“En un medio teatral como el mexicano, inmerso todavía en la hegemonía del naturalismo, las tentativas de renovación no suelen trascender la condición de fuegos fatuos. Por lo anterior, la trayectoria dilatada y sólida del proyecto de Teatro Línea de Sombra constituye una excepción notable y ejemplar. Su oferta artística, pedagógica y programática ha contribuido a subsanar huecos formativos y ha puesto a dialogar al teatro mexicano con el teatro de avanzada de otras latitudes. En la antesala de su etapa de madurez, no queda sino esperar los mejores frutos de una empresa que ha sabido renovarse en cada paso.”
– Noé Morales Muñoz / Dramaturgo y crítico
Founded in 1993, Teatro Línea de Sombra (TLS) is an internationally renowned collective of theatermakers, researchers, and actors, and one of Mexico’s leading theater companies. Learn more.
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Recommended readings to get you in gear for the show.
- Paola S. Hernández, Staging Lives in Latin American Theater: Bodies, Objects, Archives. Northwestern University Press, 2021.
- Stephanie Merrim, A Latin American Existentialist Ethos: Modern Mexican Literature and Philosophy. State University of New York Press, 2023.
- Rodrigo Parrini Roses, Teatro y Convulsíon: Teatro de los Desiertos y Etnografías Forenses. Ediciones DocumentA/Escénicas, 2021.
- Diana Taylor, Performance. Duke University Press, 2016.
- Luis Valdez, Theatre of the Sphere: The Vibrant Being. Routledge, 2022.
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Research and pedagogy are key to their process, which sometimes ends in a theatrical spectacle and sometimes not, depending on where their investigations lead.
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“We try to make a kind of theatre without any intermediaries between reality and the stage. The least possible. Because of course, there is always something.”
EXTRA CREDIT
This production is presented in partnership with NYU’s Hemispheric Institute, a rich and multifaceted resource for scholars, artists and audiences. Teatro Línea de Sombra’s co-artistic directors, Alicia Laguna and Jorge A. Vargas, are 2023 Mellon Fellows in Residence at Hemi.
Explore Hemi’s video archives, their history, and learn more about the people who make the work happen.