Atriz-produtora: a propósito da intervenção nos processos de criação teatral menor

Abstract

My proposal with this communication is to contribute with the debate which gravitates towards topics related to Theater Production and management, taking into account the creative, aesthetic and political consequences of having actors and actresses involved in the production process. First and foremost I have defined this research's object of study based on the philosophical provocations made by Deleuze and Guattari concerning the idea of a minor literature. As a conceptual base, I have also considered Walter Benjamin's reflections regarding the author as a producer. On the other hand, interviews with theatrical artists (from Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina) who have been working in this area for at least ten years and whose works are not created inside industrial parameters, were the basis for the empirical research. I also take into consideration my own experience as an actress-producer. This communication defends that the actress' and actor's participation in the production and management processes affects the aesthetic, ethical and political choices of the theatrical creation which I call minor. By emphasizing the actresses' point of view during the production project I believe to be rethinking it as a plainly mechanical process and begin to understand it as a creative process in which the actress becomes, once again, the center line.