Carlos Be
Carlos Be was born in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelone, Spain) the 4th November 1974.
He is a playwright and director. He has been awarded for plays such as Origami (Born Theatre Award 2006), La extraordinaria muerte de Ulrike M. (finalist from Casa de América - Festival Escena Contemporánea Innovative Dramaturgy Theatre Award 2005) and Noel Road 25: a genius like us (Caja España Theatre Award 2001). He also encourages others genres as novel, tale, script and poetry.
Biography
Carlos Be was born in Vilanova i la Geltrú the 4th November 1974. Carlos Be became a playwright at age 23, when in 1997 he decided to quit the Medical Degree Program to devote himself to writing on a full-time basis.
Prize-winning plays and publications
His plays are published in Spanish, Catalan and Galician.
- 2008. Galimatías (Dramaturgic Creation Iberescena 2008).
- 2008. Achicorias, published by La Ratonera theatre magazine.
- 2007. Origami (Born Theatre Award 2006), published by Arola Editors in Catalan, by Primer Acto theatre magazine in Spanish -translated by the author himself- and by Revista Galega de Teatro theatre magazine in Galician -translated by Afonso Becerra de Becerreá-.
- 2006. La extraordinaria muerte de Ulrike M. (finalist from Casa de América - Festival Escena Contemporánea Innovative Dramaturgy Theatre Award 2005), published into II Premio Casa de América - Festival de Escena Contemporánea de Dramaturgia Innovadora de la Colección Teatro Americano Actual by Casa de América.
- 2006. El hombre de plástico, published into Grita: ¡Tengo sida! by Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
- 2006. Amèn, published into Matrimonios by Muestra de Teatro Español de Autores Contemporáneos.
- 2002. Noel Road 25: a genius like us (Caja España Theatre Award 2001), published by Caja España in Spanish and by Associació d'Actors i Directors Professionals de Catalunya in Catalan -translated by the author himself- (2005).
First performances
His plays've had their premieres in Barcelone and Madrid (Spain).
- 2008. Achicorias, performed for the first time by The Zombie Company at L'Obrador de la Sala Beckett (Barcelone), directed by the author himself.
- 2005. Noel Road 25: a genius like us, performed for the first time by The Zombie Company at L'Obrador de la Sala Beckett (Barcelone).
- 2005. El hombre de plástico, performed for the first time by Dante Teatro (Madrid).
- 2004. Enemigos, performed for the first time by La JaJa at Institut del Teatre (Barcelone).
- 2003. Eloísa y el domador de mariposas, performed for the first time by The Zombie Company at Teatre Artenbrut (Barcelone), directed by the author himself.