One Perfect Day | Un día perfecto

‘One Perfect Day | Un día perfecto’ is a telenovela-inspired play. Alba and Evan think they’re getting the picture perfect Colombian wedding but when the groom is swapped with an evil twin by a long lost sister bent on revenge, the special day falls into chaos, testing the family’s strength. For this CAMINOS digital presentation, Margarita Valderrama and Claren Grosz will adapt the story into a “TikTok play” where Margarita will play all eight characters in a series of over-the-top one minute videos. How does one tell a story that is meant to be grand and blur the line between audience and performers into a medium that fits in your hand and has a short attention span? What is theatre and ceremony without the meeting place? Is it still theatre? Tune in to find out.

About the artist

Margarita is a Colombian actor, writer and producer based in Tkaronto (Toronto). Some backstory: she was born in Guaraní and Querandí territory (Buenos Aires), raised in Bacatá (Bogotá) and Tenochtitlan (Mexico City).

As an actor she works in voice-over (Bakugan: Battle Planet, Paw Patrol), on-camera (Mrs. America, Homemade Christmas), and theatre where she’s had the pleasure of working with companies like Aluna Theatre, Studio 180 Theatre, Tarragon Theatre and Factory Theatre on new play development. Recent and notable theatre credits include: Rochdale (SummerWorks) written by David Yee and directed by Nina Lee Aquino, and she’s grateful to have been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her work in Meet Cute (Roseneath Theatre).

Margarita’s first short film Date Night won the ACTRA Toronto Shorts Competition last summer and has since received official selection from film festivals across Turtle Island. She also completed Factory Theatre’s Playwriting Unit (the Foundry) for her play One Perfect Day | Un dia perfecto and was selected as part of the 2020 Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative Professional Development Program, where she will continue to pitch the bilingual series Eyes Open | Ojos Abiertos.

For more information go to www.margaritavalderrama.com

Claren Grosz (she/her) is a Toronto based theatre and visual artist. She is also the Artistic Director of Pencil Kit Productions, a company dedicated to generating new work. Her theatre practice focuses on physical, visually compelling work and collaborative, alternative theatre making processes. She is the recipient of the 2018 Ken MacDougall Emerging Director Award and the 2015 My Entertainment World Outstanding Direction (Small Theatre) Award. Selected credits: Director/Producer, CHICHO (PKP/Theatre Passe Muraille, 2019); Co-Creator/Producer/Director, Shadow Girls (PKP, 2018); Director/Producer, The Hungriest Woman in the World (PKP 2017); Director, The Tenth Muse (Filament Incubator 2017); Director, Thirteen Hands (Alumnae, 2017); Director/Producer, Persephone (PKP, Fringe 2016); Director, Macbeth (Wolf Manor Theatre, 2015). Upcoming: Producer, White Muscle Daddy (PKP in residency at Buddies in Bad Times); Producer, The Effeminates (PKP); Producer/Assistant-Director, CHICHO the short film (PKP, M+A Productions)

Photo Credit: LV Imagery