Theater Network elects board of directors
ViaNica.com | Apr 5, 2008
The voting, which took place at the end of the meeting, determined the board to be composed as follows: president, Salvador Espinoza; vice president, Els van Poppel; René Moya, secretary; Guillermo Madrigal, first member; and Harold Agurto, second member.
“Our principal aim is to promote and dignify theatrical activities and theatrists in Nicaragua,” said the new president, actor Salvador Espinoza. He also pointed out that a new objective will be to agglutinate all people involved in this artistic activity, as it is currently confined to the members of the Carromato Project.
Asked about the current state of theater in the country, Espinoza explained that there is no lack of potential and desires, but that the cultural policies of the past government administrations have not been up to standard. The theater society has fallen asleep and been wounded. For this reason, he explained, a diagnosis of the current situation of theater is necessary, to be able to influence public policy. This will mainly focus on promoting the creation of adequate legislation, he said, also pointing out that there has been an important change in government recently.
The Carromato Project is an itinerant workshop, giving theater training in Central America. It is sponsored by the Agencia Sueca de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (ASDI), and has given impetus to activities for four years, bringing with them specialists from Latin America and Europe.