Denise Duncan (Costa Rica, 1979)

Director, playwright and scriptwriter. She is a member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts.

She has premiered around twenty plays, including “Títuba. Bruixa, negra i ramera” (Writer and director. Sala Perifèria), “El combat del segle” (Writer and director. Sala Beckett/Centro Dramático Nacional/Teatre Principal de Palma), “Negrata de merda” (Writer and director. Teatre Tantarantana), “Henrietta” (Musical. Co-writer. Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica), “Mamita Yunai” (Dramaturgy/adaptation. Teatro Espressivo de Costa Rica), “Una dona al mirall” (Writer and director. Sala Atrium) and “La Taverna dels Bufons” (Co-writer and assistant director. Teatre Romea).

She has been awarded prizes such as the second prize of the “Premio Marquès de Bradomín” 2006 or the Premi Ciutat de Manacor de Teatre Jaume Vidal i Alcover 2018. She was the author of the VII Theatrical Writing Lab for the Fundació SGAE 2019 and resident author of the Sala Beckett for the 2019-2020 season.

Presentation updated in September 2024