What to See in Independent Theater This November

With Ingrid Pelicori and Osmar Núñez. Directed by Leonor Manso.

A stellar duo, Ingrid Pelicori and Osmar Núñez, directed by Leonor Manso, bring to life this play that reconstructs —through an exchange of letters— the forty-year love story between Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann. A bond of enormous depth and complexity that transcends romance to become a reflection on creation, art, and the passage of time. Through this intimate epistolary journey, we witness the stages of a relationship marked by admiration, separations, reunions, and an unending artistic pursuit.

Where: Hasta Trilce, Maza 177. Tickets , here.

With Paulo Brunetti. Directed by Oscar Barney Finn.

A new and radical version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. In this one-man adaptation, Paulo Brunetti takes on the challenge of portraying all the characters, weaving an intimate and poetic narrative that explores human passion, frustration, and desire. Under the sensitive direction of Oscar Barney Finn, Vayna becomes a deeply emotional theatrical experience —a contemporary reinvention of a classic that moves with its subtlety, rhythm, and depth.

Where: BAC, Suipacha 1333. Tickets, here.

With Silvia Villazur, Martina Zapico, Alejandra Oteiza, Jowy Sztryk. Directed by Nicolás Manasseri.

Four women share a single room, trying to survive their own ruins. A young woman gets lost in senseless monologues, a retired teacher sings her memories like a tragic opera, a frustrated ex-tennis player relives the glories that never were, and a coach clings to a flicker of hope. Between confinement, madness, and the need for affection, they hold each other up —united by the desire, or impossibility, of escape.

Where: El Jufré, Jufré 444. Tickets, here.

With Hernán Franco, Juan Isola, and Valentín Pelisch. Directed by Ignacio Bartolone.

Forty years after the death of the author of El fiord and El niño proletario, the company La Espada de Pasto pays tribute to one of Argentina’s most unclassifiable and provocative writers. With an explosion of energy and biting humor, the stage fills with Lamborghini’s verbal intensity and poetic chaos in a show that oscillates between performance, parody, and artistic manifesto. A theatrical experience that blurs the line between art, madness, and genius.

Where: Galpón de Guevara, Guevara 326. Tickets, here.

With Lean Fernández, Luciana Guacci, Omar Guzmán Torrez, José Larralde, Facundo Narváez Mancinelli, Misha Segurado, Analia Sirica, and Diego Verni. Directed by Klau Anghilante.

The third season of this Molière classic, performed outdoors in the gardens of the Larreta Museum. Argan, convinced he suffers from every possible illness, lives surrounded by doctors, apothecaries, and absurd diagnoses. In his obsession, he tries to marry his daughter off to a medical student while his second wife schemes to take his fortune. With lively pacing and a festive tone, the play invites audiences into an immersive experience where 17th-century satire meets the charm of unconventional spaces.

Where: Museo Larreta, Juramento 2291. Tickets, here.

With Virginia Kaufmann. Directed by Hernán Carbón.

Mirna lives locked in her house, trapped by her fantasies, obsessions, and an unfulfilled love. Between songs, delirium, and confessions, her inner world becomes a laboratory of emotions where humor and sadness coexist intensely. This musical solo piece offers a hilarious yet melancholic portrait of modern loneliness, revealing a hermetic woman who is transparent in her fragility.

Where: Moscú Teatro, Juan Ramirez de Velazco 535. Tickets, here.

With Malena Padín and Leandro Bassano. Directed by Sabrina Arias.

Sex, literature, love, and death collide in this theatrical journey into the mind of a writer on the brink of collapse. Milán, a frustrated and alcoholic author, tries to finish a novel that’s consuming him, while Morena, his muse and obsession, appears like a mirage between reality and fiction.

With provocative language and scenes charged with erotic and poetic tension, Bukowski Inspiration explores the fine line between creation and self-destruction —a visceral, intense, and literary piece.

Where: Nun, Juan Ramirez de Velazco 419. Tickets, here.

With Lucía Dantin, Isabel La Rosa, Graciela Mangani, and Florencia Rosemblit. Directed by Lucía Márquez.

In a seemingly quiet Buenos Aires neighborhood, a family secret threatens to surface. Amatista receives a mysterious phone call that prompts her to investigate her family’s past, leading to an encounter with her grandmother’s ghost. A hidden grandfather is revealed, uncovering a web of silence, betrayal, and emotional inheritance. Incandescent Esmeralda blends mystery, the fantastic, and the intimate —where the supernatural and the everyday meet.

