El «rumor Staiff»: Volver a los orígenes de Teatro Abierto, repensar el teatro porteño en la última dictadura militar

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06/2026
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estética
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Aisthesis: Revista Chilena de Investigaciones Estéticas
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Se ha considerado que uno de los detonantes para la conformación del mítico movimiento Teatro Abierto fue la declaración del director del Teatro Municipal General San Martín (TMGSM), Kive Staiff, al presentar la temporada de 1981, en la que habría afirmado que la exclusión de autoras o autores argentinos contemporáneos se debía a la «inexistencia» de los mismos. Un minucioso trabajo de archivo me permite afirmar que en los medios de gran tirada no se registró tal declaración; sin embargo, el rumor se cristalizó como un hecho. Analizaré su pregnancia y potencia performativa reconstruyendo el lugar que ocupaban Staiff y el TMGSM en esos años a partir de las intervenciones públicas del director hacia 1981, para comprender por qué aparece como el antagonista perfecto para la emergencia de este movimiento. Volver sobre los orígenes de Teatro Abierto supone un ejercicio que va más allá de reconstruir la genealogía de este singular acontecimiento: implica iluminar la complejidad de las tensiones que atravesaban al campo teatral de la época.
It has been suggested that one of the catalysts for the formation of the groundbreaking Teatro Abierto movement was the statement made by the director of the Teatro Municipal General San Martín (TMGSM), Kive Staiff, when presenting the 1981 season, in which he allegedly claimed that the exclusion of contemporary Argentine playwrights was due to their «non-existence». Meticulous archival research allows me to state that no such statement was recorded in the mainstream media; nevertheless, the rumour took on the force of fact. I shall analyse its significance and performative power by reconstructing the position occupied by Staiff and the TMGSM during those years, based on the director’s public statements around 1981, to understand why he appears as the perfect antagonist for the emergence of this movement. Returning to the origins of Teatro Abierto is an exercise that goes beyond reconstructing the genealogy of this singular event: it involves shedding light on the complexity of the tensions that ran through the theatrical field of the time.
It has been suggested that one of the catalysts for the formation of the groundbreaking Teatro Abierto movement was the statement made by the director of the Teatro Municipal General San Martín (TMGSM), Kive Staiff, when presenting the 1981 season, in which he allegedly claimed that the exclusion of contemporary Argentine playwrights was due to their «non-existence». Meticulous archival research allows me to state that no such statement was recorded in the mainstream media; nevertheless, the rumour took on the force of fact. I shall analyse its significance and performative power by reconstructing the position occupied by Staiff and the TMGSM during those years, based on the director’s public statements around 1981, to understand why he appears as the perfect antagonist for the emergence of this movement. Returning to the origins of Teatro Abierto is an exercise that goes beyond reconstructing the genealogy of this singular event: it involves shedding light on the complexity of the tensions that ran through the theatrical field of the time.
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