Free space for dialogue, exchange and camaraderie between creators who want to collectively navigate their dramatic writing experience.
Eight projects will be accompanied for eight months of the year, forming a scriptural alliance that will grow thanks to the collective energy of those who participate and the vision of playwrights Nona Fernández and Marcelo Leonart, who will guide the process.
The selected projects will be worked on through various exchange experiences: group workshop sessions, classes with delivery of dramaturgical knowledge and individual tutoring; open conversations with national and international playwrights; viewing and reading of plays, process openings and dramatized readings.
A darkroom is a small room sealed from outside light. In it, the photographer encloses himself with the images he has captured of reality. Gropingly, he mixes the developing substances and processes the materials until, under the alchemical organization of his sensitivity, the magic is turned on and the photograph appears.
"The dark room is then a place of creative confinement, of concentration, of trial, of error, of discovery, of vertigo and uncertainty, of light and shadow. We like this concept, which dialogues with the name of our company, and that is why we have called the dramaturgical accompaniment that The Dark Piece offers: The Dark Room," the creators point out.
How to apply?
- Playwrights of Chilean nationality or residents in Chile who have a dramaturgical project to develop in the sessions of The Dark Room can apply.
- To apply, you must send an extract of your dramaturgical project of a maximum of ten pages, plus a cover page where the title of the project will be and a short synopsis of no more than twenty lines. IMPORTANT: The name or pseudonym of the author must not appear anywhere in the text. The evaluation of the applications will be completely anonymous.
- The material must be sent in an attached file to the following email: lapiezaoscura20@gmail.com. Along with this, a second attachment must be sent with the applicant's personal data: Name, email, address and telephone number + the name of the work. In the subject of the email it should say: APPLICATION THE DARK ROOM / *NAME OF THE WORK*
- Applications will open on January 15 and will be open until February 15, both dates inclusive.
- The results where the participants of The Dark Room will be announced will be communicated and published on March 15. The first session will be on Tuesday, April 1.
- The sessions will take place in person on Tuesdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at BiblioGam, from April to November, except for the month of July and holidays. If they are from regions other than the Metropolitan, they can be accessed electronically. The applicant must be available to participate in all sessions.
Apr 1 to Nov 25, 2025
Tues—7 to 9:30 p.m.
(Except July and holidays)
BiblioGAM (Edificio A, piso 3)
Free, prior call.
Limited places.
Jan 15 to Feb 15— Call
Apr 1 to Nov 25— Sessions
Aimed at playwrights of Chilean nationality or residents in Chile, who have a dramaturgical project to develop.
"Management plan financed by the Support Program for collaborating cultural organizations, call 2024"
The sessions will be held in person at BiblioGAM and remotely for those who live outside the Metropolitan Region.