The Tank Presents "Veinticinco" - A Myth of the Brain at the 98-seat theatre

Veinticinco is created by Isabella Uzcátegui

Veinticinco (a myth of the brain) opens at The Tank performs on March 10th and 11th. It is developed by Isabella Uzcátegui.

Isabella Uzcátegui is an actor, director and writer. She was raised all over Latin America but, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York. IsabelIa graduated NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, where she trained at Strasberg, The Classical Theater and Experimental Theater Wing.

Isabella Uzcátegui is a member of Theater Mitu where she is an adjunct artist. She likes to work in many artistic fields. “I explore acting, filmmaking, dance-theater, technology, classical texts, psychology, genealogy, the human body as archive, oral-traditions, and being Latina,” says Isabella.

“Four voices share a story of the brain. To be Latinx is to exist in a contradictory state: to live in a language but feel in another, to dream in one body but move in the other.”

Veinticinco is an investigation of identity through language across all its forms. It’s an attempt to communicate and give structure to that which has no structure, because it exists in movement, memories, dreams, and song.

How do we make sense of dreams? Of memories? Of language? The chaos of the human experience is reduced to the electrical synapses and neural pathways. Our lives are based on the myth of a brain. Veinticinco shares another side of the story.

Veinticinco will take place on Tuesday, March 10th and Wednesday, March 11th, at 9.30pm at the renowned, non-profit producing and presenting venue The Tank located at 312 West 36th Street, New York. Tickets are 15$.

VEINTICINCO: a myth of the brain
A piece by Isabella Uzcátegui
In collaboration with Sofía Figueroa, Ana Moioli, and Sofía Sam.

Directed by Attilio Rigotti
Assistant Directed by María Sofía Hernández
Performers: Isabella Uzcátegui, Sofía Figueroa, Ana Moioli, and Sofía Sam.

Lighting Design by Orsolya Szánthó
Sound Design by Karina Hyland
Projection Design by Attilio Rigotti

Performances
Tuesday, March 10th, @ 9:30 pm
Wednesday, March 11th, @ 9:30 pm

Tickets: $15 available at:
https://thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/veinti/10
https://thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/veinti/11
https://www.facebook.com/events/2580007962230776/?notif_t=plan_user_associated&notif_id=1582657084939441

The Tank: 312 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018

Artist’s Bios:

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Attilio Rigotti (Director) Born and raised in Chile, Attilio is a performer, theater-maker, technology artist, and video game designer. His work explores the intersection between game design, interactive technologies, and live performance. He was an Associate Artist with Theater Mitu and performed in the national and international tour of Juárez: A Documentary Mythology; Death of a Salesman at BAM, and Remnant at MITU580. Attilio has worked in countries such as Poland, Egypt, Lebanon, India, Japan, Italy, Cuba, the UAE and the US. As a technologist, he heads video and technology design for shows at Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Kaki King, and The Juilliard School.

María Sofía Hernández (Assistant Director) Maria Sofia is a Mexican-American actor and director focused on creating art that exists at the intersection of social action, theater, and film. Maria Sofia is currently Artist-in-Residence at Gallatin working as the director of Microtheater@NYU. She assisted director Jessica Stone on Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood, at the Old Globe Theater, and director Kathleen Capdesuñer on All The Times I Did Not See Potsdam. She has produced various theater performances, most recently Update IRL, directed by Michael delaFlor. As an actor, she has performed internationally in Mexico and the United States.

Isabella Uzcátegui (Writer/Performer) is an actor, writer, and director born in Venezuela and raised in Mexico and Panama. Her latest original works include Veinticinco: a myth of the brain and short film, Mujer. She’s one of the founders and Associate Artist of Et Alia Theater as well as an Adjunct Artist with Theater Mitu. Recently, she directed Running in Place (Dixon Place) and performed with Theater Mitu in Remnant (MESS Festival) and HOUSE (or how to lose an orchard in 90 minutes or less) (MITU580). She holds a BFA in Drama and Psychology from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Sofía Figueroa (Performer) graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she received the Outstanding Achievement Award for her acting and earned a double degree in Drama and Political Science. She co-directed performances presented at the U.N. Headquarters and is a feminist activist. She has been in productions of Punk Rock, Breath of Kings, SYRMA, All the Times I did Not See Potsdam and A Sketch of New York. She is also part of the NYC Women in Stand Up group.

Ana Moioli (Performer) Ana Moioli is a NY-based actor, writer and director from Brazil, as well as the Founding Co-Artistic Director of Et Alia Theater, a company led by international womxn. She trained as an actor in Brazil, Russia and the US, where she earned her BFA degree from NYU Drama. Recent theater credits: Running in Place (Et Alia), Birds of a Feather (Take Ten Play Festival and The Secret Theater), and On How To Be A Monster (Et Alia). She’s also starred in several independent films, such as the multi-award-winning Elsewhere (by Guilherme Pedra), How to Water Roses (by Mirella Cardoso) and Julieta (by Vicente Gonzalez). Her first play For The Time Being was recently produced at the NYWinterfest, and she debuted as a filmmaker with Bridge.

Sofía Sam (Performer) is a performer and artist from Lima, Peru. She is a senior at New York University, where she is double-majoring in Drama and Politics. Sofia studies acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, where she has delved into the world of the Method. Favorite theatre credits include: What of the Night (Helena), Love and Information (Various), and Retorno a Adyodhya (Dancer/Dance Captain) and Veinticinco.

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