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Escola de Mulheres - Oficina de Teatro

 

ESCOLA de MULHERES - OFICINA DE TEATRO was founded in 1995, in Lisbon, by a group of women from different generations and experiences, sharing the same feeling: the difficult role of women in the Portuguese Theatre Scene.
Our aim is to promote new feminine dramaturgies, both national and international, and to develop feminine creation and work in the theatre. We realize that the themes usually presented in our stages don’t reflect the roles women have been playing in the last decades, as well as the new contradictions, which have risen out of gender and role playing dichotomies.
Theatre in Portugal displays mainly the male point of view on women, and therefore the male universe.
Escola de Mulheres is now part of the European project La Mirada and is taking steps in order to establish new partnerships with other International Women Theatre Groups.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - FERNANDA LAPA
LITERARY DIRECTOR - ISABEL MEDINA

  
 

Curriculum "Escola de Mulheres":

  


PRODUCTIONS
2009
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, by Tracy Letts. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venue Nacional Theater D. Maria II (25th Jun)

2008
DIA MUNDIAL DO TEATRO, Venue Clube Estefânia. Coordination Fernanda Lapa.
CLOUD NINE, by Caryl Churchill. Co-produced with Teatro Municipal Matosinhos. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venue Teatro Municipal Matosinhos (November).
SPEAK TO ME LIKE THE RAIN, based on texts by Tennessee Williams. Director Marta Lapa. Venue Teatro da Comuna (17th July)

2007
IMAGINA QUE DESCALCEI O SAPATO E AGORA NÃO O CONSIGO ENFIAR, based on the novel Womens Things by Teresa Rita Lopes. Director Marta Lapa. Venue Teatro da Comuna (10th May)
BITES, by Kay Ashead. Director Isabel Medina. Venue Teatro da Comuna, in Lisbon (November 4).
AUTUMN SONATA, by Ingmar Bergman. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venue Teatro Muncipal São Luíz (November 6)

2006
ÓDIOby Jorge Humberto Pereira. Director Francisco Camacho. Venue Teatro Sá de Miranda, Santarém (10 and 11th November). Venue Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon (15th November)
FUERA, FORA, DEHORS!, by Isabel Medina, Rachid Mountasar and Jean-Luc Paliès. Director Pedro Alvarez-Ossório. An international co-production between Escola de Mulheres, Atães, Cendrev and Influenscenes. Venue Teatro da Comuna (27th October)
F.T.I. - FÓRUM DE TEATRO IBÉRICO. Coordinated by Isabel Medina. Oficial lunch of the Iberian Theatre Forum. Venue Teatro Municipal São Luíz, in Lisbon (29th of May).
LEITURA ENCENADA O OLHAR DO OUTRO, based on the play Fuera.Fora.Dehors! wrote by the Portuguese author Isabel Medina, a Frenh author Jean-Luc Paliès and a Spanish author Rachid Mountsard. Dramaturgy and Selection of Texts Isabel Medina. Venue Teatro da Comuna (Lisbon) (20th January). A Portuguese, Franch and Spanish co-prodution.

 2005
THE OLDEST PROFESSION, by Paula Vogel. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venue The National Theatre (29th December)
BRUISES, by Judy Upton. Director Isabel Medina. Venue Teatro da Comuna (9th September)
BERNARDOBERNARDA, based on plays by the Portuguese author Bernardo Santareno. Dramaturgy and Selection of Texts Isabel Medina and Fernanda Lapa. Director Nuno Carinhas. Venue Convento das Bernardas (15th April)
THE FIRST NATIONAL WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS CONGRESS. A Three Day Congress with women play writers from all over the country, with the support of the Portuguese Authors Society, the Ministry of Culture and the Gulbenkian Foundation, promoted and organized by the Company. During the Congress, it was held a Contest to write a short play on the spot: “Express Writing”. Director Isabel Medina

2004
THE BALTIMORE WALTZ, by Paula Vogel. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venue Teatro da Comuna (Lisboa) (16th September – 17 October)
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, by Paula Vogel. Director Fernanda Lapa. Co-production with Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. Venue Teatro Nacional D. MariaII (Lisboa) (4 th July – 27 July)

