ISABEL BURR RATY
After the British, Spanish and Chilean explorers had exterminated all the indigenous nations in Chilean Patagonia, i.e: Caucahue, Aónikenk, Selk'nam, etc., the Chilean government opened the doors for pioneers to inhabit these lands. The new incomers came from the north of Chile and from Europe, settling along 800 km of exuberant territory. In this mask monologue, Isabel Burr Raty embodies three pioneer women (including her grandmother) who look at their life and future projects. This theatrical document unfolds the feminine story and contradictory reality of Jurassic lands that become ambitious tourism and energy projects.
Direction, production, dramaturgy, acting, mask confection Isabel Burr Raty
Acting Direction
Gonzalo Losada & María Ignacia Bouchon
Camera
Antonio Quercia, Daniela Morales & Isabel Burr Raty
Editing
Camila Montero & Luis Portcarrero
Integral Design
Sergio Torretta
Scenography
Fernando Meneses
Costume Design
Marjory Araya
Graphic Design
Francisca Armas
Technicians
José Joaquín Ovalle & Enrique Llano
Creative Advisors
Pía Beckmann & Fernando Meneses
Supported by
Council of Arts & Culture XI Region Chile
& Wallonie Bruxelles in Chile, Spanish Cultural Center, UCC Channel Bicentenario, ACCA of CONAMA, Eduardo Cifuentes’s Photography, Municipalities of: Chile Chico, Cochrane, Caleta Tortel, Villa O’Higgins, Puerto Ibáñez and Puerto Tranquilo, SERNAM XI Aysén Region, Balmaceda Arte Joven, Pan Semilla, Vinos Bouchon
Theatrical document – The Concept
Las Tres Marías is a combination of Comedia Humana, which is the modern version of Commedia dell’Arte, with documentary film. Both the masks and the film, perform as a unity by telling stories that back then had not been documented in a theatrical form. This theatrical document was designed to travel and be performed in unofficial performing spaces.
Play Tour
In 2006 this mask play toured all along the villages of the most southern part of the Austral Highway, from Coyaique to Villa O'higgins. Because at that time there were no theaters around, Las Tres Maráas performed in public spaces and schools, communal & sports centers, bringing theater to people that had never seen theater before.
CHRONOLOGY
2009
October: Season at Museo Benjamín Vicuña Mackena, Santiago
2008
June: Season at Biblioteca de Santiago
September: Season at Biblioteca de Santiago
2007
January: Season at Festival de Teatro Festival Off, Galpón 7, Santiago
January: Season at Centro Cultural “El Sofá”, Santiago
January: La Legua, Santiago
September: Centro Cultural “Ainil”, Santiago
2006
March: Austral Highway Chilean Patagonia tour, villages: Chile Chico, Puerto Bertrand, Cochrane, Caleta Tortel, Villa O’higgins & Puerto Tranquilo
June: Centro Cultural de España, Santiago
July: Season in Teatro Balmaceda 1215, Quinta Normal, Santiago
September: Season at Teatro Lastarria 90, Santiago
November: Season at Teatro Galpón 7, Santiago
LAS TRES MARÍAS
theatrical document
mask play
