Quimera is a legitimate acting academy located in Caracas, Venezuela.
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The original Circle in the Square was founded by Franco Ruffelli, Leonardo Montero and José Quintero in 2000 and was located at San Luis in Caracas, Venezuela. Franco Ruffelli is a licensed Theatre Director, and Montero and Quintero are licensed producers. This academy is well known for its incredible performances of Broadway and off-Broadway plays. It is composed by around 160 members of the cast and crew. With a license and no copy rights, Quimera takes original Broadway plays and bring them to life in their own theatres. The perform in several places, like: Teatro Teresa Carreño, El Poliedro de Caracas, Estadio Universitario (UCV), La Rinconada, etc. The plays are based on their original versions: same scenography, characters, dialogues, choreographs, costumes, running time, breaks, language, etc. The academy closed on August 2011 when the director, Franco Ruffelli, was offered a job in London for theatre works. [edit]
Notable productions
Cast
Throughout the years, many of our actors change, but they will always be remembered with great love. Here are some of the most extraordinary talents we have had the pleasure to work with, and who have made a difference in our productions with their performance.
Others have participated as well and have made important contributions to our productions. The ones mentioned above, however, were the most influential and admired from the academy by the audience, directors, critics and reporters.
Crew
The academy takes notice of the important members of our crew who help with our plays and transform them into what they become:
Vision and Slogan
Our academy is based on the words of a wise artist. These words are: "Never is late. There is ALWAYS a stage out there for you." This is the motivation our students get from our staff every single day, remembering that there is no small roles, just small actors.