Jose Maria “Pachu” Pena He is one of the protagonists of the play. “A perfect plan”which is being presented with singular repercussion from Tuesday to Sunday in a double role at the Teatro del Lago de Villa Carlos Pazwhere it became one of the main attractions of the mountain theater season, leading the box office.
The actor, who gained popularity decades ago when in a duo with Pablo Granados became one of the main entertainers of the humorous troupe of the “The Videomatch Show” of Marcelo Tinellicelebrates today in Córdoba the “success” in the summer season that it is going through, and is also amazed at the validity that it maintains over the years with a humor that transcends generations.
“It amazes me that children or young boys ask me for photos as much as older people,” Pachu told Télam, reeling off the first impressions of this theatrical season next to Lake San Roque.
In search of an explanation, the actor highlighted the role of social networks and stated that they serve to “also reach the youngest and many millennials who did not know us out there.”
Pachu spoke with Télam from the house where he lives in Villa Carlos Pazwhere from Tuesday to Sunday he performs twice a day in the play he shares with Pedro Alfonso, Paula Chaves, Romina Gaetani, Rodrigo Noya, Camilo Nicolás and Agustina Agazzani.
The artist highlighted that That arrival to the young public was also enhanced thanks to the pandemic because “it led people to look for humorous things, to begin to get involved to see what was there to have fun and pass the time, and there was a rediscovery of things that had already happened and were not so present there”.
“Also for the work on (the TV show) ‘Uncoded’that reached many young people, memes that go viral, or excerpts of humor that people got used to seeing on their cell phones, things from other times that people accept very well,” he added.
On current season and the play that takes place at the Teatro Del Lago, Peña highlighted: “We are very happy and happy for the public’s response, I mean what is the laughter that they leave us night after night in each performance, people leave happy , very grateful; they wait for us outside for the photo, then they comment on the networks, so we cannot ask for more. The truth is that we are enjoying a beautiful season”.
“I really enjoy it, it’s the second year that I’ve come to work with Pedro (Alfonso), we had very good chemistry last year in what was ‘A night at the hotel’, which went very well for us and we did a national tour, I really enjoy work with him,” he said.
In “A perfect plan”Pachu plays an overrated artist: “I really liked it when they offered it to me, first for being in Carlos Paz again and also for the script and the work. I really enjoy the character and people die of laughter.”
Peña’s versatility was evident over the years, where he could be seen both in theater, on television or behind a radio microphone.
Peña’s versatility, since he started with Tinelli in the 90s, has been evident throughout the years, where he could be seen both in theater, on television or behind a radio microphone, generally with impact. in each of those formats.
“As long as there is humor, I sign up, regardless of the format, because humor is what I like to do the most and the place where I feel comfortablealthough I am also open to listening to other types of proposals”, he reinforced.
With an eye on what lies ahead in the year, after finishing the theater season in Villa Carlos Paz, he said that “there are a couple of things going around, TV, radio or streaming things, and working on the networks with Pablo Granados, we’ve been doing it from time to time and we have a lot of fun”.
“The memories of the beginnings with Pablo (Granados) are very nice, I am very fond of those moments for the time in that old Videomatch, people always thank you and tell you ‘look, there goes Tinelli’s’, and now Many years have passed. Some tell me ‘I always saw you when I was a boy’ and you see his face, they are a couple of years younger than me, there are accounts that do not close,” joked the comedian.
Are you a 60 year old?
–Of soul yes; we are in good health, it must be the humor that one makes. I am in real life as I show myself on camera, I do not hide anything.
-How are you spending this season?
–Very well, I love Villa Carlos Paz, I just left my son with his girlfriend who came to visit me, my wife is coming soon with my daughters, I have four children; My wife is working in Buenos Aires, that’s why she’s not with me, but now she’s coming very soon. I recently took my son to Cuesta Blanca, he was up there and looked at the rivers, the people and all the landscapes that Córdoba offers you and it is wonderful, the truth is that I love that it is a good season for everyone, for the people who work and for people who come to enjoy the province and places.
-In the mountains you have incredible places.
–Yes, everything is very close, like Icho Cruz, Cuesta Blanca, Mayú Sumaj, and a little further away, La Falda, Alta Gracia or Mina Clavero. It’s a very nice place, it’s Argentine and it’s not that expensive, it’s very good.
-How is the coexistence with the other casts that make season in “la Villa”?
-Spectacular, due to the simultaneity with the functions of the other works we cannot attend to go see them but at night the different casts meet, we ask ourselves how we are, how everything is going and we exchange information. I want everyone to do well, because we are all in the same bag. In my case, I have the best with everyone, I get along very well with my colleagues, I have no enemies.
-The beginning of the season was not so good personally because you had a car accident.
-It was a very big scare because I had gone to spend the 31st with my family in Buenos Aires and on the route of the Rosario-Córdoba highway at the height of Armstrong, it was raining and I caught a puddle of water of those that form and I lost control car. I was driving without a cell phone, with nothing, I made several turns on the highway, thank God no one came who could take me and end up in a tragedy. I hit the guardrail, which acted as containment and I was looking the other way, so it was lucky. Luckily I didn’t suffer any injuries and that same night I did the show on January 1st. When I finished I felt the tension of everything that had happened but luckily I was whole, apart from the car that broke down a bit.
