Johannes Schrettle was born in Graz in 1980. Studied in Graz and Vienna, i.a. German studies, Spanish, French, sociology, journalism. Since 1998, author of texts for independent theatre productions in Graz and for a theatre sitcom. Development of his first own drama “fliegen / gehen / schwimmen” at the author workshop held by Vienna’s Burgtheater in 2003. His second play “Dein Projekt liebt dich”, that was performed as a stage reading at steirischer herbst in 2004, was produced by Schauspielhaus Graz in 2005 and was nominated for the 2005 Stückemarkt at the Berliner Theatertreffen the same year. In January 2007 his text “boat people (TM) - Das Label ist schön” premièred at the Vienna Burgtheater’s Casino (directed by Robert Lehniger, in co-operation with fashion designer and “boat people” (TM) co-founder Lisa D). Most recently, his play “Ich habe King Kong zum Weinen gebracht” premièred at Vienna’s Burgtheater (directed by Robert Lehninger) in April 2008.

Mariano Pensotti was born in Buenos Aires in 1973, where he studied playwriting with Daniel Veronesse and Alejandro Tantanian and mise-en-scene with Ruben Szuchmacher. He is a director and author. His latest works include “Interiores” (2007), “Sucio” (2007) and “La Marea” (2005).

In some of his stagings (“Trieste”, “Noche en las cataratas”) he has explored the expressive use of the video as a narrative element juxtaposed to live acting. In other works (“Los 8 de Julio”, “Los Muertos”) his research was mainly focused on the theatrical boundaries, joining documentary elements to create fictional constructions. In other cases (“Ojos Ajenos”, “Vapor”, “Sucio”) the work was based on a very personal dramaturgy with a tendency to develop a world of its own and the work with the actors. Recently he has developed site specific performances (“La Marea”, “Interiores”) that work as urban interventions where fictions take place in a real context.