Where: Moscú Teatro, Juan Ramirez de Velazco 535. Tickets, here.

With Milagros Almeida, Fini Bocchino, Julián Cardoso, Hernán Lucero, Ricardo Merkin, Alexia Moyano, Silvina Quintanilla, and Julieta Raponi. Directed by Helena Tritek.

Inspired by Chekhov’s Three Sisters, this version directed by Helena Tritek offers an Argentine, profound, and melancholic reflection on the longing to escape and the dreams left behind. Three women confront the passage of time and the erosion of ideals while family, love, and routine keep them anchored in an oppressive reality. A tribute to classic theater with a very contemporary gaze.

Where: Centro Cultural de la Cooperación, Av. Corrientes 1543. Tickets, here.

With Rocío Ambrosoni, Jesús Catalino, Nazareno Gil, and Violeta Brener.

Claudio and Virginia meet in the hallway of a seaside apartment building on a winter afternoon. What seems like a simple goodbye turns into an emotional battle filled with reproaches, distorted memories, and impossible desires. As other characters try to break into that closed space, the tension grows to suffocation. Between love and heartbreak, humor and melancholy, Mar del Plata subtly exposes the pain of not being able to let go.

Where: Nun, Juan Ramirez de Velazco 419. Tickets, here.

With Belén Borghi, Carolina Huerta, Mariana Terrafino, and Virginia Flammini. Directed by Fernanda Giménez.

Grotesque, ‘90s, and fiercely Argentine. In a public school in 1997, four women struggle to organize a patriotic ceremony while the country —and their lives— crumble around them. With biting humor and a frantic pace, the play combines irony, chaos, and pop culture to reflect on education, power, and survival. A distorted yet endearing mirror of an era when everything seemed on the verge of exploding.

Where: Teatro CC Thames, Thames 1426. Tickets, here.

With Joaquin Ochoa, Chechu Vargas, Alexis Mazzitelli, Carla Pannunzio, and Eduardo Munitz. Directed by Violeta Cárcova.

An original and entertaining dramedy where a family decides to run their household as if it were a country —with a president, elections, and even its own economy. But when the youngest daughter begins to question the rules, domestic order begins to crumble. What starts as a game turns into an exploration of tension, desire, and power struggles that test the fragile balance of family life.

Where: Teatro Border, Godoy Cruz 1838. Tickets, here. available here.

With and directed by Carla Fonseca.

An autobiographical solo piece by the daughter of Abelardo Fonseca, a crew member of the TC-48 plane that carried 54 newly graduated cadets from Córdoba’s Military Aviation School and disappeared on November 3, 1965. Sixty years after that fateful, still-mysterious event, the actress, musician, and performer creates a tribute that is also an act of remembrance. Blending theater, dance, and visual arts, Fonseca explores her father’s absence through the eyes of a daughter searching for answers in art —transforming loss into a poetic, profoundly human ritual.

Where: La Carpintería Teatro, Jean Jaures 858. Tickets, here.

With Melisa Freund and Alfredo Sánchez. Directed by Melisa Freund and Analía Mayta.

A farewell ceremony turned into a tribute. An actress plays herself to summon the presence of her deceased father. To do so, she invites an actor —who was also her father’s friend— to portray him. Together, they recreate fragments of the play her father wrote about his own life, creating a hall of mirrors between what was lived and what is performed. Fiction and reality merge like Russian dolls —a story within a story within a story.

Where: Ítaca Complejo Teatral, Humahuaca 4027. Tickets, here.

With Ángel Blanco. Directed by Julián Belleggia.

A raw solo performance. Gustavo bit his father’s face —and now must face questions trying to uncover why. While waiting in a one-way observation room, his thoughts begin to overflow, his words pouring out unfiltered. What drives a person to such breaking point?

Where: Método Kairós Teatro, El Salvador 4530. Tickets, here.

With Pocha De Filippi, Roberto Pierucci, and Luis Saenz. Directed by Ariel Zappone.

A play by Carlos Gorostiza that starkly portrays the tensions between sacrifice, hypocrisy, and everyday frustration. Cayetano, a volunteer firefighter, returns injured after putting out a blaze, while his wife, Libertad, maintains a secret affair with his friend Pascual. Between deceit and repressed desire, routine becomes unbearable. Everything explodes when Cayetano involves them in a disturbing “fire drill” that exposes the smoldering embers of their lives.

Where: El Jufré, Jufré 444. Tickets, here.