Ruth Coello, Hilda Saraguayo and Maricela Gómez, the ‘witches’ that will make you laugh at the La Bota theater

Friends, through thick and thin. This is the relationship of Rita, Helen and Malena, three women with love, money and family problems who, in the midst of a critical common situation, will live together to find a solution that brings them closer to their ideals, even though society criticizes their decisions. These characters will come to life through Ecuadorian actresses Ruth Coello, Hilda Saraguayo Y maricela gomezprotagonists of witchesa play that today (Thursday, June 23) is scheduled to premiere at the La Bota room, on the Salado boardwalk.

“It is not about fairy tale witches; It is about three friends who live together and, based on everything they have lived together, that part of witches that women sometimes have comes out, and one wants to correct and the other to give ideas. There is always the mischievous friend, the one who wants to give you advice and the sensible one. There are going to be many women who are going to identify themselves”, says Saraguayo about this production, directed and written by Jose Rengifo.

Coello, who plays Rita, assures that in this comedy its protagonists will have to make a decision that will completely change their lives. “They will make a decision that takes them elsewhere, and they will have to do the unexpected, because women, when we cross some limit, we have to act; that is why they are perhaps told that they are witches. They also remember their youthful days, and they sing and dance. It is a mixture between music, theater, drama, novel. Rita is a woman whose life has gone badly; She is of humble origin, but since she is the most ‘white’ she thinks she is the girlish one of the group, but she is the same as her friends. She is from Tarifa”, she adds.

The differences between them are precisely the reasons that bring them closer. “Hellen is the complete opposite of Ruth’s character. She’s super fun; she left her house at an early age. She has had many boyfriends and her purpose has always been to live well. She wants to have a man who supports her to live well. We are all poor. The particular thing about my character is that she has always believed herself to be good, (but) she speaks badly. She wears designer clothes, but she doesn’t even know how to pronounce them. She gets upset with her friends because they correct her. She is uninhibited”, explains Saraguayo.

Gómez, on the other hand, personifies Malena. “She is the serious one who hides a secret, which she has been dragging along without the others noticing. We all hide a secret, because we have done something bad to each other. There is a lot of intrigue”, says Coello.

As Coello mentions, the three characters became friends while working together. “They met while working in a brothel, and they are going to live on Mocolí Island together, because they believe they deserve to live well. And when they move they realize that they cannot afford that lifestyle, and they will do everything possible to maintain that status. We went to Sambo to see if they get a sugar daddy. We will have to go to extremes to stay there, ”he adds.

witches is a production that allows Saraguayo, Gómez and Coello to work together for the second time. “In 2019 we did a work called three misfortunes, and that it was super good for us; it was just before the pandemic. As we have different audiences, and what gives the works is a very interesting element, that is the rich thing, that we put our very particular personalities, which results in a good formula”, Coello maintains.

According to Saraguayo, the idea of ​​working on this project arose before the pandemic, until they resumed production between February and March.

witches will be on stage on June 24, 25 and 30 and July 1 and 2. The cost of admission is $10. (AND)