Microteatro: Formats, Mechanisms, and Innovative Approaches to Theater

The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs’ Program on Latin America and the Caribbean presents Miguel Alcantud. The speaker will present the founding and history of the Microteatro transnational theater network, which he began in Madrid, Spain in 2009 and which has now expanded to Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru and Miami, Florida. Incorporating examples of recent 15-minute performances staged in Spain and Latin America, Mr. Alcantud will introduce the audience to the Microteatro model and discuss the format’s innovative, engaging style. 

Miguel Alcantud is the creator and artistic director of the Microteatro transnational theater network and a member of the Academia de Cine (Film Academy). He has directed four full-length films and 60 chapters of television series on primetime or streaming platforms. Alcantud has written and directed many plays for live theater in various formats (long and short-form theater). He has published three books: the novel Incertidumbre (with Penguin Random House), the theater anthology Microteatro, una historia a través de 9 microobras and a book on writing micro-theater, Cómo escribir una obra de Microteatro (y que te la publiquen).