Theatre Group in Portland and The Immediate Theater Company in New York. From 2003 to 2006, he was Director-Producer of INTAR Theatre’s NewWorks Lab. In New York City he has directed at The Lark, Queens Theatre in the Park, The Town Hall, INTAR Theatre, Vital, The Immediate, The Kirk, The Lion, HERE, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 78 Street Theatre and others. His work has also been seen regionally at The Miracle Theatre, South Coast Rep, Freehold Theatre, Teatro Bravo, The Intiman, The McCarter, Artists Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre Institute, Speakeasy Stage, Boston Center for the Arts, Market Theatre, Boston Playwrights, Greensboro Community Theatre and at the Moscow Art Theatre Studio in Russia.