Herbert Sigüenza stars in “A Weekend with Pablo Picasso” on March
15 and 16. (photo by Jason Sullivan-Dupla)

Writer, performer and founding member of Culture Clash Herbert Sigüenza takes on the role of Picasso for “A Weekend with Pablo Picasso” from L.A.Theatre Works in this one-man tour-deforce based on the writings of “the first rock star artist” on Friday, March 15 and Saturday 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage. The production is directed by Anna Lyse Erikson, producer at L.A. Theatre Works.

Pablo Picasso was (among many things) an obsessive creator, self-proclaimed clown and a flamboyantly opinionated philosopher – whose passionate views about love, death, war, beauty, eternity and creativity are captured in this beautiful work depicting a weekend of intense work prior to a looming Monday deadline for delivery of several new works to his art dealer.

LATW’S production features large-scale video projections of the art being created in the piece as well as historic images and text, serving to completely immerse audiences in a full, audio-visual experience of Picasso’s life and art.

Sigüenza creates a joyful and mesmerizing portrait of the maestro as he dances, sculpts, shares secrets, draws and impersonates a matador while he embodies the father of modern art. With amazing skill, Sigüenza draws and paints in real time during his performance as he takes the audience back to 1957 to spend three days with the genius inside his private studio on the southern coast of France for an unforgettable weekend.

As part of Broad Stage’s continued organizational initiative to be an accessible platform to experience art, the Friday, March 15 performance will include English supertitles, and the Saturday, March 16 performance will include Spanish supertitles.

Tickets starting at $35 are available at broadstage.org or by calling (310)434-3200. The theatre sponsors for BroadStage are Laurie and Bill Benenson. Broad Stage is located at 1310 Eleventh St., Santa Monica.