To listen to what is not understood.

The stage dramaturgy of Animals on the Roof.

Authors

Keywords:

Animals on the roof, stage dramaturgy, stage creation, rehearsal process

Abstract

Abstrac: His article aims to address the stage dramaturgy work carried out in the play Animales en el techo (2004) (Animals on the Roof). This solo performance premiered in the city of Tandil, starring Jerónimo Ruiz and directed by Paula Fernández. The text was written collaboratively by Fernández, Ruiz, and Juan Santilli. We are interested in reflecting on the rehearsal process, understanding it as the space in which a network of diffuse associations comes into play, evolving into concrete discourses, materials, and procedures. In other words, we propose to explore the relationship between writing the text and writing the stage performance, weighing the trials, errors, understandings, and discoveries that are part of the fabric of the work.

Author Biographies

Paula Fernández Caputo, National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires

Associate Professor, artist-researcher in the Department of Theatre and Theatre History and Theory.
Courses taught: Theatre Direction and Seminar on Theatre Research and Integration. Faculty of Arts.
Theatre Program. UNC. Category III Researcher.

Jerónimo Lucas, National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires

A teacher at the Faculty of Arts of UNICEN, he works as a teaching assistant in the Body Expression III course.

References

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Fernández, P; Ruiz, J y Santilli, J (2024) Animales en el techo. Sin publicar.

Krieger, F (2024) Fotos 1 y 2.

Nancy, J-L (2007) A la escucha. Amorrortu.

Toop, D (2013) Resonancia siniestra. El oyente como médium. Caja negra.

Published

2026-07-02

How to Cite

Fernández Caputo, P., & Jerónimo Lucas. (2026). To listen to what is not understood.: The stage dramaturgy of Animals on the Roof. The Step. Notebook of Theatre Studies, 1(26), 22–30. Retrieved from https://www.ojs.arte.unicen.edu.ar/index.php/elpeldano/article/view/1597