Guillermo Verdecchia

Natalie Alvarez (Ryerson University)

Ed. by Karis Shearer, University of British Columbia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 7 Dec 1962
Activity 1982-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Verdecchia's Works

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Playwright, dramaturge, director, translator, and actor Guillermo Verdecchia is a prominent figure in the Canadian theatrical landscape, known equally for his powerful solo performance and for intercultural collaborative engagements that generate politically incisive theatre. His work employs documentary material, autobiography, and metatheatrical devices to challenge totalizing national mythologies and induce spectators to consider what it means to be a global citizen. The source material of his theatre is derived from knowledge that is situated and contingent on an examination of identity and cultural positions in flux. His 1993 production of

Fronteras Americanas

is regarded as one of the first theatrical articulations of Canadian

Latinidad

and a cornerstone of the Latin-Canadian…

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Citation: Alvarez, Natalie. "Guillermo Verdecchia". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 October 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5375, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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