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Torres theater is recognized not only for being the only theater with VIP, but also for specializing in customer satisfaction. Under the leadership of the beloved actress Maria Torres, remembered for her work on the television program “Caras Vemos”, alongside with Marcia Saborío. Now she works with great success setting world renown plays in her own theater. For Torres, the opening of her own theater, in 2003, has been the greatest experience of her career as an actress.

The theater has capacity for 153 people, 133 of which will be comfortably seated in the audience and 20 in what has been designated as the VIP lounge (for very important people), this is an area which has armchairs with two places and tables, bathroom and is the only place in the theater where you can consume liquor and food during the function.

“We want this space to be open to the public from Monday to Monday with alternative theater, forums, dance, concerts and music. Also, the Torres Theater offers the potential to make presentations, force sales events and special business events. It will also conduct makeup seminars and theater courses for adults and children”, said the actress.

The theater has a Home Teather sound with eight speakers. For the opening, Torres began assembling the stage with the play “Tras de palo, cuernos”, the first one she wrote 14 years ago.

In addition, from October 2009, Torres opened a new theater: the Torres Theater 2, also in San Jose, and as well promoted by the Valverde Torres Productions company. This theater has bathrooms and special seats for disabled people, 132 seats in the pit and 20 preferential (VIP) with the latest technology. Furthermore, as a novelty, the new theater made available to the public a childcare service, which has closed circuit monitoring and capacity for ten children.

This center will provide care for both theaters and was born because “many parents stopped going to see plays because they didn’t have trustworthy people to take care of their children to attend functions,” said Johanna Valverde, co-owner of the project.

Torres Theater is located 175 west of the Santa Rita clinic or from La Casa del Tornillo at Paseo de los Estudiantes, 125m east, next to the Musical Parking in San José, and Torres Theater 2 is located in 8 Avenue, also in San José.

Address: in 8 Av., between 11 and 13 St., district: Catedral, canton: San Jose, province: San Jose, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
GPS Coordinates: 9.930192,-84.073858 (9°55’48.69″N, 84°04’25.89″W)
Schedule: From Thursday to Sunday at 8 pm.
Phone:+(506) 2256-4295 / 2258-6078

Address map: Click here to view directions from La Sabana Park, San Jose, Costa Rica TO the Torres Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica.

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In a small theater hall located on 2nd Avenue, on the south side of the Plaza de la Democracia in San José, is the Sala de la Calle 15 Theater.

Gerardo Arce, began his career as an actor in 1971 at the founding of the National Theater Company, where he worked until 1983 as an actor and it is precisely in that year that he devotes to the independent theater, after resigning to the Company, he joins the 56 Theater, under the leadership of Juan Fernando Cerdas. There he worked in plays of Dario Fo, Simon, Chekhov, Juan Fernando Cerdas and Rubén Pagura. Along with this group the Sala de la Calle 15 Theater was created.

Address: in 2nd avenue, between 13th and 15th streets, district: Catedral, canton: San Jose, province: San Jose, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
GPS Coordinates: 9.932428,-84.073294 (9°55’56.74″N 84°04’23.86″W)
Schedule: From Friday to Sunday at 8 pm
Phone:+(506) 2223-7482 / 2258-9461

Sala de la Calle 15 Theater is now the new Urbano Theater.

Address map: Click here to view directions from La Sabana Park, San Jose, Costa Rica TO the Sala de la Calle 15 Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Address:

in 13 St. between 2nd and 4th avenue, district: Catedral, canton: San Jose, province: San Jose, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
GPS Coordinates: 9.931492,-84.072756 (9°55’53.37″N, 84°04’21.92″W)

Schedule:

From Thursday to Sunday at 8 p.m., for reservations at 9 a.m.

Phone:

+506 2222-5281 / +506 2221-3461

Address map: Click here to view directions from La Sabana Park, San Jose, Costa Rica TO the Molière Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Molière is an independent theater which opened its doors to the public in the year 2000. Characterized for being one of the funniest theaters, as well as for bringing the best works that have been in Costa Rica, such as “The Full Monty”, “Gigolo by Accident” and many other successes.

Molière Theater is the original, you can be sure that you will not regret it. Do not miss the opportunity to visit and enjoy great works and great actors.

Molière Theater is located in San José, 50 m south of the southwest corner of the Plaza de la Democracia, or 50 m north From Echandi Doctors.

The Lucho Barahona Theater is located in front to the Asian Restaurant Tin Jo in San José, Costa Rica.

Address: between 6 and 8 Av., 11 St., district: Catedral, canton: San Jose, provincia: San Jose, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
GPS Coordinates: 9.930556,-84.07405 (9°55’50.00″N 84°4’26.58″W)
Schedule: From Friday to Sunday. Ticket office open from 3 p.m.
Phone:+506 2223-5972
  

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Lucho Barahona, an actor and director, came to Costa Rica along with fellow actors from El Ángel Theater of Santiago, after the military coup in Chile in 1973. Here he repeated the formula, and soon attracted the Costa Rican television with “The Struggle of Lucho” and with their new cafe-theater.

“When we arrived there was only The Harlequin Theater (El Arlequin). Today there are over 20 independent theaters”, he recalls, who now is the director of the Lucho Barahona Theater.

In 2007 he received the award to the most oustanding by the ICU (Independent Theater Union) with the best work of the year: “Come quick that I have a dead”, and the Award for Best Director.

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A quarter century after it’s creation, La Máscara Theater (The Mask theater) continues active and setting the pace in the performing arts in our country, being Bernal García Segura not just a co-founder, but also professor and director.

In addition to its high acting level novelty proposals, this theatrical institution also provides a range of courses so that all people have the opportunity to discover the actor inside.

