La criatura

A production reinterpreting El lobo estepario by Hermann Hesse through a successful woman who discovers the emptiness of the identity she has built for herself. Text by Julio Rojas and direction by Aarón Lobato.

La criatura is based on the novel by Hermann Hesse, which the playwright Julio Rojas freely recreates in a contemporary key. Its protagonist, La Criatura, is a functional, successful adult with no room for doubt: dazed by the pace of performance, the rush and her gaze fixed on her own image. After a big celebration she spends the night with a waiter considerably younger than herself and, when they part, he makes her promise that, when they see each other again, she must obey an order.

The piece examines ambition, isolation and longing in an environment preoccupied with performance and appearance. Pilar G. Almansa, dramaturg of the Nave 10 Matadero season, points out that the production, a century after the novel appeared, retains a glimmer of hope: the memory of its protagonist's childish laughter.

Aarón Lobato's direction celebrates a decade of artistic collaboration with Julio Rojas. The cast comprises Irene Arcos, Carmen Mayordomo and Nuno Gallego. The stage design and costumes are by Felipe de Lima, the lighting by Rodrigo Ortega, the musical composition by Alberto Torres, the choreographic movement by Andrés Acevedo and the sound design by Pilar Calvo; Pablo Martínez Bravo is assistant director. It is a co-production of Nave 10 | Matadero and Producciones Rokamboleskas.