09 Jun The Dog in the Magner

FUNDarte, the City of Aventura, and Miami-Dade County Auditorium present

The Dog in the Manger (El Perro del Hortelano)

A Classic by Lope de Vega, Adapted by Norge Espinosa Mendoza

Directed by Carlos Díaz

Presented in Spanish with English supertitles

FUNDarte, the City of Aventura, and the Miami-Dade County Auditorium are proud to present The Dog in the Manger (El Perro del Hortelano), a celebrated palace comedy by Spain’s Golden Age master Lope de Vega, featuring a bold contemporary adaptation by dramatist Norge Espinosa Mendoza and directed by Carlos Díaz, at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center.

THE DOG IN THE MANGER: TO EAT… AND LET EAT

Beyond its glorious verse form, The Dog in the Manger is a comedy about a woman who has created a kingdom of her own. Countess Diana of Belflor is the mistress of this small world, visited by suitors whom she rejects, wary of marriage and its rules, until jealousy takes hold of her. When she learns that her secretary, Teodoro, is courting Marcela, one of her ladies in waiting, she reveals herself to be a skillful schemer of intrigues, ultimately ending up as the one who marries Teodoro.

In times when the effects of the MeToo movement are still being felt, when cancellations and the tensions of fake news abound, we can read The Dog in the Manger as a game of half-truths that intersect among these characters, reminding us that human beings, and theater itself, operate as creators of fictions.

Women and men, jealousy and honor, desires and delusions: through these, words and bodies devour one another, or allow themselves to be devoured, depending on the interests that all of this conceals. Stripping Lope bare to reveal the faces of his characters and unveil their inhibitions is the game proposed by director Carlos Díaz, culminating in an ironic vision of the play’s happy ending, saved by that count who desperately seeks a son.

CAST:

Diana · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Ysmercy Salomón

Teodoro · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Enmanuel Galbán

Marcela · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Laura Alemán

Dorotea · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Guillermo Lavandera

Anarda · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Frank Ledesma

Tristán · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Luciano Cortés

Federico · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Frank Ledesma

Fabio · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Reinier Díaz

Ricardo · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Guillermo Lavandera

Ludovico · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Joel Sotolongo

What: The Dog in the Manger (El Perro del Hortelano)

When: October 9 and 10, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. / October 11, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Where: Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th Street, Aventura, FL 33180

Tickets: aventuracenter.org

+ Information: (786) 348-0789

Financial and administrative support for this event is provided in part by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade County Auditorium Away From Home Series; Aventura Arts and Cultural Center; MiamiArtZine and WLRN.