“The work tells the story of a singer present at her wake who at the same time watches over herself. For her, death is a theater.” says Maria Colloca, who since Friday has been starring in the one-man show “Sabalera”the new work written and directed by Leandro Airaldo (“Falling in love is speaking short and tangled”).
The actress and singer of “The Falcon” She puts herself in the shoes of a woman trapped in her songs in this musical play, which can be seen at El Camarín de las Musas on Fridays at 10:30 p.m. We talk with Colloca.
Journalist: What is this character that you embody like and what are his traits?
Maria Colloca: She is on stage and that death is like an awareness that she can continue living on stage. That work is going to finish and the action takes place there, for the duration of the work. The work tells the life of this singer and actress, from Santa Fe, who tells of her childhood and how she became a singer. She has been singing since she was a girl, she dreams of it, that’s why she goes to the capital. She is independent, first she sings cumbia from Santa Fe, then boleros, ballads, lyrical songs and she becomes an actress.
Q: What is that metaphor of theater with death like?
MC: For her, the way she continues to live is to continue on stage, in the theater one replies, the performance is unique, it begins and ends, and the actress feels that inhabiting that theater is like continuing to live. From there his wake, but from a festive place, he inhabits it from vitality, he waits for the curtain to fall because in some way it is like living again, he is born and dies, and we continue inhabiting it every night. Theater as a refuge, for her death is theater, it is not sleeping, dying is repeating that show every night.
Q: Is it a small format musical? How do you see the musical scene today?
MC: It is a musical theater, independent theater, close, the public there. It is a musical one-man show, I came from doing “La falcón” which is an Argentine tango musical, small format, without microphone, without great display and we managed to do five seasons. It works because people like proximity and it is something Argentine, like Sabalera, about a village singer, its author is from Santa Fe.
Q: How is the setup?
MC: It’s simple, she on stage and a huge job of lighting, which is very important. Since the play talks about the scene and the blackout plays a lot with that, there is very detailed work.
Q: How do you see theater and culture today?
MC: It is a very difficult year for independent theater, somehow the Argentine theater always finds a way to continue releasing and it is like a refuge. The off theater billboard is abundant, although without financial support it becomes very complex.
Source: Ambito
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