María Caudevilla
Specialty
Performing Arts
Training
International PhD in Theatre Studies – Complutense University of Madrid / University of London (2019)
Master's Degree in Advanced Theatre Studies – UNIR (2016)
Bachelor of Arts in Drama – University of Kent (2000)
Career path
Trained in performing arts and dance in London and New York, María Caudevilla holds an International PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid and London University, and was a member of the 2007 Training Group at the Teatro de La Abadía. In 2008, she founded Baraka Teatro, whose productions have won the Contemporary Creation Award and received three nominations for the Max Awards for the Performing Arts.
She was a finalist in the 14th National Competition for Women Stage Directors, Talent Madrid, and Cultura Inquieta. In 2012, she received the CELCIT Special Medal for her contribution to the development of Ibero-American performing arts. In 2024, she won first prize in the 27th National Competition for Women Stage Directors. She also collaborates with institutions such as the Teatro Español and the Centro Dramático Nacional.
Subjects and workshops
DEGREE IN PERFORMING ARTS AND AUDIOVISUAL INTERPRETATION
-Interpretation I
-Interpretation III
-Interpretation Project III
-Cinema & Acting
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PERFORMING ARTS AND SCREEN ACTING
-Movement and Gesture
Research lines
Multimedia theatre, Stage direction, Acting interpretation, Acting movement and Dramaturgy
Awards, mentions and recognitions
Finalist in the XIV Stage Directors Contest
Nominated 3 times for the Max Awards for Performing Arts for "Sueño Lorca or the dream of apples"
MATADERO Madrid Contemporary Creation Award (Spanish Theatre) for "Miguel Hernández: Labrador del Viento"
Special Mention "Shortcut" in Cultura Inquieta
CELCIT Special Medal for his contribution to the development of Ibero-American Performing Arts
Official Selection in the 3Rs Contest, Fashion Art Institute
Other merits
we are not angels, a finalist in the first installment of Talent Madrid, obtains the Residency Scholarship for La nave del duende de Cáceres and is chosen by RNE as one of the ten best theater proposals of the season.
nobly, in co-production with Up-A-Tree Theatre, opens at the Palacio Valdés in Avilés, is presented at the ITEM Festival in Casa Encendida and in “Ellas Crean” at the Teatro Conde Duque.
It is part of the selection of the National Dramatic Center in the work laboratory between Russia and Spain, in collaboration with the Moscow Art Theater.
translate Lungs by Duncan Macmillan for the National Dramatic Centre.
Curator of the International Festival of Arts and Culture of Castilla y León, FACYL.