Walt Whitman and Federico García Lorca: An Extraordinary Encounter

Water People Theater presents the World Premiere of WALT WHITMAN AND FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA / An Extraordinary Encounter, in the celebration of Walt Whitman`s 200th birthday. Adapted and directed by Iraida Tapias, “Walt Whitman and Federico GarcíaLorca” is a fictional encounter between two icons of Art History: Walt Whitman revered one of America's most significant nineteenth-century poets, and Federico García Lorca, one of the most important Spanish poets and dramatists of the twentieth century. A theatrical concert of the most emblematic works by Whitman and Lorca: Leaves of Grass, Poeta en New York, Song of Myself, El Público, Specimen Days, Llanto by Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, Memoranda during the War, Sonetos del amor oscuro, I Hear America Singing, and Ode to Walt Whitman. Ramón Camín Ybarra as Walt Whitman and Victor Maraña as Federico García Lorca, both accompanied by Samuel Ocean on the piano and the lyrical singer Camilo Rasquin. Each author in its original language. English and Spanish subtitles.