Atacama

by Augusto Amador

Thirty years after the dirty war waged by the General Pinochet regime on the Chilean people. Two strangers search the Atacama Desert for their buried loved ones and discover there are darker truths awaiting them underneath the hard sands of the Atacama. Atacama is the final play in Augusto's Latin-American Dictator Trilogy Series.

Thirty years after the dirty war waged by the General Pinochet regime on the Chilean people. Two strangers search the Atacama Desert for their buried loved ones and discover there are darker truths awaiting them underneath the hard sands of the Atacama. Atacama is the final play in Augusto's Latin-American Dictator Trilogy Series.

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Atacama

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  • Ross Tedford Kendall: Atacama by Augusto Amador
    “

    Really felt this one, emotionally and viscerally. I learned a lot about Chile's Pinochet and how that affected the people. Well put together and riveting to witness.

    Really felt this one, emotionally and viscerally. I learned a lot about Chile's Pinochet and how that affected the people. Well put together and riveting to witness.

    ”
  • Ariana Burns: Atacama by Augusto Amador
    “

    Captivating. Tightly writing. The turns of these haunted characters on a haunted land sits with you long after.

    Captivating. Tightly writing. The turns of these haunted characters on a haunted land sits with you long after.

    ”
  • Conor McShane: Atacama by Augusto Amador
    “

    A beautifully rendered two-hander exploring the brutality of dictatorships, both Pinochet's and others, as well as what happens to those left behind to sort through the pieces. The turn at the end really blew me away!

    A beautifully rendered two-hander exploring the brutality of dictatorships, both Pinochet's and others, as well as what happens to those left behind to sort through the pieces. The turn at the end really blew me away!

    ”
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Development History

  • Reading, Urban Stages, 2024
  • Reading, Bay Street Theater Tital Wave New Works Festival, 2022
  • Reading, Queens Theatre NYC, 2021
  • Reading, Full Circle Theatre, 2021
  • Reading, Full Circle Theater, 2019
  • Reading, Downtown Urban Arts Festival in NYC at Theatre 80 St. Mark's, 2018
  • Reading, , 2018
  • Reading, Teatro Vivo/Script Works, 2018
  • Reading, UCLA Department of Theater, 2018
  • Reading, Full Circle Theatre, St. Paul, MN, 2018
  • Reading, Firehouse Theater Richmond, VA, 2017
  • Reading, The Humanitas Prize, 2016

Production History

  • Professional, Full Circle Theatre, 2022
  • Professional, KUNM Radio Production, 2018
  • Professional, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM, 2018
  • Professional, Teatro Paraguas, 2018

Awards

  • Amplified Currents Festival of the Arts Spring 2021
    National Arts Diversity Integration Association
    Finalist
    2021
  • The Mix
    Steppenwolf Theatre
    Winner
    2018
  • International Playwriting Competition
    BBC
    Finalist
    2019
  • 2018 LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Work
    Semi-Finalist
    2018
  • Cimientos 2018
    Iati Theater
    Semi-Finalist
    2018
  • Play by Play Series
    Pioneer Theater. Salt Lake City, Utah
    Finalist
    2017
  • Botanicum Seedlings:
    Finalist
    2017
  • Festival of New Works (top 10 out of 700)
    Austin Playhouse
    Finalist
    2017
  • Best Unproduced Latin@ Plays 2017
    50 Playwright Project
    Winner
    2017
  • Eugene O'Neill Conference
    Semi-Finalist
    2017
  • LOCAL Theater Company LAB
    Finalist
    2017
  • Stratford Theater Lab
    Finalist
    2016
  • Princess Grace Award
    Semi-Finalist
    2016
  • National Latino Playwriting Award
    Arizona Theater Co
    Runner Up
    2016