Cambio de paradigma en la dramaturgia mexicana para jóvenes audiencias

Authors

  • Yenizel Crespo Alarcón Compañía Marionetas de la Esquina, Centro Cultural La Titería, Ciudad de México Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37130/f6006w02

Keywords:

theatre for young audiences, playwright, childhood, adolescence, history, social paradigms, Suzanne Lebeau, Premio Bellas Artes

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the paradigm shift that has affected 21st century Mexican dramaturgy for children and young audiences, as a result of the global transformations that began in the early 1990s. Likewise, the article examines how childhood and adolescence are historical constructions that emerge in response to sensibilities, ways of life, and social needs at different historical moments. Canadian actress, playwright, and director Suzanne Lebeau is identified as a key figure in this change; she exerted a decisive influence on some of the most relevant Mexican playwrights for children and adolescents. Through the analysis of selected works, the study explores the concerns and needs to which the most current discourses respond, and also the perspectives and conceptions that drive them.

Author Biography

  • Yenizel Crespo Alarcón, Compañía Marionetas de la Esquina, Centro Cultural La Titería, Ciudad de México

    Yenizel Crespo Alarcón (Zacatepec, Mor., 1993) holds a degree in acting from the National School of Theatrical Art of the INBAL (National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature), where she graduated with honors. Between 2019 and 2021, she was part of the resident company El Milagrito, with which she participated in México 68 and El mercader de Venecia (dir. David Olguín), Sobreexpuesta (dir. Alberto Gallardo), Los justos (dir. Emmanuel Varela), and Herencia Flapper (dir. Elfye Bautista). Thanks to the support of the MEGA projects, in 2021 she completed the Diploma in the Construction of Scenic Poetics for Children at La Gorgona Teatro, where she participated in the street performance Mensajeros (dir. Uriel García Solís) and presented at the Zacatecas Street Theatre Festival in 2023. At Marionetas de la Esquina, she has trained in string puppets, rod puppets, and direct-control puppets, and has participated as an actress and puppeteer in numerous productions with the company, such as the Cervantino 
    International Festival, the National Theatre Showcase, the Children’s and Youth Theatre Festival of Córdoba, Argentina, and the Des Moines Performing Arts Festival in the United States. She participated in the academic coordination of the International Diploma in Dramatic Writing for Young Audiences, offered by the La Titería Cultural Center and UNAM Theatre. She has taught for infants, children, and teenagers and is currently completing her Master’s degree in Theatre Research at the Rodolfo Usigli National Centre for Theatre Research and Documentation.

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Published

2026-09-02

How to Cite

Crespo Alarcón, Y. (2026). Cambio de paradigma en la dramaturgia mexicana para jóvenes audiencias. CONCEPT, 32(1), 117-137. https://doi.org/10.37130/f6006w02