Germana Quintana

Germana Quintana (born 16 July 1940) is a Venezuelan-born theatrical and television director and producer, a pioneer of independent and musical theater in the Dominican Republic, where she is known as la señora teatro. She is the founder of several theater groups in Spain and Latin America.

Biography Germana Quintana was born in Caracas on 16 July 1940. She studied television production and directing in Havana from 1957 to 1959. In late 1959, she began working as a TV producer and director at Channel 5, Caracas.

In 1995, together with Lidia Ariza, she started the Fundación Pro-Arte Dramático, which sought to create an independent theater. They later founded the Teatro Las Máscaras, and opened it on 9 March 2001 with a production of the play Las Locas del Bingo.

Awards and recognition In 2014, Germana Quintana was presented with a Journalistic Merit Award by the .

Plays written No quiero ser fuerte La hierba no da frutos Mea culpa Mi divina loca La querida de don José La carretera Volvió Juanita La coronela Dolly's bar Tato nítido 2013: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, produced by Atrévete, SRL by Gianni Paulino, presented at the Eduardo Brito National Theater 2014: La luz de un cigarrillo, won Soberano Awards for Best Direction, Actress, and Play 2014: Les Précieuses ridicules by Molière, produced by Atrévete, SRL by Gianni Paulino, presented at the Eduardo Brito National Theater 2015–2016: by Laurent Baffie and adapted into Spanish by , produced by Atrévete, SRL by Gianni Paulino, presented at the Eduardo Brito National Theater 2016: Citas a Ciegas, won Soberano Awards for Best Actor, Actress, and Play 2018–2019: Las prostitutas os precederán en el reino de los cielos (Prostitutes Will Precede You Into the Kingdom of Heaven) by José Luis Martín Descalzo, originally presented as De todos será el reino de los cielos (The Kingdom of Heaven Will Belong to All). This ran for 60 performances. 2020: Mimosas by Santiago Moncada, produced by Atrévete, SRL by Gianni Paulino, presented outdoors at Centro Cultural Mecenas