Edy Barahona (1962) is a founding actor together with Jack Warner of teatro la fragua. He was born in the City of Olanchito, a region of Honduras that has traditionally been the birthplace of many Honduran writers and artists. One day in 1979, when Edy was 17 and was practising with the church choir of the town, he caught his first glimpse in the church of "a young gringo priest who looked like a hippie." The priest arrived at the church to suggest to Edy and his companions the beginning of a singular adventure: to do theatre and to do it professionally. And suddenly Edy found himself doing voice training, jogging around the town and following attentively the instructions of the young Jesuit who sowed in him a passion for theatre and for acting. And as often happens with authentic vocations, Edy left his home town, his family (and several girlfriends) to follow the theatrical Jesuit, sharing and building with him the dream that they called teatro la fragua. Edy is the most accomplished actor of la fragua; his history (along with that of Jack Warner) is the history of the teatro. As actor he has participated in almost all the productions of la fragua during these twenty-one years. He is one of the protaganists of the film ¡TEATRO!: Theatre and the spirit of change in Honduras. On top of his acting, Edy is an accomplished director and regularly remounts works in the repertory such as El asesinato de Jesús, Tío coyote y tío conejo, Alta es la noche, Misión a la isla Vacabeza. He spent 5 years working in the United States in the '90's, but returned home in 1998 and at present is the associate director who takes care of much of the day-to-day administration of the teatro. He has participated in the majority of the international tours of the company. He is the proud father of two beautiful daughters, Cristy Lucía (13) and Cristal Lizeth (5).
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José Ramón (Chito) Inestroza (1969) arrived at teatro la fragua when he was 15 years old to work as a yard man, caring for the plants and trees and weilding a machete to cut the grass. He began his conversion from young campesino to actor when Edy Barahona noticed that he was avidly watching rehearsals and invited him to join in. From there on he exchanged his machete for physical and vocal exercises, his pruning shears for mime and theatrical technique. At present Chito counts with 15 years of work as actor with teatro la fragua: "I don't know how to do anything else but theatre" he has repeated many times. The teatro has been his life, his livelihood and his principal education. He has played a key role in almost all the productions of la fragua. His campesino roots have served him well to be able to interpret the popular wisdom of some of his most characteristic roles, such as the ancient of the Jicaque tribe in El Origen del maíz or the old campesino, jealous lover of his garden, in Tío coyote y tío conejo. Aside from these roles and that of the President in Romero de Las Américas, he can be seen in Alta es la noche, Navidad Nuestra, El Asesinato de Jesús, Monte Calvo, La cosa, Las dos caras del patroncito, and Un sueño nuevo, among many others. Chito has been part of all the international tours of la fragua, to the United States, México, Central América, Colombia and Spain. He is one of the most experienced directors of la fragua and is an integral part of the workshop team. He is married to Erika Reyes and has four lovely children, Karol Stephanie (11), Katherine (8) and Luis José (4) and Eric Ramón.
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Rigoberto Fernández (1971) arrived at teatro la fragua when he was 14. His brother Guillermo (an important member of the teatro for many years, who is co-protagonist with Edy Barahona of the film ona de la película ¡TEATRO!: Theatre and the Spirit of Change in Honduras) brought him to work at the teatro during his school vacations. Rigo is one of the few actors of la fragua who has managed to finish secondary school; he entered the National University of Honduras, but abandoned that attempt disillusioned by the constant teacher strikes and the deficient level of teaching. He has participated in several international theatre workshops, including one in Havana, Cuba. He left the teatro for a pair of years to try his luck working as a supervisor in one of the clothing maquilas in El Progreso, but returned to the group in 1998. In his many years with the teatro Rigo has reached a highly professional level as an actor; he proclaims his hate for ballet classes, although paradoxically he is the finest dancer among teatro la fragua's present members. He has participated in several of the international tours of the teatro, and with his extensive acting experience is a key member of the team of la fragua which imparts workshops throughout Honduras and Central America.
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Esteban Canales (1983) began working with teatro la fragua during the Christmas season of 2000. In this short time, he has taken on roles in El Asesinato de Jesús, Cuentos infantiles and Requiem por el Padre Las Casas. He is an accomplished cabinet-maker and is at present finishing high school in one of the night schools of El Progreso.
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Julissa Reyes (1984).
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Walter González (1981).
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Odgar Mendoza (1980).
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José Ramón Bardales (1964).
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Ever Jesús Ortíz (1985) is in charge of the maintainance of the WEB page of teatro la fragua.
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Edhiño Castro (1980).
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Lizeth Caballero (1967)
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Darwin Avila(1973)
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Angel Núñez(1987).
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