Jô Bilac

Jô Bilac in Gothenburg (2014)

Jô Bilac, (born 1984 as Giovanni Ramalho Bilac) is a Brazilian playwright, he debuted in 2006 as a professional playwright.[1]

Jô Bilac has an Indian father and a Brazilian mother and spent most of his childhood in Madrid, Spain. When he returned to Brazil he lived with his family in the Rio de Janeiro area of Urca and got his first contact with the world of theater with plays staged at the Colégio Andrews. Later he started studying theater at FAETEC in Niterói and also Escola de Teatro Martins Pena. At the age of nineteen he wrote his first play, Sangue na caixa de areia. In 2006 he made his debut as a professional playwright at the culture center Sérgio Porto with the play Bruxarias urbanas.

In 2007 he wrote the comedy Desperadas, the same year he made 2 p/ viagem and Cachorro!; the last one was played at the Companhia Teatro Independente.[2] In 2008 Limpe todo sangue antes que manche o carpete a new play of Bilac was made at Teatro Solar de Botafogo.

In 2010 Bilac won the "Prêmio Shell"-award for his play Savana Glacial.[3]

Plays

References

  1. "Jô Bilac desponta como grande nome da nova geração". Jô Bilac desponta como grande nome da nova geração - Cultura.rj. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. Revistabrasileiros.com.br
  3. "Guia Folha - Teatro - Veja tr�s peças vencedoras do Prêmio Shell-RJ em São Paulo - 27/03/2011". Guia.folha.br. Retrieved 24 October 2014. replacement character in |title= at position 30 (help)
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