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La luz de Croisset (Croisset’s light) (1991)

Sade (1993)

Sumario de la muerte de Kleist (Summary of the death of Kleist) (1993); premier in April, 1998 in the Teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires.

El peso del silencio (The weight of silence) (1994); premier in September, 1997 inside the cycle Género Chico, under Rubén Szuchmacher’s co-ordination in the Teatro del Pueblo.

La Tercera Parte del Mar (The Third Part of the Sea) (1995); premier in April, 1999 in Babilonia, under Roberto Villanueva’s direction.

Juegos de Damas Crueles (Games of Cruel Ladies) (1995); premier in Montevideo-Uruguay, under Mariana Percovich’s direction in May 1997. Juegos de Damas Crueles was selected to participate in the I International Festi­val of Buenos Aires in October 1997 and obtained three Florencio Sánchez awards to the best show, best direction and best scenery (Montevideo, Uruguay - 1997).

Ensayo sobre el barroco (Essay on the baroque) (1996)  

Un cuento alemán (A German story) (1997); directed by the author during the season 1997; read in the cycle Lectures du Sud des Amériques, under the direction of Michel Didym - Festival d’Avignon (1999).

Barroco (Baroque) (1997)  

Ensayo sobre la peste (Essay on the pest) (1997); premier in the Festival of Nîmes (France) in June, 1998.

Un grito oscuro (A dark scream) (1998); premier in the Festival Mousson d'Eté (France) in August of 1998, inside the show Paroles d'acteurs: La Confession, under the direction of Michel Didym, Walter Manfré and Veronique Bellegarde. Participant show in: Festival d’Avignon 1999, II International Festival of Buenos Aires (September, 1999).  

Comedia. Un maestro de Alemania (Comedy. A master from Germany) (1998)

Translates Mahagonny Songspiel by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill for the Experimentation Centre of the Teatro Colón (CETC), show opened in the CETC in April of 1998 with Marcelo Lombardero’s régie and Carlos Calleja’s musical direction. 

Fiscales (Fiscals) (1997/98); written in collaboration with Javier Daulte. TV show under the direction of Alejandro Maci.

Tenebrae (1999); opera about Paul Celan with music of Alejo Pérez Pouillieux and régie of Rita Cosentino. Season 1999 of the Experimentation Centre of the Teatro Colón (CETC). Tenebrae has been programmed for the II International Festival of Buenos Aires (September of 1999).  

El pez detrás de los espejos (The fish behind the mirrors) (1999); committed play for  Casa de América, Madrid for being part of the show Cabaré Borges (Borges Cabaret), premier in December 1999 in Madrid under Cristina Rota’s direction. 

Una anatomía de la sombra (An anatomy of the shadow) (2000)

sambô (2000); premier under Jörg Laue’s direction in the frame of a Festival organized by Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, June, 2000.

JULIA / Una tragedia naturalista (JULIE/A naturalistic tragedy) (2000); free version of  Miss Julie  by August Strindberg, premier in September, 2000 in the Teatro San Martín under Tantanian’s direction.

Liederkreis. Una ópera sobre Schumann (Liederkreis. An opera about Schumann) (1999); opera with music composed by Gerardo Gandini. World premiere: Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, season 2000, under  Gerardo Gandini’s musical direction and Rubén Szuchmacher’s régie and the participation of Graciela Oddone, Susana Moncayo, Héctor Guedes and Viriginia Correa Dupuy, among others.

La desilusión (The disillusion) (2000); written and directed in collaboration with Luis Cano. Show inspired in Museo de Armas de la Nación (National Weapons’ Museum) and included in Museos V (University of Buenos Aires).

La Escala Humana (The Human Scale) (2000); written and directed in collaboration with Javier Daulte and Rafael Spregelburd. Co-production of the Hebbel-Theater Berlin and the Complejo Teatral de la ciudad de Buenos Aires (CTBA) (Theatre Complex of the city of Buenos Aires). Premier in May 2001 in the theatre Callejón, Buenos Aires.

Cine quirúrgico (Surgical cinema) (2001)text of the show conceived and directed by Edgardo Rudnitzky. Co-production of the CTBA. Premier in November 2001 at Theatre El Portón de Sánchez, Buenos Aires. Public reading at Frontera Festival, London, August 2002.

El Orfeo (The Orpheus) (2001/2002)

It’s May, it must be Brussels: 1. Unpacking / 2. Misguided Tour / 3.Quarrels / 4. Packing (2002); a serie of four performatic events on the city of Brussels and the KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, Brussels, Belgium, May 2002.

Temperley (2002); text included in the cycle Biodrama, show directed by Luciano Suardi. Teatro Sarmiento, CTBA, july 2002.

Prepares as author and director, with the collaboration of Edgardo Rudnitzky and Jorge Macchi, Carlos W. Sáenz (!956 -    ), show that will be opened in may 2003 at the KunstenFESTIVALdesArts and presented later in Frankfurt and Berlin. Co production of KunstenFESTIVALdesArts (Brussels), Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart) and Hebbel–Theater, Berlin.

Prepares with the composer Tiziano Manca The Cage, opera based in a short story by Ray W. C. Russell. To be premiered during the season 2003 (Germany / Argentina).

Prepares with the composer Oscar Strasnoy an opera to be premiered in Paris in 2004.

Prepares the theatrical version of the novel El Maestro y Margarita (The Teacher and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov. 


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