Carlos Diaz (born 1957) is a Cuban theatre director. Diaz studied
dramaturgy and theatre at Havana's Superior Institute of Art (ISA). He
started his career as a theatre and art critic and only later took on
the role of director. His work is often described as unique and
unexpected.[citation needed]After founding a theatre company called
Teatro El Publico in 1992, Diaz's first production billed "North
American Theatre Trilogy" featured two plays by Tennessee Williams
(The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire), and one play by
Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy). His company, which operates out of
Trianon Theatre on Calle Linea, has premiered over 40 plays in the
last 15 years and has become a Havana institution.His work also
includes the short stories "The Wolf", "The Forest and the New Man",
and "Strawberry and Chocolate" of Cuban writer Senel Paz, which Diaz
developed into plays, emphasizing the sensuality, expressiveness, and
Cuban-ness of the stories. The play was then adapted into a film in
1994, starring the same actor Vladimir Cruz.As for plays not written
by Cubans, Carlos Diaz tries to work with material that has a certain
connection to Cuba. In 1985, at the Ensayo Theatre, and again in 2007
at the El Publico Theatre, Diaz directed the Jean-Paul Sartre play The
Respectful Prostitute; Sartre was an early and enthusiastic supporter
of the Cuban revolution. Still more Cuban, the production also offered
Cuban rum to audience members, and invited them to dance on stage in a
conga line at the end of the play. Diaz also directed Federico GarcÃa
Lorca's play The Audience which Lorca began work on in Cuba in 1929.
Its opening in Havana in 1994 caused scandal as is portrayed
homosexual scandal. Diaz chose to perform the controversial play a
second in 1996 and then again in 1998.
dramaturgy and theatre at Havana's Superior Institute of Art (ISA). He
started his career as a theatre and art critic and only later took on
the role of director. His work is often described as unique and
unexpected.[citation needed]After founding a theatre company called
Teatro El Publico in 1992, Diaz's first production billed "North
American Theatre Trilogy" featured two plays by Tennessee Williams
(The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire), and one play by
Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy). His company, which operates out of
Trianon Theatre on Calle Linea, has premiered over 40 plays in the
last 15 years and has become a Havana institution.His work also
includes the short stories "The Wolf", "The Forest and the New Man",
and "Strawberry and Chocolate" of Cuban writer Senel Paz, which Diaz
developed into plays, emphasizing the sensuality, expressiveness, and
Cuban-ness of the stories. The play was then adapted into a film in
1994, starring the same actor Vladimir Cruz.As for plays not written
by Cubans, Carlos Diaz tries to work with material that has a certain
connection to Cuba. In 1985, at the Ensayo Theatre, and again in 2007
at the El Publico Theatre, Diaz directed the Jean-Paul Sartre play The
Respectful Prostitute; Sartre was an early and enthusiastic supporter
of the Cuban revolution. Still more Cuban, the production also offered
Cuban rum to audience members, and invited them to dance on stage in a
conga line at the end of the play. Diaz also directed Federico GarcÃa
Lorca's play The Audience which Lorca began work on in Cuba in 1929.
Its opening in Havana in 1994 caused scandal as is portrayed
homosexual scandal. Diaz chose to perform the controversial play a
second in 1996 and then again in 1998.
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