I. A. Acting Intelligence
in SEASON:
March 2 to April 27, 2025
Julio Castillo Theater, Mexico City
A brilliant exploration of the meaning of truth in theatre (...) González Mello delves in a fascinating way into the various possibilities of simulation.
-Juan Villoro, Revista de la Universidad
A production whose assembly aims to win over new audiences for an intelligent and sensitive theatre, committed to meeting the demands of commercial exhibition.
- Miguel Angel Quemain, La Jornada Semanal
A science fiction comedy capable of keeping an entire audience laughing for more than two and a half hours.
- Juan Carlos Araujo, Entretenia
Great. It's gripping from beginning to end, it's fun, it's entertaining, but above all it invites reflection.
- Hugo Hernandez, El Sol de México
"A re-reading of Hamlet for the 21st century (...) Today Shakespeare –in dialogue with González Mello– has something to tell us about artificial intelligence."
- Edgardo Bermejo Mora, La Crónica de hoy
Synopsis
A.I. Actor Intelligence is a futuristic comedy of screw-ups, which talks about what is required for the audience to suspend their disbelief in the face of the theatrical event when a flesh-and-blood actor who plays the role of Hamlet is replaced by a robot identical to him. Ultimately, an actor reproduces behaviors and emotions, which is also the ultimate goal of Artificial Intelligence. The question is: is it possible to make viewers believe that emotions are real, even if the actor is not? Could you fool yourselves? The work confronts the viewer with an imminent reality: due to advances in technology, sooner rather than later we could all be replaced in our jobs, and even in our love and family lives. Because if humans can be replaced in the theater, they can be replaced anywhere. Theater is the limit stage of our reality and our humanity; because there is no act more real, and more human, than theater... Until now.
Awards
Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Roberto Beck)
by the Association of Theater Critics and Journalists (ACPT), 2023.
Award for Best Actor (Roberto Beck),
Billboard Theater Audience Awards 2023.
Nominated for Best Latin American Performing Arts Show
in the "Talía" Awards by the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain, 2024.
Nominated in the categories of Best Leading Male Performance (Roberto Beck) and Best Mexican Dramaturgy (Flavio González Mello)
in Los Metro 2023 awards.
Nominated in the categories of Play of the Year, Actor in a Supporting Role and Mexican Playwriting
at the 2023 Association of Theater Critics and Journalists (ACPT) awards.
Nominated in the categories of Best Work, Best Direction and Best Art Design
at the 2023 Billboard Theater Audience Awards.
Lenght
2 hours 40 minutes.
Premiere
February 9, 2023
Teatro Helénico
Mexico City
Seasons
2023: Helénico Theater, CDMX, 24 performances
2024: Helénico Theater, CDMX, 20 performances
The Aleph Festival, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Theater, Mexico City, 2 performances
Credits
Cast
Ricardo: Juan Carlos Vives
Paco / Paquito: Roberto Beck
Role:Maria Aura
Oriana:Dobrina Cristeva
Ramses:Pablo Marin
Dear:Veronica De Alba
Paulina:Paulina Barrientos
Also part of the cast:
Diana Sedano (2023-2024), Fernando Rebeil (2023-2024),
Elena del Rio (2023-2024), Carlos Aragon (2023).
Written and Directed by: Flavio González Mello
Set design and lighting: Jesus Hernandez
Costume Design: Pilar Boliver
Original music and sound design: Jorge David García and Enrique Arriaga Celis
Stage movement: Marco Antonio Silva
Masks and doll: Jorge Siller
Director's assistant: Ryu Murillo Veyda
Sponsor: Aeropuertos del Sureste (ASUR)
Theatrical production carried out with the fiscal stimulus of article 190 of the LISR (Efiartes)
