Gabriel Torres

Gabriel Torres

Bio

Gabriel Torres is a multidisciplinary artist from Colombia. Drama League’s Public Works Fellow 2019 Recent Directing Credits: The Bearded Woman by Jei Osorio, The Tank, 2018, (Assistant Dir) La Pola by Oscar Cabreira, Serials, The Flea Theater, 2018, (Artistic Director Assistant) LES Festival For the Arts, Theater for The New City, 2018. Teaching Artist: Cue Drama, Hong Kong, 2018-2019, Jamaica...
Bio

Gabriel Torres is a multidisciplinary artist from Colombia. Drama League’s Public Works Fellow 2019 Recent Directing Credits: The Bearded Woman by Jei Osorio, The Tank, 2018, (Assistant Dir) La Pola by Oscar Cabreira, Serials, The Flea Theater, 2018, (Artistic Director Assistant) LES Festival For the Arts, Theater for The New City, 2018. Teaching Artist: Cue Drama, Hong Kong, 2018-2019, Jamaica Center for The Arts - 2018. . He is a candidate at the new school for a Dual Master/Bachelors Degree in Media Studies and Liberal Social Sciences, and a student at Riggio's Honors Democracy and Writing Program.
https://gabrielgtorres.com/

Plays

  • Pandora or The Reconstruction of My Eternal Soul by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    6–10
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    Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 6 more
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    Keyword: magic, Greek mythology + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, experimental, fantasy, movement/physical, political, science fiction, tragedy, verse
    Keyword: magic, Greek mythology, Pandora, Trump, political, poor theater, ensemble, tragedy, movement
    This is the story of Pandora after she opened the box and liberated Hades, he abused of her until she became a puppet. The gods now trapped in a golden box, will try to find a way to liberate Pandora and return the world to balance, but to do so, Pandora must confront her trauma, understand it, physically, intellectually and spiritually, so that she may become human again.
  • Daydream or The Reconstruction of The Hopeless Souls by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    4–6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: absurdism, metatheatrical + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, farce, horror, political, science fiction
    Keyword: absurdism, metatheatrical, dreams, minimalist, blood, sexual violence
    Daydream is a non-conventional epic journey about how the angel Gabrielle from the christian myth came to be. In this world, Gabrielle was a woman who was physically and sexually abused, when she was incorporated by the universe, she became the messenger of the dammed, bringing new humans to the angelic system. Parallel to that story, we follow the story of Consuelo, a prostitute who gets selected by Gabrielle...
    Daydream is a non-conventional epic journey about how the angel Gabrielle from the christian myth came to be. In this world, Gabrielle was a woman who was physically and sexually abused, when she was incorporated by the universe, she became the messenger of the dammed, bringing new humans to the angelic system. Parallel to that story, we follow the story of Consuelo, a prostitute who gets selected by Gabrielle. The play explores the problems of systems and power dynamics oppressing underserved individuals, and how they are incorporated for the systems benefit rather than the individuals needs.
  • Dreaming or The Consequences on Hispanics after 9/11 by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    3–5
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: 9/11, god + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, experimental, fantasy, farce, horror, science fiction
    Keyword: 9/11, god, absurdism, coming of age, Surreal
    What is a dream?
    What does it mean to dream?
    Or to dream what kills,
    Or to be the dream that may not be a dream.

    Manny dreams more than he should, he dreams of his bloody mother, and the day bodies fell from the sky, he also dreams there is a God, and some numbers following him around trying to save humanity.

    He also dreams
    everything he knows is a lie,
    But is it now?...
  • Dreamless or The Sergio Urrego Phenomenon by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    1–3
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    Genre: adaptation, biography + 7 more
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    Keyword: absurdism, dreams + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, biography, comedy, dark comedy, experimental, fantasy, farce, movement/physical, science fiction
    Keyword: absurdism, dreams, LGBTQ, metaphysical, dance
    Dreamless is two-act play, the first act is one-man show inspired by the letter Sergio
    Urrego left before he died. In a parallel world, after Sergio dies, he is forced to live the same day as an actor being watched by an eternal theater audience. In the second act, An angel decides Sergio’s torment has been enough, he shall be reborn again, yet Sergio has grown used to the theater he resides in.
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    Dreamless is two-act play, the first act is one-man show inspired by the letter Sergio
    Urrego left before he died. In a parallel world, after Sergio dies, he is forced to live the same day as an actor being watched by an eternal theater audience. In the second act, An angel decides Sergio’s torment has been enough, he shall be reborn again, yet Sergio has grown used to the theater he resides in.

    It is a physical exploration of the morbidity of society and its reflection, cause, and effect on an individual’s soul.

    The piece is accompanied by a documentary film piece of similar exponent cases.
  • Disquiet: An Experiment by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: adaptation, experimental + 3 more
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    Keyword: Poetry #Adaptation #One-woman #Dream #Living #Universe #Magic #Unique #Physical
    Genre: adaptation, experimental, immersive, movement/physical, political
    Keyword: Poetry #Adaptation #One-woman #Dream #Living #Universe #Magic #Unique #Physical
    Structure for Physical experimentation and investigation of abusive behavior and violence in children bodies through the lens of The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa. Who are you? Who are we? The universe upholds us all at the same time, and inside of us, the universe resides.
  • Julia Pastrana: The Bearded Woman (Adaptation & Translation from Spanish) Written and Created by Jei Osorio by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: adaptation, biography + 4 more
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    Keyword: opera, Latino + 2 more
    Genre: adaptation, biography, musical, period, political, translation
    Keyword: opera, Latino, Mexican, cabaret
    Julia pastrana was an 18th century circus artist who suffer Chronicle Hypertrichosis. Throughout this one woman Operetta, we discover who she was, the love that tormented her, and how her mummification didn't allow her body to rest in peace.
  • Fifteen Years of Love by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: absurdism, magical realism
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: absurdism, magical realism
    There is a blizzard happening outside, a Colombian boy rehearses a monologue while he stares at the window... her mother arrives after a long day of work, to find out he has done something terrifying...
  • The Far Away Country by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: absurdism, nostalgia
    Genre: adventure, comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, movement/physical
    Keyword: absurdism, nostalgia
    A Boy, a Girl, must, must, must, say goodbye.
  • Let's Go To The World Cup by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: LGBTQ
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: LGBTQ
    Gina and her boyfriend Billy, are watching a soccer game that may qualify Colombia for the world cup. Billy, Gina's brother, arrives from a long day of work. They watch the soccer game like another casual night till... something dark is revealed.
  • Carpe Diem by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    20–40
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    Genre: farce, movement/physical + 3 more
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    Keyword: young performers, imagination + 2 more
    Genre: farce, movement/physical, pantomime, verse, young audiences
    Keyword: young performers, imagination, carpe diem, philosophical
    A short play designed for education purposes to ignite imagination in young performers.
  • The Knight with The Rusty Armor by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    5–10
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    Genre: adventure, movement/physical + 1 more
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    Keyword: children actors, children + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, movement/physical, young audiences
    Keyword: children actors, children, faith, knights, Merlin
    Based on Le Chevalier à l'armure rouillée" by Robert Fisher, it follows a knight who has to lose his armor to find himself
  • Still: Ritual Performance by Gabriel Torres
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: experimental
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    Keyword: ritual, experimental + 2 more
    Genre: experimental
    Keyword: ritual, experimental, Peace, identity
    Still is a one man ritual performance to re incorporate piece and find inner freedom beyond identity.