Florencia Iriondo

Florencia Iriondo is an Argentine-American playwright, composer, actor, singer, and showrunner. She is best known for her Off-Broadway musical, South, which won the 2023 Pipeline Arts Foundation Award for New Musical Theatre. Iriondo wrote the book, music, and lyrics, and she also stars in the one-woman show. She currently lives and works in the East Village of New York City, where she has resided since 2013. She left LinkedIn in 2022 to pursue musical theater and her show, South, full time. and a recipient of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 2022-23 Writers Residency Grants.

Her first show, Back Home, was originally written for three women. This show would ultimately become South, a one-woman show featuring Iriondo. and it was the winner of the Pipeline Arts Foundation Award for New Musical Theatre in 2023.

The show is inspired by Iriondo's experiences as a Latina immigrant in New York City, and it explores themes of family and belonging. It tells the fictional story of Chica, who fled her home in the southernmost tip of Argentina to live in New York City. The musical follows Chica's journey of self-discovery and identity as she navigates a new language, a new culture, and a big new city.

The cast album was recorded in Argentina.