Atriz-produtora: poder e criação

Abstract

In this paper, I defend that the power of authorship and creative intervention that actresses and actors find in theatrical productions is directly related to their participation in managerial instances of the projects and organizations with which they are involved. This paper derives from my doctoral research, for which the methodology consisted of the analysis of ethnographic data (interviews with theater artists with ten or more years of experience from Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina) and autoethnographic (linked to my own experiences as an actress and producer). I argue that within a production model that I define as minor theater, there is a desire from actors and actresses to create theatrical nuclei in which they can dedicate themselves exclusively to creation, without having to assume any administrative functions. Such a desire, however, did not become a reality in any of the initiatives I studied. I hypothesize that economic factors related to the productive models chosen by these artists, with a perspective not focused on mass consumption, as well as the fact that actresses and actors are also the authors of their works, corroborate that this desire is not achieved. This last factor is crucial to the point of view defended here, since the decision-making process, which for theater groups defines the creative parameters and the organization's operating logic, is itself a managerial function.