Writer · Director · 2013
La Visita / Policy / Abuse
Uroc Teatro
Translated into English as Policy by Rutgers University professor emerita Phyllis Zatlin, and staged in an extended version as Abuse at Thalia Spanish Theatre, New York. Produced across three U.S. states. English-language world premiere at the Rogue Theater of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (November 2014), with revivals in 2015. The full text was published in The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation Review (Vol. 5, Issue 3, Spring 2015). In 2016, California State University San Marcos produced the U.S. West Coast premiere in a bilingual format: Policy in English at the campus Black Box Theatre and La Visita in Spanish at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido.
The extended New York version, Abuse/Abuso, produced by Thalia Spanish Theatre in 2014–2015, won the HOLA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting, the Gilberto Zaldívar Award for Outstanding Dramatic Production, and the New York Latin Critics Circle's Best Playtext of the Year.
Awards & selections
- Award · Best Playtext of the Year · New York Latin Critics Circle (Crítica Latina) · 2015→
- Award · Gilberto Zaldívar Award — Outstanding Dramatic Production · Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (New York) · 2015→
- Award · HOLA Award — Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting · Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (New York) · 2015→
- Award · Latin ACE Award · Best Drama Production · Association of Latin Entertainment Critics of New York (ACE) · 48th edition · 2015→
Press
Notimérica (Europa Press) · 2016-01-19
ACE revela los ganadores de los Premios Latinos de Teatro 2016
The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation Review · Phyllis Zatlin (translator) · 2015-04-01
Policy — English-language translation of La Visita (Vol. 5, No. 3, Spring 2015)
El País · Patricia Peiró · 2013-05-03
Revista Teatros · R. P. · 2013-04-08
El País · Rosana Torres · 2013-04-05
El País · Rosana Torres · 2013-04-03