How to approach adolescents through theatre? How to think of a theatre for young people? With what forms, with what themes? What could be called today “young people theatre”? In this anthology, Alma Maritano brings together eight pieces by contemporary Argentine authors. Among them, “The trip”, by Sandra Siemens. (Back cover text, fragment)
This nouvelle is part of the fantastic genre, although it has links to “border literature”. Two stories are intertwined here: one, that of the adolescent Inés, takes place in the near past, in the setting of her grandmother’s country house; the other, on the other hand, distances itself from the first in more than a … Read more
He had the look of a criminal, the nose of a criminal, the ears of a criminal. From a distance you could see that he was a criminal. But it was Mr. Ambrosio! In addition, a tale of gossipy neighbors, another about a man who often loses his head, tall tales that are true, and … Read more
The story seems minimal: it takes place in a town and the situations are lived by a group of adolescents who have witnessed a brutal event that disturbs and threatens them. An unleashing with something police leads to the outcome; there is punishment for the culprit and the adolescents stay, perhaps transformed, but with their … Read more