DRAMATURGAS DEL SIGLO XXI

David Rodríguez-Solás
Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst
dsolas@umass.edu

Resumen: En este siglo se produce un repunte de la edición y producción de obras de dramaturgas en España. El acceso de autoras con una exquisita formación específica a becas artísticas, los programas de teatros públicos y el aumento de la edición de textos teatrales han ayudado a dar visibilidad a la producción dramática femenina. Este artículo propone examinar estas circunstancias a través de casos de estudio de algunas de las dramaturgas representativas de este siglo.

Palabras clave: Dramaturgas españolas, teatro español, siglo XXI, dramaturgia joven, teatros nacionales.

FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract: During the century in Spain there is an increase in the publishing and production of plays by female playwrights. Female authors with exceptional training in playwriting enjoyed grants for their projects, public theaters programs and the momentum of play publishing helped female playwriting to gain visibility. This article proposes and examination of the circumstances that facilitated such change and uses representative twenty-first century female playwrights as case studies.

Key Words: Spanish female playwrights, twenty-first century, young playwrights, national theatres.