Mariana Percovich

Mariana Percovich (born 1 December 1963) is a Uruguayan playwright, teacher, and theater director. She graduated as a literature professor from the Instituto de Profesores Artigas (IPA) of Montevideo. Prior to her reintegration into EMAD, she had been the Performing Arts Coordinator of her country's Ministry of Education and Culture, where she spent four years. She has won the Florencio Award twice. She has been part of the company Complot since 2007.

Career In her childhood, Percovich already liked the theater through the influence of her parents, who helped her to be a "conscious spectator", although she had decided not to be an actress. Before starting her theatrical career, she worked as a cultural journalist in different media, such as at the weekly magazine Búsqueda, where she held the post of editor of the culture section, and also as a literature teacher at different theater schools.

Her first contact with theater direction was due to the support of director Carlos Aguilera, who allowed her to be his assistant on all the rehearsals of his play Ya nadie recuerda a Frederick Chopin in 1982, when she was 19 years old. Her first production with the new company was Una lluvia irlandesa, by the Majorcan author Josep Pere-Peyró.

In 2012, she again took up management of EMAD,

Since July 2015, she has been the Director of Culture of the .

Style Percovich's direction style has been highlighted by "a scenic investigation of the relationship between the viewer and the space", which has led her to mount her works both in conventional halls and in unusual places, such as public or historical buildings, bars, stables, and train stations.

Cenizas en mi corazón, Extraviada, and Yocasta have been published in Uruguay, France, and Argentina in Spanish, English, and French.

In addition to Percovich's presentations in Montevideo, her plays have also been shown in Santiago, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, São Paulo, Curitiba, Barcelona, Madrid, London, and Nuevo León (Mexico), among other cities. As a teacher, she has developed a national and international career in direction and acting.

Awards In addition to the Florencio Award, Percovich has won the International Theatre Institute (ITI) Award for Te casarás en América, the Silver for Extraviada, as well as the Iris, Molière, MEC, and Gralha Azul awards.