María Isabel, a unique and brilliant woman
The work focuses on the figure of María Isabel Matamala Vivaldifrom the mid-60s to the end of the 70s. A restless, consistent, questioning, active and activist woman.
The work begins with discussions about Paulo Freire, the role of education and the effects of the capitalist system.
“Read to understand. “To understand is to exercise democracy.”they say. “The educator is an artist. “He remakes the world, he redraws it.”
María Isabel, named “Raquel”, along with her colleagues and, especially, some colleagues, want to change an unjust world. Unequal.
“If we wanted to make the revolution, we had to try to change the Party from within.”
But the coup d’état arrives. There are no weapons. The MIR calls to resist in the country, not to go into exile. María Isabel goes into hiding until she is arrested on February 5, 1975.
Then comes the prison in Villa Grimaldi (Terranova Barracks), the torture. The detainees disappeared, the companions murdered. Then the transfer to Cuatro Álamos and Tres Álamos. With a visit to an establishment in Soquimich, between June and September 1975.
Then came exile in Sweden, party work and, finally, his resignation from the party.
Daniel Corvillon
A work that illuminates
María Isabel is an attractive, critical work that shows, from the dreams of the 60s and 70s, the naivety (which, with the perspective of time, seems incomprehensible) during the Popular Unity, the crimes of the dictatorship and internal problems of the MIR.
Although part of what the work shows is not new (Villa Grimaldi, Miguel Krassnoff, etc.), the female perspective is interesting. Much more interesting is the feminist perspective of María Isabel Matamala and a group of militants (Ana María Moreira Fuenzalida, Nelly Pinto Contreras, Amelia Negrón Larre, Bernardita and Rosa) on the MIR. This is less known.
While imprisoned in Tres Álamos, they carried out a survey and a report on machismo within the party. A pioneering and revolutionary work for the time. For the circumstances they were experiencing.
María Isabel, with a successful staging, is a good invitation to look at our history from another perspective. To reflect and question(s). A work that can be uncomfortable, perhaps a little complacent, but that gives hope.
Daniel Corvillon
Ana Luz Ormazábal
He studied Acting at the Catholic University and completed a Master’s Degree in Performance Practice and Research at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, England.
She is a director, performance researcher and teacher. Her work begins with the staging Concert (2012) and Agnetha Kurtz Rock Method (2015). She founded and directs ANTIMÉTODO, a research and performance creation practice, which brings together various collaborators. In it, she creates Opera (2016) and Al Pacino (2019).
In 2021 she is invited by the UC Theater to create and direct the production This theater is not empty, awarded by the Chilean Art Critics Circle in the Best Direction category. She is also selected for the International Forum of the Thetertreffen Berliner Festpiele.
She is a teacher at various universities in Santiago, and permanently collaborates with artists and spaces for reflection and scenic creation (Accompaniment of women, Approaches to the word, Trashumantes, FITAM, among others).
Daniel Corvillon
Juan Pablo Troncoso
Actor and playwright, Master in Literature. He is part of the companies La Junta and Colectivo Zoológico. He is the author of the works El Once, We do not have to sacrifice ourselves for those who will come, NIMBY, Death and explosion of a Chilean anarchist, You do not speak, Playing war, versions of Natacha and Casa de Muñecas, and the latest production GAM 2023 , Maria Isabel.
His texts have been presented in Mexico, Spain, Germany and Argentina. In addition, he directed the works La Leva and Here nothing has been buried, by Leonardo González, and Jugar a la guerra, which he authored.
He was part of The Royal Court Theater International Playwriting Program, organized by Teatro La Plaza and Fundación Teatro a Mil. She is a teacher at the Theater Schools of the University of Valparaíso, UNIACC and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Daniel Corvillon
Maria Isabel
Directed by Ana Luz Ormazábal
Playwriting by Juan Pablo Troncoso
Original idea by Ana Luz Ormazábal and Camila González.
Cast: Camila González, Marcela Salinas, Esteban Cerda, Mariela Mignot
Comprehensive design: Manuel Morgado
Production assistance: Valentina López Sagüés
Composer: José Manuel Gatica
Photographs: Daniel Corvillon
GAM 2023 Production
Duration: 105 minutes
Recommendation: +14 years
Performances: January 16, at 6:30 p.m., in Room A2 of the GAM.
Price: $10,000 general
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