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Mario El Caponi Mendoza

MARIO EL CAPONI MENDOZA

  
Nationality:    Mexican/USA
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Mario El Caponi Mendoza is a freelance stage director, playwright, educator, producer, multimedia artist, dramaturg and devisor of new works. His work has been seen at Arizona State University, Phoenix Theatre, San Francisco State University, Humboldt State University, Colorado State University, Stanford University, CounterPULSE, 99 Stock Productions, The School of Theatre of Cruelty, SFSU Fringe, Alwun House, Teatro Bravo, Magellan Productions, Tour Bus and the University of Iowa. He has served as Resident Artist for Tumbleweed: Youth Center for Development with a focus in community based theatre, The San Francisco Arts Education Projection with a focus in devised performance and The Mesa Arts Center with a focus in creative drama. He holds a Creative Writing MFA in playwriting from San Francisco State University and a Theatre MFA in directing from the University of Iowa.

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below is a list of Mario El Caponi Mendoza's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Brave, Battling Autism         Designer, The         Jump: A Love Story         Mad Dog in the Fog, A         Olallieberry         Ophelia, Fragments of Her         Penny Dreadful Project, The         Playwright, The         Theory of the Red Nebula

Brave, Battling Autism

Synopsis:
Brave, Battling Autism is a multimedia theatre investigation, where two lovers express tension and silence under the surveillance of cameras.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Little Theatre, San Francisco State University     Oct 2010

Organisations:
San Francisco State University

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Brechtian/ Multimedia Theatre

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Designer, The

Synopsis:
The Designer: A Brechtian Techno Drama (Second Installment of the Transmitter Trilogy) is a devised multimedia theatre performance written and directed by Mario El Caponi Mendoza and co-created with the designs of Ray Ockenfels and Melissa L. Gilbert. Inspired by the story of Peter Pan, a new world consisting only of children and teenagers is left with the task of rebuilding society years after the deadly effects of a global virus. The play looks at how neoliberalism impacts the world, further investigating how systems are specifically designed to privilege certain social groups all while exploiting others for the purpose of profits and power.

Notes:
(Second Installment of the Transmitter Trilogy)

1st Produced:
University Of Iowa, Theatre B     Nov 2014

Organisations:
University of Iowa

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Brechtian/ Multimedia Theatre

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  2 (Video Only)

Further Reference:
http://theatre.uiowa.edu/production/gallery-series/designer-brechtian-techno-drama

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Jump: A Love Story

Synopsis:
Jump: A Love Story is an expressionist multimedia theatre examination on the Golden Gate Bridge as a suicide destination. Inspired by Shakespeare's tragic heroines, Ophelia, Juliet and Cleopatra as a reincarnated triad of seagulls, the poetic text follows one anonymous man's stream of consciousness through various themes of conception, technology, madness, lust, alienation, love and suicide.

Notes:
Devised by Mario El Caponi Mendoza and Alex Peri

1st Produced:
CounterPULSE     Oct 2011

Organisations:
The School of Theatre of Cruelty

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Brechtian/Multimedia Theatre

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  5 (Video Only)

Further Reference:
http://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Jump-A-Love-Story-A-multimedia-view-of-suicide-2303652.php

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Mad Dog in the Fog, A

Synopsis:
A Mad Dog in the Fog is a surrealist gaze into a post-apocalyptic Arizona after the state has cut organ transplant funding.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Nelson Fine Arts CenterArizona State University     Oct 2011

Organisations:
Arizona State University

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Brechtian/Multimedia Theatre

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://filmdancetheatre.asu.edu/news/centennial-plays-reflect-arizonas-past-imagine-future

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Olallieberry

Synopsis:
Olallieberry is a comedic fable about the economic failures of a strictly capitalistic society.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre 446     Jun 2013

Organisations:
99 Stock Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Ophelia, Fragments of Her

Synopsis:
Ophelia, Fragments of Her follows the tragic stream of consciousness of Shakespeare's Ophelia after her drowning.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Humboldt State University     Feb 2011

Organisations:
Kennedy Center American College Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
10 Minute Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Penny Dreadful Project, The

Synopsis:
The Penny Dreadful Project is a dark and harrowing tale that closely examines the relationship between an unnamed woman and three versions of her son. The cautionary fable takes the audience into an expressionist netherworld of poetic text and madness. Inspired by the lives of women such as Andrea Yates and Susan Eubanks. The Penny Dreadful Project explores the tragedy and state of mind of a mother on the verge of murder.

Notes:
Devised by Mario El Caponi Mendoza, Alex Peri, Claire Manoogian and Michael Miller

1st Produced:
Studio Theatre, San Francisco State University     Aug 2010

Organisations:
San Francisco State University

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Brechtian/Multimedia Theatre

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Playwright, The

Synopsis:
The Playwright follows the life of a San Francisco playwright unraveling against a backdrop of economic problems caused by the city's rise of cost of living.

Notes:
(First Installment of the Transmitter Trilogy)

1st Produced:
Theatre B, University Of Iowa     Dec 2013

Organisations:
University of Iowa

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Brechtian/Multimedia Theatre

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  1 Female and 1 Male (Video Only)

Further Reference:
http://theatre.uiowa.edu/production/gallery-series/mfa-director-projects

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Theory of the Red Nebula

Synopsis:
Theory of the Red Nebula explores the lives of three astronauts escaping from their past in search of a new home.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Colorado State University     Feb 2013

Organisations:
Kennedy Center American College Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
10 Minute Play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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