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M. De Grandi

Maíra
De Grandi

[Positioning statement — to be written with Maíra] Choose a role to see the work.

Work

2025[Poster]

Directing (co-direction)

Na Sala dos Espelhos

Adapted from Liv Strömquist. Co-directed with Michelle Ferreira. Sesc Ipiranga, Nov 2025.

2025[Poster]

Directing · Playwriting

Brodagem: uma comédia drag king

A drag king comedy. Run in Porto Alegre, 2025. [confirm venue and festival]

2024[Poster]

Acting

Rádio Vinil

Cia Imprevisíveis, directed by Rhena de Faria. Circuito Municipal de Cultura.

2023[Poster]

Acting

4 da Espécie – a história do corpo coisa nenhuma

A Má Cia Provoca, directed by Michelle Ferreira. Sesc 24 de Maio. [year: 2022 or 2023?]

2020[Poster]

Improv [role to be confirmed]

ImpropériAs – Improvisação Online

Online improv. Virada Cultural, Dec 2020.

2020[Poster]

[role to be confirmed]

1ª Ocupação Mulheres Protagonistas

Damas Produções, Mar 2020.

2020–22[Poster]

[role to be confirmed]

“Deus me dê a confiança de um homem branco medíocre”

Online premiere, Casa de Cultura Brasilândia. [exact year]

2019[Poster]

[role to be confirmed]

Deus Deve Estar Distraído

Monologue based on texts by Caio Fernando Abreu, directed by Nelson Baskerville.

2019[Poster]

Improv [role to be confirmed]

Não Tem Xícara

Improvised comedy. Teatro UOL / Teatro Folha.

2018[Poster]

[role to be confirmed]

Tem Alguém que nos Odeia

Directed by Michelle Ferreira, with Mariana Mantovani. Sesc Belenzinho. Also performed as an online live show.

2017[Poster]

[role to be confirmed]

2 [duas]

Cia Teatro Enlatado.

2017[Poster]

[role to be confirmed]

O Relicário

A Musa Heróica, directed by Rhena de Faria. Prêmio Zé Renato, 5th edition.

2016[Poster]

Directing · Improv

O Livro do Improviso

Created with audience participation in public libraries.

2016[Poster]

Acting

Me voy a saltar sobre su cuerpo

Cast member. Sesc. [confirm title spelling]

2010–15[Poster]

Directing · Acting

Drive-Thru

Performance-intervention staged in a booth at Praça Roosevelt.

2013–14[Poster]

[role to be confirmed]

O Rinoceronte, a Lua e o Tonel

Children’s play, text by Peter Bichsel, directed by Ramiro Silveira.

2013–14[Poster]

[role to be confirmed]

Domingo no Museu

[description to be added]

Research

01

Humor and improvisation

Ongoing research in humor, improvisation and performance.

02

Drag king and masculinity

Since 2023.

03

The female gaze

Since 2023.

About

Director, playwright, actor and improviser.

[Short bio — English version of “Maíra Minibio.rtf”]

Education
Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts — TAFE University, Australia, 2004 [confirm the official English name of the degree]
Company
Cia Teatro Enlatado — founding partner, producer and director since 2009
Research
Humor, improvisation and performance; since 2023, gender and masculinity (drag king) and the female gaze

Press

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