Ubú Pandemia (Ubú Pandemic)

Ubú Pandemia (Ubú Pandemic) is a 2021 play by Cuban playwright Abel González Melo.

Plot

Amid an unprecedented social crisis, King Ubú is forced to return to the island he founded, the mythical Uba, whose people have rebelled in response to widespread poverty. To top it off, a hitherto unknown pandemic is overrunning the world at lightning speed and threatening to spread onto the island. Convinced of the residents' immunity, Ubú launches an unusual campaign to build up the country in the midst of the disaster, not realizing his strategy will prompt a fateful outcome.

Production history

The play premiered at the 35th International Hispanic Theatre Festival at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on July 22, 2021, directed by Mario Ernesto Sánchez.[1] The production was co-sponsored by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, Funding Arts Network (FAN).[2]

References
  1. www.arshtcenter.org https://www.arshtcenter.org/Boletos/Calendar/2020-2021-Season/International-Hispanic-Theatre-Festival/Ubu-pandemia/. Retrieved 2021-12-09. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Programa 2021". teatroavantespanish (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-09.
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