Featuring the work of six playwrights published in English for the first time, this anthology showcases the contemporary playwriting of Uruguay in all its depth, vibrancy and extraordinary range.
Gabriel Calderón is a playwright, director and actor. He has written over 30 plays and has twice received the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture National Literature Award. His plays have been translated into French, German, English, Italian, Catalan, Greek and Portuguese. In 2022, Ana contra la muerte won the Florencio Awards for Best Production, Best Direction, Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actress. In recent years he has worked increasingly in Europe, with productions at the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry (Paris), and becoming the first Uruguayan playwright to have productions at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (Barcelona) and the Teatro Nazionale di Modena (Modena, Italy). He has been the Director of the Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas (National Performing Arts Institute), Director of the Executive Office for the Uruguay Bicentenary, and Coordinator of University Programmes in Playwriting at the Universidad de la República, the state university of Uruguay. Between 2022 and 2025 he held the role of Artistic and Managing Director of the Comedia Nacional, the national theatre company of Uruguay.
