El Galpón
The Teatro El Galpón is a theater in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo .
The El Galpón Theater is located on the city's main street, Avenida 18 de Julio 1618 . It was created on September 2, 1949 from the merger of the two theaters La Isla and Teatro del Pueblo. founded. Founding members include César Campodónico and Atahualpa del Cioppo . During the time of the military dictatorship, the independent theater company of the same name, El Galpón, was in exile in Mexico from 1976 to 1985. She had previously produced over 80 plays since 1946. In exile they then performed 25 predominantly Latin American pieces. The directors included the most renowned Uruguayan representatives such as Atahualpa del Cioppo , César Campodónico and Rubén Yáñez .
The current ensemble includes the following actors:
- Ana Andión
- Alicia Alfonso
- Amelia Porteiro
- Arturo Fleitas
- Claudia Trecu
- Dante Alfonso
- Dervy Vilas
- Felisa Jezier
- Graciela Escuder
- Héctor Guido
- Marcos Flack
- Myriam Gleijer
Web links
- Official website of El Galpón ( Memento of May 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry of the theater group in the Diccionario del teatro , p. 340 by Manuel Gómez García
Individual evidence
- ↑ Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theater by Colin Chambers, p. 702
Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 15.1 ″ S , 56 ° 10 ′ 54.7 ″ W.