Blind Date
By Alejandra Gutierrez
This Spring Tallahassee Hispanic Theater will perform the play “Blind Date”, by the Argentinian playwright Mario Diament. The play is inspired by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, an acclaimed Argentinian poet, essayist and short-story writer. The play tells the story of an elderly blind man who draws confessors to him as he sits on a park bench. They discuss mid-life crises, time, love, fate and missed opportunities while addressing universal human concerns.
The author of Blind Date, Mario Diament, is an associate professor at Florida International University. He was born in Argentina and is a veteran foreign correspondent and a former executive editor of one of the leading newspapers in Buenos Aires. Diament has had his plays produced in the U.S. and abroad.
“Blind Date” is directed by Judi Persons, and the cast consists of an ensemble of great actors from our community: Lanny Thomas, Marcy Palmer, Robin Jackson, Victor Duncan, and Louise Ritchie.
The play will be staged in the Carriage House at Goodwood Museum & Gardens on March 15th and 16th. Two more performances will be presented on March 23rd and 24th at the Fine Arts Annex at Florida State University. All shows are at 8:00 p.m. The play will be performed in English. For more information about the play go to: www.tallahasseehispanictheater.org and https://www.facebook.com/TallahasseeHispanicTheater/
