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FOREVER FRIDA

By Chiara V. Cowan
The Brooklyn Paper
Otto Montoya

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This weekend, the Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos Inc. (TEBA) will perform "Rivera’s Last Frida: The Communist Affair" at the Impact Theater in Prospect Heights. The play, written and directed by Park Slope’s own Hector Luis Rivera, focuses on Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s relationships with her husband, artist Diego Rivera, and one of her many lovers, Russian socialist Leon Trotsky, while also exploring her political and sexual ideology.

"It uses dark humor to focus on a woman who was incredibly complex," said TEBA’s executive director Kathy Tejada.

Based on writings in Kahlo’s diary, letters and notes, as well as excerpts from Meaghan Delahunt’s novel, "In the Casa Azul," some of the play’s highlights include: a more human Trotsky, a Frida singing in French and a Frida played by a man.

TEBA is a touring company now celebrating their 16th season. They have won numerous theater awards and boast that they are "the only bilingual, experimental and avant-garde Latino theater company in Kings County." "Rivera’s Last Frida" is TEBA’s first full-length play in English.

TEBA’s production of "Rivera’s Last Frida" will be performed at the Impact Theater (190 Underhill Ave. at Sterling Place in Prospect Heights) on June 12 at 8 pm and June 13 at 3 pm. General admission is $20; $15 for students and senior citizens. For more information, call (718) 628-3880 or visit www.TeatroTEBA.com.

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