WHO WE ARE
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AVE HERNÁNDEZ
Executive director and actress
Graduated in Dramatic Art by the Institute of Theater and Performing Arts of the Principality of Asturias, 1995.
Founded and co-directed Cia. La Sonrisa del Lagarto together with Marli Santana, a professional Iberoamerican company that are leaders in Asturian theater.
Director, author, pedagogue and producer of the following shows
- 2001 Antonio y Cleopatra el desencuentro del mirar
- 2004 ¡Se acabó el chocolate!
- 2004 Boneca
- 2006 Prisionero 119.109
- 2006 La Despedida
- 2008 Casa de Muñecas
- 2009 Adiós cordera
- 2009 A Raia do Meu Coraçao
- 2009 Basurilla
- 2013 Por las Nubes
- 2015 Valdemar, el cangrejo ermitaño
- 2016 Amares
- 2017 La Mona Simona
- 2020 Ohiá
Best Production Award "La Mona Simona"
VIII International Festival of Children and Youth Theater, Dominican Republic, FITIJ 2017.
Special Audience Award to "Casa de Muñecas"
III National Theater Contest "Villa de Lerma" 2008.
Best Direction
VII ‘Certamen Teatral Abierto Hasta el Amanecer’ 2006 with the group La Quimera from IES Roces and the play "Adictos a Shakespeare" (Shakespeare Addicts).
Premio Mejor Actriz
FETEN 1997
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MARLI SANTANA
Executive director and actress
Graduated in Dramatic Art by the Institute of Theater and Performing Arts of the Principality of Asturias, 1995.
Founded and co-directed Cia. La Sonrisa del Lagarto together with Marli Santana, a professional Iberoamerican company that are leaders in Asturian theater.
Actriz en los espectáculos “Kaô”, “A Heranca de Macbeth”, “OsNegros”, “Castro Alves”, “Aurora de M inha Vida” de diversas Cias. teatrales profesionales de su país , y asistente de producción en losEncuentros Internacionales de Artes Escénicas y de investigación Teatral realizados en Salvador de Bahia Brasil
Director, author, pedagogue and producer of the following shows
- 2001 Antonio y Cleopatra el desencuentro del mirar
- 2004 ¡Se acabó el chocolate!
- 2004 Boneca
- 2006 Prisionero 119.109
- 2006 La Despedida
- 2008 Casa de Muñecas
- 2009 Adiós cordera
- 2009 A Raia do Meu Coraçao
- 2009 Basurilla
- 2013 Por las Nubes
- 2015 Valdemar, el cangrejo ermitaño
- 2016 Amares
- 2017 La Mona Simona
- 2020 Ohiá
Best Production Award "La Mona Simona"
Project carried out in the framework of the Scenic Resources Center of the Principality of Asturias.
Special Audience Award to "Casa de Muñecas"
III National Theater Contest "Villa de Lerma" 2008.
Best Direction
VII ‘Certamen Teatral Abierto Hasta el Amanecer’ 2006 with the group La Quimera from IES Roces and the play "Adictos a Shakespeare" (Shakespeare Addicts).