10 alternative theater plays to see in Buenos Aires

With Leonor Manso, Eugenia Guerty, and Carolina Tejeda. Directed by Santiago Loza and Pablo Messiez.

A touching and heartfelt play by Manuel Puig that addresses fundamental themes such as love and the passage of time. Two sisters, Nidia and Luci, pass their hours through gossip about their neighbor Silvia’s loves as if they were stories that enrich life. To laugh, dream, and understand that it’s never too late to chase your own desires.

Where: Hasta Trilce. Tickets, here.

With Ingrid Pelicori, Anahí Gadda, and Carolina Guevara. Directed by Cintia Miraglia.

A play by Susana Torres Molina focusing on two strangers who arrive at Frida’s house — the wife of an accused man — seeking what is rightfully theirs but was taken away. They expect reparation, but the material aspect is secondary, and the victims, in their thirst for revenge, become perpetrators.

Where: Portón de Sanchez. Tickets, here.

With María Marta Guitart.

The encounter between Vicenta Lorca Romero and her son, Federico García Lorca, in a suspended time—the time of theater, music, and poetry. The voice of a mother and her son, through the letters Vicenta sent him during her travels and the texts the poet wrote at different moments in his life. A play between present and past, as if fate could be twisted.

Where: Ítaca, Complejo Teatral. Tickets, here.

With Leandro Orellano, Agustín Monzón, Fabián Petroni, Federico Milman, Santiago Maurig, Lorenzo Martelli. Directed by Maxi Rofrano.

At the final stage of his poor boxing career, Jacinto “El Negro” Ortega receives an offer to fight at Luna Park. His opponent is the young Argentine boxing prospect, Carlitos Peralta. However, the offer comes at a high price: to let himself be beaten. Ortega’s doubts oscillate between honor and money. He will resolve the dilemma in his natural habitat: the ring.

Where: Espacio Callejón. Tickets, here.

With Karen Medina, Charley Rappaport, Gabriela Bocalandro. Directed by Charley Rappaport.

An original psychoanalytic comedy following the journey of Lorena, a woman obsessed with having a child, who in a hilarious therapy session tries to gain her therapist’s approval regarding the different candidates in her quest to find “the perfect father.”

Where: El Jufré. Tickets, here.

With Cecilia Bonardi. Directed by Alice Penn.

A piece exploring love in its various facets: desire, seduction, illusion, loneliness, and the unspeakable, unfolded through a soundtrack composed of music and texts weaving a poetic fabric inviting the audience on a dreamlike journey where lived experiences coexist with dreamed ones.

Where: Portón de Sánchez. Tickets, here.

With José Escobar, Ariel Gigena, Karina Hepner, Natalia Imbrosciano, and Mauro Pelandino. Directed by Melisa Freund.

A group of friends gathers to rehearse a choreography for an amateur contest, but what begins as an aerobic practice ends up turning into a suffocating and explosive game with a complex web of relationships linked to love and betrayal.

Where: Espacio Callejón. Tickets, here.

With Belén Voto, Olivia Espeche, Joaquín Gallardo, Sara Naftali, and cast. Directed by Micaela Grillo.

A romantic comedy telling the story of Margarita, who just turned 18 and is sure of two things: she wants to be an artist and leave Entre Ríos. But her mother devises a plan to make her daughter change her mind: find a candidate who will make her fall in love and stay. A heartfelt story about growing up, choosing, and letting go.

Where: Teatro El Extranjero. Tickets, here.

With Gustavo Aleñá, Alejandro Cohen, Laura Fandiño, Tomás Landoni, and cast. Directed by Lucila Maricel Garay.

A group of artists tries to write their play while the world outside falls apart. Continuing to create can be the driving force or the failure. The news they receive is discouraging; while some prefer not to listen out of fear, others have the urgent desire to go out into the streets, but there is still an hour left of rehearsal and a companion hasn’t arrived. Is it worth continuing?

Where: Timbre 4. Entradas, acá.

With Dalila Real, Marcela Trajtenberg, Leandro Rosati. Directed by Leandro Rosati.

Two actresses and an actor are passengers on this delirious journey through time. A strange TV contest traffics human organs, an artistic producer hires musical scenes, a clandestine radio reports on the search for a missing director. Past, present, and future intertwine to give life to characters who continue to desire, act, and plan.

Where: Teatro El Popular. Tickets, here.