2003
HOT’N’THROBBING, by Paula Vogel. Director. Fernanda Lapa. Co-production with the Lisbon National Theatre D. Maria II. Venue Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisboa) (9 October- 9 November)
AFTERPLAY/THE YALTA GAME, by Brian Friel. Director Nuno Carinhas. Co-production with Oporto National Theatre/Teatro Municipal Maria Matos. Venue Teatro Nacional São João (Oporto) (4 th July – 27 July). Teatro Maria Matos (Lisbon) (26 September – 26 October)

2002
NEW ANATOMIES, by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Director  Fernanda Lapa. Venue Teatro Taborda, Lisboa  (28th December to the 2nd  February 2003
SEVERAL PESSOAS, ROOTS AND DIALOGUES. Shows of poetry/music/dance and singing. Co-production with Companhia Bengala. Venues Nelas, Lagoa, Fafe, Cuba, Guarda, Palmela, Idanha-a-Nova, Vila Real de Santo António, Fundão, Marinha Grande, Évora.

2001
SEVERAL PESSOAS, ROOTS AND DIALOGUES, from the poetry of Fernando Pessoa. Shows of poetry/music/dance and singing. Co-production with Companhia Bengala. Venues Grândola, Castelo de Paiva, Caldas da Raínha, Fundão, São Brás de Alportel, Chaves, Entroncamento, Idanha-a-Nova, Lisboa-Teatro Tivoli.

2000
AGAMEMNON OR THE CRIME, by Margueritte Yourcenar and Yannis Ritsos. Director Antonino Solmer. Venue Palácio Marim-Olhão (15 th March – 15th April)

1999
LISBON DOES IT, Alice Vieira e Fina d'Armada. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venue Espaço da Patriarcal no Jardim do Príncipe Real (11 to 19 November)
POWER TO WOMEN  -  A MUSICAL, by Isabel Medina based in Aristophanes’ text Women’s Assembly. Director Isabel Medina. Music by Laurent Filipe. Lyrics Isabel Medina. Venue Teatro Maria Vitória (19th November 1999 to the 20th of March 2000)
COCO-CHANEL - A WOMAN BEYOND HER TIME. Fashion and Theatre. Written and directed by Fernanda Lapa. Fashion Designer Luisa Pinto. Venues Salão Ático,  Coliseu do Porto (18th June), Gare Marítima do Porto de Leixões (25th September)

1998
A MOUTHFUL OF BIRDS, by Caryl Churchill and David Lan. Theater/Dance. Directors: Fernanda Lapa and Francisco Camacho. Venue Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Lisboa
MARIA CALLAS- THE ABSOLUTE MYTH. A fashion and theatre show. Co-produced with fashion designer Luisa Pinto. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venues EXPO' 98
QUIETLY GROWING. Contemporary Dance and Theatre. Choreography Marta Lapa. Co-production with Gulbenkian Foundation. Venue – The Gulbenkian Foundation

1997
CLOUD NINE, by Caryl Churchill. Co-produced with The National Theatre. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venues Teatro Villaret (November), Auditório Carlos Alberto (Porto) (Februry1998).
WORKSHOP ON PLAY WRITING, with the support of the Institute for Books and Libraries, directed by Isabel Medina. From the 24th May to August. Venue Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores.
COMMON PLACE, by Lucía Sanchez. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venues Balleteatro (April), Teatro D.João V (July).
WONDERFUL READINGS. Due to the enormous success in 1995, it was played again. Venue Centro Cultural de Belém (June)

1996
DANCING AT LUGHNASA, by Brian Friel. Director Rosamaria Rinaldi (Italian). Venue Teatro Municipal Maria Matos  (September/October)
NEW CONFESSIONALS - A WOMEN CABARET, by Isabel Medina. Director Isabel Medina. Venue Comuna – Teatro de Pesquisa (July).
Organization of the FIRST MEETING OF PORTUGUESE WOMEN WRITERS, in SPA (Portuguese Authors Society), with the intention of writing plays based on the theme Women and the Overseas.

1995
BACCAE, by Euripides. Director Fernanda Lapa. Venue Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (September).
WONDERFUL READINGS. From January to June, by invitation of The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Company adapted a series of twelve traditional stories where actors, musicians and dancers recreated the fantastic universe of those fairy tales in an active interaction with children. Those traditional stories were presented ignoring the traditional female and male parts, thus breaking the stereotypes of the passive role women usually play on them.

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