{"id":505285,"date":"2026-04-20T23:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/johnnie-mercedes-celebrates-festae-2026-and-highlights-its-value-for-dominican-theater\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:30:11","slug":"johnnie-mercedes-celebrates-festae-2026-and-highlights-its-value-for-dominican-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/johnnie-mercedes-celebrates-festae-2026-and-highlights-its-value-for-dominican-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnnie Mercedes celebrates FESTAE 2026 and highlights its value for Dominican theater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong> \u2013 The outstanding actor and theater director <strong>Johnnie Mercedes<\/strong> expressed his enthusiasm for being part of the <strong>International Festival of Performing Arts (FESTAE 2026)<\/strong>, highlighting the importance of this initiative for the cultural development of the country.<\/p>\n\n\nMercedes defined the event as a high-level proposal that brings together the best of national and international talent.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\"I am very happy to be part of this festival, a private sector event led by Fausto Rojas, where we will have a wonderful gourmet dish: the best from there with the best from here,\" he stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe artist also took the opportunity to acknowledge the institutional support that has made the festival possible.\n\nWe recommend reading:\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\"I want to congratulate and thank Banco Popular, the French Embassy, and the Mayor's Office of the National District for supporting and creating this beautiful festival,\" he expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nAs part of the programming, Mercedes will be on stage with the play <strong>\"Yago, I am not who I am\"<\/strong>, a free version of <em>Othello<\/em>, by William Shakespeare, presented by the <strong>National Theater Company<\/strong>.\n\nThe participation of this piece is part of the celebration of the <strong>80 years of experience<\/strong> of the institution, considered one of the most important in the country and the region.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\"We are celebrating 80 years of the National Theater Company, of which I have been a part for 26 years,\" he highlighted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe FESTAE 2026 will take place from <strong>May 15 to 19<\/strong> in Santo Domingo, with a program that integrates theater, music, and dance, consolidating itself as a new platform for cultural exchange in the Caribbean.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. \u2013 The outstanding actor and theater director Johnnie Mercedes expressed his enthusiasm for being part of the International Festival of Performing Arts (FESTAE 2026), highlighting the importance of this initiative for the cultural development of the country. Mercedes defined the event as a high-level proposal that brings together the best of national and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-505285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}