COMISSION
The UFV Theater Group “Ay de mí… Triste!” is a student society open to the entire university community. It is formed by students from all degrees of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria.
Titles such as La vida es sueño, Don Juan Tenorio, El castigo sin venganza, Calígula, La dama del alba and Pigmalión are part of the history of this group, which has staged comedies, dramas, children’s plays, classics and contemporary plays.
The theatrical training is carried out together with cultural activities, participation in amateur theater contests, theater outings and the organization of the University Theater Week.
No previous experience is necessary.
Requirements: commitment, dedication, companionship, punctuality and willingness to learn.
We meet every Wednesday from 12:00 to 14:00. We dedicate 40 minutes to training in acting techniques and the rest of the time, we rehearse and each group works in its commission.
We are organized by commissions. At the beginning of the course you must choose which one you want to work in: Scenography and Props, Costumes and Makeup or Lights and Sound.
The work of everyone is necessary for each of the productions to be carried out.
In October there is a casting among the students who want to participate as actors in the play.
Below we explain what each Commission consists of.
LIGHTS AND SOUND
A very important part of theater are the sounds and lighting that the play will use, as they will create the ambiance of the play and communicate the intensity of each scene.
Communication with the other commissions is very important, as it will establish what can be done and what is needed. This commission is therefore essential.
SCENOGRAPHY AND PROPS
Where does the play take place? What objects do the characters carry? This commission provides the answers to these questions. It is essential to place the viewer at the scene of the events. But in the end, we all help.
In addition to the lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup, the overall ambiance of the play is established, effectively communicating elements that are not explicitly conveyed on stage.
TRAINING SESSIONS AND REHEARSALS
PLAYS PERFORMED
La dama del alba, by Alejandro Casona
April 2024
Selected to participate in the 20th anniversary of the Teatro Mira de Pozuelo de Alarcón
Los intereses creados, by Jacinto Benavente
April 2023
El castigo sin venganza
April 2022
Play written by Lope de Vega
We collaborated with architecture students from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid to create the scenography.
Selected to open the XXII Certamen José María Rodero de Teatro Aficionado del Teatro Mira of Pozuelo de Alarcón
Divine Comedy by Dante
June 2021
Cuatro corazones con freno y marcha atrás, by Enrique Jardiel Poncela
April 2019
The Wizard of Oz
(Colegio Everest, Pozuelo de Alarcón)
November 2021
This was the 2021 Navidarte play that we performed at Colegio Everest for families and, above all, for the children.
Caligula
April 2021
Play written by Albert Camus
We collaborated with architecture students from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid to create the wire columns.
Don Juan Tenorio, by José Zorrilla
April 2017
ACTIVITIES
December 2022
The Divine Comedy (Navalcarnero)
July 2021
Collaboration with the City Council of Navalcarnero and the Diocese of Getafe.
We represented three fragments of the Divine Comedy (written by Dante Alighieri), which were set in Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Approach to “El Castigo sin Venganza” by Lope de Vega with Salvador Antuñano
January 2022
Discussion on “El Castigo sin Venganza” in which Salvador Antuñano brought us closer to the themes of the play that we would later perform.
ALUMNI
I was able to enjoy “Ay de mí…¡Triste!” during the four years of my degree and witnessed how together we were shaping this family with so much enthusiasm, learning during the trainings and forging friendships while we prepared and performed the plays, which we now admire as an audience. Undoubtedly, some of the best moments experienced at the university.
