**JORDI CASANOVAS GÜELL**
*Vilafranca del Penedès, 1978*
Playwright, theater director, and screenwriter.
He has written over forty theatrical works, including notable titles such as *Immunitat* (La Villarroel, 2022), *Gazoline* (Teatro Conde Duque, 2019), *Valenciana, la realidad no es suficiente* (Teatro Principal Valencia, 2019), *La danza de la venganza* (La Villarroel, 2019), *Jauría* (Teatro Kamikaze, 2019), *Mala broma* (Sala Muntaner, 2018), *Port Arthur* (2016, Festival Grec), *Idiota* (Sala Muntaner, 2015), *Vilafranca* (Teatros amigos / Teatro Libre, 2015), *Ruz-Bárcenas* (Teatro del Barrio, 2014), *Una historia catalana* (TNC, June 2011/2013), *Patria* (Teatro Libre, 2012), *Un hombre con gafas de pasta* (SALAFlyHard, 2010), and *La Revolución* (La Villarroel, 2009).
He...
**JORDI CASANOVAS GÜELL**
*Vilafranca del Penedès, 1978*
Playwright, theater director, and screenwriter.
He has written over forty theatrical works, including notable titles such as *Immunitat* (La Villarroel, 2022), *Gazoline* (Teatro Conde Duque, 2019), *Valenciana, la realidad no es suficiente* (Teatro Principal Valencia, 2019), *La danza de la venganza* (La Villarroel, 2019), *Jauría* (Teatro Kamikaze, 2019), *Mala broma* (Sala Muntaner, 2018), *Port Arthur* (2016, Festival Grec), *Idiota* (Sala Muntaner, 2015), *Vilafranca* (Teatros amigos / Teatro Libre, 2015), *Ruz-Bárcenas* (Teatro del Barrio, 2014), *Una historia catalana* (TNC, June 2011/2013), *Patria* (Teatro Libre, 2012), *Un hombre con gafas de pasta* (SALAFlyHard, 2010), and *La Revolución* (La Villarroel, 2009).
He has received the Ciudad de Valencia Award for *Estralls*, the Ciutat d’Alcoi Award in 2005 for *Beckenbauer*, the Marqués de Bradomín Award in 2005 for *Andorra*, and the José Robrenyo Award in 2002 for *Las mejores ocasiones*. The trilogy composed of *Wolfenstein*, *Tetris*, and *City / Simcity* received the Barcelona Critics Award for the revelation of the 2006-07 season, the Crítica Serra d’Or Award for Best Theatrical Text of 2006, and nominations for the Butaca Awards and the Max Awards. He won the Butaca Award for Best Theatrical Text in 2009 for *La Revolución*, the Time Out Award for Best Play of 2011 for *Un hombre con gafas de pasta*, the Butaca Award for Best Theatrical Text of 2011 for *Una Historia Catalana*, the Ciudad de Barcelona Theater Award in 2012 for *Patria*, the Butaca Award for Best Theatrical Text of 2015 for *Vilafranca*, the Leonardo Scholarship from the BBVA Foundation in 2018 for *Valenciana*, the Max Award for Best Theatrical Show for *Jauría*, and the Max Award for Best Adaptation or Theatrical Version for *Jauría*. He was also honored with the National Culture Award of Catalonia in 2022.