María San Miguel / Proyecto 43-2
| Original idea: | María San Miguel |
| Creation and writing: | María San Miguel |
| Cast: | María San Miguel and María José Santos |
| Assistant director and live video: | Alba Muñoz |
| Sound: | Diego Martín |
| Lighting design: | Libe Aramburuzabala (La Cía. de la Luz) |
| Stage design and costume: | María San Miguel and Karmen Abarca |
| Choreographic advisor: | Ashely Orr |
| Graphic design, photography and audiovisual content: | María San Miguel and Alba Muñoz |
| Technical assistance on tour: | La Cía. de la Luz |
| Artistic advisor: | Domingo Ortega and Mª del Mar Navarro |
| Press: | Silvia Espallargas (ASÍ COMUNICA) |
| Production head: | María San Miguel |
| Production assistant: | Alba Muñoz |
| Distribution: | Proyecto 43-2 / Fran Ávila |
I’m a Survivor
is a documentary theatre piece that uses black humour and is presented with
two points of view: that of my father, a Covid-19 patient (among many other
things), isolated and hospitalised in the middle of a pandemic in the
Hospital of Medina del Campo (Valladolid); and that of a cook (those parts
key to the functioning of a hospital who live on the margins because we
never notice the importance and necessity of their work), in charge of
preparing the menus for the people hospitalised during the health crisis in
our country.
My father's death is now going through our lives and, inexorably, through
this project. I’m a Survivor is a documentary piece about what has
happened to us during this time of confinement (illness, fear, resilience,
death and mourning). And it will also bring to the stage part of my family
history. The character of the cook disappears and my mother will take over
as a caring, invisible and resilient woman.
She will accompany me on stage and will help me document our story and our
present. I’m a Survivor is a documentary theatre piece that will
portray the questions, doubts, ideas, insecurities and fears that we have
experienced all these years and, especially, during this strange time.
María San Miguel
María San Miguel (Valladolid, 1985) has a degree in Journalism and a
Master's degree in Humanities from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid,
where she began her theatre studies with teachers such as Domingo Ortega,
David Ojeda and Jesús Barranco. Her training as an actress includes studies
in theatre, movement (based on Jacques Lecoq's pedagogy) and voice (Roy
Hart Theater and Odin Teatret) at Mª del Mar Navarro and Andrés Hernández’s
school in Madrid. She has studied with performing arts professionals such
as Philippe Gaulier, Jeremy James, Familie Flöz, SITI Company, Kameron
Steele and Pablo Messiez, among others.
Between 2007 and 2012, she took on part of the management and production
tasks of the Aula de Teatro of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, being
in charge of the organization and coordination of Unitínere.
Between 2009 and 2012, she was a teacher of movement, voice and performance
in the uc3m theatre workshops and group, with more than 90 students in her
care. In 2010 she created Proyecto 43-2, a company with which she produces,
writes and performs.
She has researched and created Rescoldos de paz y violencia
(Embers of peace and violence), a documentary theatre trilogy about
violence in the Basque Country on which she has worked for ten years. She
has twice received the Dramatic Art Award of the Valladolid Provincial
Council. In 2016, she received a BBVA Foundation grant to support cultural
researchers and creators and a SGAE Foundation grant to participate in the
5th Dramatic Writing Laboratory. Viaje al fin de la noche (Journey
to the end of the night), the piece that closes her trilogy, was a finalist
for best revelation show at the Max Awards 2019.
That same year, she won the Enrédate competition of the National Drama
Centre (CDN) with Y llegar hasta la Luna (And get to the Moon), a
documentary theatre project about sex, violence and functional diversity.
This project has been awarded a Grant for Current Playwrights 2019 by the
Alicante Contemporary Authors' Show and the National Institute of
Performing Arts and Music (INAEM).
In November 2019, she premiered El contrato (The contract), by
Carmen Resino, in Barcelona, a commission from the Teatro de la Riada. In
February 2020, it was programmed in the Teatro Fernán Gómez in Madrid. She
is currently working with filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta and preparing her new
show I’m a Survivor, which will premiere at the Madrid Autumn
Festival in November 2020. In April 2021, she will premiere And get to the Moon at the National Drama Centre (CDN) and will
cross the pond to work in the United States. She will continue as well with
the tour of her documentary theatre trilogy on violence in the Basque
Country around Spain and Europe.