

A Poet (Un Poeta)
When a failed writer encounters a talented young student, his attempts to take her under his wing lead to a hilarious series of misadventure.
Time & Location
Mar 14, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Columbia Arts Theatre, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR 97031, USA
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Synopsis (English)
Middle-aged and erratic, Oscar is a failed writer who has given up on life. Unemployed and living with family, he wanders the streets of Medellín in a drunken stupor, lamenting the state of literature in his home country, where he has succumbed to the cliché of the tortured artist. However, the opportunity to mentor a young student offers a chance at redemption, if he doesn’t screw it up first. In a performance marked by darkly comic pathos, first-time actor Ubeimar Rios stars in Simón Mesa Soto’s Un Certain Regard Jury Prize-winner A Poet, a raw and riotous farce about how good deeds are often met with the universe’s idea of cruel and unusually poetic punishment.
Synopsis (Spanish) De mediana edad e inestable, Oscar es un escritor fracasado que ha renunciado a la vida. Desempleado y viviendo con su familia, deambula por las calles de Medellín en una borrachera, lamentando el estado de la literatura en su país, donde ha sucumbido al cliché del artista torturado. Sin embargo, la oportunidad de orientar a una joven estudiante le ofrece una posibilidad de redención, si no la arruina primero.
En una interpretación marcada por un patetismo cómico y oscuro, el actor debutante Ubeimar Ríos protagoniza A Poet (Un poeta), de Simón Mesa Soto, ganadora del Premio del Jurado de Un Certain Regard: una farsa cruda y desenfrenada sobre cómo las buenas acciones suelen encontrarse con la idea del universo de un castigo cruel y extraordinariamente poético.
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