Carlos Ferrari

Carlos Ricardo Ferrari Sarracino (July 29, 1931 – May 8, 2025) was an Argentine-Puerto Rican playwright, actor and theatrical director. In Puerto Rico, Ferrari was well loved and known as "The most 'boricua' Argentine", "boricua" being a slang word that means Puerto Rican. In his adopted Caribbean country, Ferrari created the "Nuestro Teatro" ("Our Theater") theatrical company in 1977.

Life and career Ferrari studied acting from a very young age at Instituto del Arte Moderno (Modern Arts Institute) in Buenos Aires, beginning in the 1940s. He was a radio and television screenwriter and collaborated in that role during the early days of Argentine television. it was geared towards children and awarded young people whom they considered talented.

During the early 1960s, Ferrari moved to the United States, settling in New York City. In the United States, he studied direction at the RCA school. He decided to visit Puerto Rico, where he fell in love with that country's people and its tourist sites, deciding to establish himself there. He immediately directed one play for "Teatro del Sesenta" ("Sixties Theater"), a theatrical company whose stars included, at one time or another, such luminaries as Luis Oliva and Luz María Rondón. With that company, Ferrari presented "El Insolito Caso de Miss Piňa Colada" ("The Strange Case of Miss Piňa Colada"), "Dito! Tan Bueno Que Era!" (Dang! He Was Such a Good Person!"), "Con el Agua Hasta el Cuello" ("The Drowning Pool"), "Como Chava Chendo!" ("Chendo is Always Annoying!") and more.

Through the rest of his life, well into his later years, Ferrari kept writing and directing plays, including "Seis Maridos Para Marie" ("Six Husbands for Marie"), "Festival del Chillo" ("The Cuckold's Bull's Festival"), "Aquel Contraya'o Dia en que no Tuvimos Television" ("That Damn Day in which we had no Television!"), as well as children's plays "La Cigueňa va a la Escuela" ("The Stork Goes to School") and "Bailando al Son Del Corillo" ("Dancing to my Gang's Rhythm"). He continued touring internationally, including Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and a return to New York.

Death Ferrari died at a hospice in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 8, 2025, at the age of 93.

Awards and recognitions Ferrari was recognized several times for his work on theater, including by the Circuito de Criticos de Teatro de Puerto Rico, the UNESCO Puerto Rico Association, the Puerto Rico Chamber of Representants and the Ace Awards in New York.