To learn how to act is necessary to approve the four levels required by the curriculum that La Máscara Theater has prepared, with a duration of one year for each level. The first year is devoted to introduce students in the art of acting, through classroom practice, which helps to verify and measure the potential of each student.

The second level is the first assembly of a play for each student to feel the adrenaline and strengthen their talents in the stage.

In the third year, students undertake a work of magical realism where they have a very active role, because it teaches to write and perform the installation themselves, under the direction of García, the theater’s director.

Finally on the fourth level, and as a final test, students will have the opportunity to make a classic, contemporary or universal montage, which will be presented to the public on the stage of La Máscara Theater. At this level they wil also seek for new talent, that besides having acting skills, can manage the overall direction of the staging, because it will be on their hands.

For García, an actor is not formed with a course, and must be prepared to spend several months training to achieve a good level, with hard work and study, that’s why the dynamic is prepared in a manner where with the process it can be debugged and ensure the quality of teaching. One requirement is to be over 15 years and to have the disposition. Registration for these action courses are opened regularly, the groups do not exceed 12 people at most, to ensure quality and personalized attention at each of the classes.

La Máscara Theater is located diagonal to Flor de Lyz Hotel, 100m west and 25m south of Mi Tierra restaurant, in San José, Costa Rica.

Address: on 13th St., between 2nd and 4th Av., district: Catedral, canton: San Jose, province: San Jose, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
GPS Coordinates: 9.931911,-84.0728 (9°55’54.88″N, 84°04’22.08″W)
Schedule: From Friday to Sunday at 8 p.m. onwards
Phone:+(506) 2222-4574

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José Joaquín Vargas Calvo Theater is a small theater in the capital. It is under the direction of Jody Steiger, the National Theater director, which is as well the entity responsible for its production.

Address: on 5th street, between central and 2 Av., district: Catedral, canton: San José, province: San José, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
GPS Coordinates: 9.933264,-84.076586 (9°55’59.75″N, 84°04’35.71″W)
Schedule: From Monday to Wednesday
Phone:+506 2222-1875

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In 1972 the Arlequín (Harlequin) Theater was reaffirmed as one of the most important theater groups in Costa Rica. Its first work was “La vida es un sueño” (Life is a dream). Later, that same year, the group announced the construction of their own “Chamber Hall”. As the first offering at its new home, the production of the Arlequín presented “The Toothbrush” (El Cepillo de Dientes) by Jorge Diaz, which was a full success night after night.

The theater enjoyed a great year in 1973. The main groups of all programs, set up and provided the public with a variety of options worthy of praise. During 143 days, of 194 days of the season, the new Arlequín Theater stayed busy. Almost 10,000 performances to see five of its productions were shown through the small Arlequín Theater scene.

Since in 1973, Arlequín was kept busy with the opening of six plays, including “The ginecomaquia” (La ginecomaquia) or “The Struggle of Women” (La lucha de las mujeres) by the Mexican author Hugo Hiriart. For 1975, the Arlequín theater had managed a repertory that included more than 15 plays.

Perhaps this is the most important theater group of the country with over 250 shows, its permanence and continuity has helped start a theater with a tradition of high quality drama for the benefit of Costa Rica.

For reservations: call from Friday to Sunday after 12pm.
Address: on 13 street, between central and 2nd avenues, district: Catedral, canton: San José, province: San José, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
GPS Coordinates: 9.932994,-84.073081 (9°55’58.78″N, 84°4’23.09″W)
Phone:+506 2221-5485

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Address: On 2nd Av., between Central and 2nd St., district: Catedral, canton: San José, province: San José, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
GPS Coordinates: 9.933158,-84.079311 (9°55’59.37″N, 84° 4’45.52″W)
Telephone: +506 2233-5424, +506 2233-5172.
Website: www.teatromelico.go.cr

Attention Schedule:
From Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.

Address map: Click here to view directions from La Sabana Park, San Jose, Costa Rica TO the Melico Salazar Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Dedicated to the memory of the great tenor Manuel Salazar Zúñiga or Melico Salazar, whose performances in New York’s City Music Hall and the Scala Theater in Milan, to name a few world culture centers, showed the world the potential of the Costa Rican artist. His golden voice led him to be recognized worldwide, with performances across America and Europe. His last years were spent in Costa Rica, dedicated to teaching his passion, music.

The idea of creating the Melico Salazar Theater came from the Spanish born José Raventós, that to accomplish his dream of being able to play zarzuelas and operettas, decided to buy a land in San José and use it for the construction of the existing theater. José Fabio Garnier Ugalde, playwright and architect, was the person who designed the theater. Construction began on February 8, 1927, and ended with the opening on October 7, 1928 with the representation from the Operetta Society by Esperanza Iris. In 1960 a new gallery was added, which also included a new cinemascope screen.

Some seven years later, in 1967, during the early morning of April 23, a fire destroyed the building. Early in the seventies, the Ministry of Culture and Youth, came up with the idea of buying the theater to renew it, which achieves at a later time. In December 1981 there is a preopening of the theater, but soon after, public access is closed to complete the restoration. The reopening was in March 6, 1985, and in April 7 of the following year, the official government newspaper, “La Gaceta”, announced the law 7023, that gave the Melico Salazar’s theater the position of “specialized cultural institution” of the Costa Rican state.

Its architectural beauty sets the trend in the Baroque style, surrounded by Corinthians pilasters, which enhances the Melico Salazar Theater prominences that adorn its facade. It consists of four levels with stall seats, boxes and the gallery.

At present the Melico Salazar Theater is the popular culture forum in the country, which is complemented by numerous theaters and art galleries, public and private, permanently offering its collection to the national public and, particularly to the capital’s people. Hence, it is one of the most important artistic representations of the country, where high-level performances in the disciplines of theater, dance, multicultural events, classical, traditional and contemporary demonstrations are presented.