Myrna Casas (born January 2, 1934, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto
Rican experimental playwright, director, actress and theatre scholar.
She is the co-founder and artistic director of the company
Producciones Cisne.Casas was born in San Juan to Carmen Busó
Carrasquillo and Sixto Casas Semidei. She studied Drama at Vassar
College, graduating in 1954, and earned a master's degree in acting at
Boston University in 1961. She went on to study at New York University
where she obtained a doctorate in Theatre education in 1974.A member
of the sixties generation, Casas's work addresses Puerto Rican
national identity through both absurdist and realist plays. She also
explores the themes of women in patriarchal societies, as in her play
Eugenia Victoria Herrera. Her 1988 play The Great Ukrainian Circus (El
gran circo eucraniano) has been performed regularly and examined by
scholars.Casas has for many years taught at the University of Puerto
Rico in the drama department, which she directed for several years.
She acted in the 1950s and served in the San Juan municipal assembly
from 1996 to 2000.
Rican experimental playwright, director, actress and theatre scholar.
She is the co-founder and artistic director of the company
Producciones Cisne.Casas was born in San Juan to Carmen Busó
Carrasquillo and Sixto Casas Semidei. She studied Drama at Vassar
College, graduating in 1954, and earned a master's degree in acting at
Boston University in 1961. She went on to study at New York University
where she obtained a doctorate in Theatre education in 1974.A member
of the sixties generation, Casas's work addresses Puerto Rican
national identity through both absurdist and realist plays. She also
explores the themes of women in patriarchal societies, as in her play
Eugenia Victoria Herrera. Her 1988 play The Great Ukrainian Circus (El
gran circo eucraniano) has been performed regularly and examined by
scholars.Casas has for many years taught at the University of Puerto
Rico in the drama department, which she directed for several years.
She acted in the 1950s and served in the San Juan municipal assembly
from 1996 to 2000.
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