The Centro Mori or Centro Cultural Mori (''Mori Cultural Center'') is a cultural project founded in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

by actors Gonzalo Valenzuela and

Benjamín Vicuña Benjamín Vicuña Luco (born 29 November 1978) is a Chilean actor and entrepreneur. Biography Vicuña was born November 29, 1978 to father Juan Pablo Vicuña Parot and mother Isabel Luco Morandé. He is a descendant of Benjamín Vicuña Macke ...

, together with their partner Cristóbal Vial. The center is located in

Barrio Bellavista Barrio Bellavista (''Bellavista Neighborhood'') is an area that lies between the Mapocho River and San Cristóbal Hill in Santiago, Chile. It is known as Santiago's bohemian quarter, with numerous restaurants, boutiques, avant-garde galleries, ba ...

- a neighborhood of Santiago with a strong cultural heritage - in an old house at the foot of San Cristóbal Hill (street address Constitución 183), next to the Plaza Camilo Mori and near ''

La Chascona La Chascona is a house in the Barrio Bellavista of Santiago, Chile, which was owned by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. La Chascona reflects Neruda's quirky style, in particular his love of the sea, and is now a popular destination for tourists. Neruda ...

'' (the museum and former house of

Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...

). The property was restored in 2005 by the actors and a group of professionals to turn it into the ''Teatro Mori Bellavista'' (Mori Theater, Bellavista). Centro Mori runs theater performances in three spaces located around Santiago. The latest to open was the Mori Plaza Vespucio, inaugurated in 2012.Teatro Mori abrió nueva sala y estrenó la obra gorda
Cooperativa.cl. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012. At its opening, Valenzuela said “we want to do away with the idea that the theater is elitist, instead showing that it can be a place where people can come and have fun.” A wide range of theater styles are represented on the center's bill, including a play commemorating victims of the 2010 San Miguel prison fire which opened in August 2012, a theater adaptation of Charlie Chaplin's 1931 film

City Lights ''City Lights'' is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows the misadventures of Chaplin's Tramp as he falls in love with a blind girl (Virginia Cherrill) and ...

shown during September 2012 and various works for both children and adults.

Performance Spaces

*Teatro Mori Bellavista – Providencia,

. *Teatro Mori Parque Arauco –

Las Condes Las Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid- to high income families, and known in the Chilean collective consciousness as home to the country's economi ...

. *Teatro Mori Plaza Vespucio – La Florida,

Team

*Founding partners:

Gonzalo Valenzuela Gonzalo Valenzuela (born 26 January 1978) is a Chilean actor. He debuted on Televisión Nacional de Chile Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) is a Chilean public service broadcaster. It was founded by order of President Eduardo Frei Monta ...

, Cristóbal Vial and

. *Executive Director: Cristóbal Vial. *Director of Programming: Andrea Pérez de Castro. *Press and Events Coordinator: Eloísa Ganderats. *Journalist and events assistant: Alejandra Calcagni. *Production and events assistant: Karina Haller. *Managing Director Theater: Pierangelo Bertolini.Equipo
Centro Mori official website, www.centromori.cl.

References

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External links

Official website
Theatre in Chile