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QUANTUM'S BIG PICTURE
A solo performance of a work in progress
Written and Performed by Begonya Plaza-Rosenbluth
Directed by Dana Jacks
Photography/videography by Beverly Batzel
Equity Library Theater Festival of Short Plays
Presented live on August 26, 2023 at 1:pm
At New York Public Library (18 West 53rd Street, across from MoMa.)
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In her preclinical science class, Dr. Sal shares with her students her patient's near-death experience as relating to the principles of quantum physics, and the phenomena of consciousness in these seismic shifting times of artificial intelligence.
Acting Demo:
Links for recorded performances
The Invisible Catalyst (a poem dedicated to Covid-19)
A scene from "In Arabia We'd all be Kings" by Stephen Adley Guirgis
Benefit performance at First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, hosted by Ed Asner
"Silver Tongued Devil" Begonya Plaza for Rimes of The Ancient Mariner February 24, 2016
Invisible Catalyst (Poem to Covid-19 NY)
Cat and I in Port Lligat researching Salvador Dalí
Childhood friends: Mauri, Felipe and Jesus breaking bread in Euskadi
On the US1 with Zelda Kaplan * Jeffrey Gurian
My screenplay The Persistence of Memory was a semi-finalist at the 2005 American Zoetrope Screenplay competition. It also garnered the interest of notable Hollywood artists with signed letters-of-interest but the competitive process of raising money in Hollywood turned out to be uninspiring, especially at a time when I was a single mom committed to raising a teenage girl, my proudest joy and responsibility. Instead, I continued exploring through my writing a stage version and later a novel that still to this day I'm struggling to finish.
This is a fictionalized account about Salvador Dalí and his wife Gala, seen from the eyes of a young man who was privy to their private lifestyle and forever affected by his intimate experiences with them. This character-driven phychological thriller explores and exposes the juxtaposition of genius and wickedness, the purity of art with the vulgar hunger for celebrity.
I have always been inspired by artists and the question of how someone can be so powerfully moving in their artistic represention of humanity, yet demonstrate such abusive and selfish personality. Many years in the late 90's, during a summer writing program at NYU I wrote a script about Jacqueline Picasso about her last day on earth prior to ending her own life, just because without Picasso she felt worthless. That contrast of power and weakness fascinates me. Having met several of Gala and Dal´'s lovers in NY and Los Angeles, and many fascinating individuals, in their own right, who knew Dalí intimately while I was living in Barcelona, I feasted on their intriguing stories.
Unfortunately, other films have gotten made with individuals who had actually read my script prior and praised it. Oh well, that's life. But what hurts me the most is seeing how none of these films have been capable of evoking the depth of Salvador Dalí's magnetism, and grandeur. He was ahead of his time as a thinker and visionary. Dalí was not the clown that so many want to make him out to be, nor was Gala his lascivious wife the evil stupid Russian. No, no, no. There is a lot more to these two intensely astute and intelligent beings. But in our time we want to place limits by classifying, judging, and belittling what we don't want to take the time to understand.
I've learned so much through this creative and investigative endeavor, intellectually, spiritually, and professionally, so much so that even if others have taken ideas from me in order to attain their quick fix, and faltering success, I feel alright about it. I wish Hollywood would stop with the gimmicks though, so the world could be a better place, because this Dalí genius was a rare specimen bringing with him many lessons for us to absorb. One of the Dalí's gifts was their vulnerability, and so revelatory was how they used their weaknesses with a fearlessness to overcome society's limitations. It is through their sensibilities and insensibilities that they, like mythological figures of our time, stand forever as masters of innovation.
DALI Esque-Apades is a short segment of my writings. A stand alone short story. This video was filmed with East Village poet and actor, Phillip Giambri narrating. Enjoy!
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