Estela Golovchenko (born 16 March 1963) is a

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, and

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Biography

Estela Golovchenko was born in San Javier, in the

Río Negro Department Río Negro Department ( es, Departamento de Río Negro, ) is a department of the northwestern region of Uruguay. It has an area of and a population of 54,765. Its capital is Fray Bentos. It borders Paysandú Department to the north, Tacuarembó D ...

. In 1986, she moved to

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(and has since lived there) and joined the theatrical group ''Teatro sin Fogón''. She conducted courses and acting workshops Sergio Lazzo and Enrique Permuy, directing workshops with Rubén Yáñez and Jorge Curi, staging workshops with , and theatrical animation courses with Antonio Baldomir and Enrique Laiño, among others. Thanks to a grant from the Uruguayan Center of the

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International Theater Institute for the first national theater workshop in Uruguay in 1991, and she received classes from Richard Ferraro, Levón and Héctor Manuel Vidal. Another scholarship in 1994, from the , allowed her to work as an assistant director for Jorge Curi. In 2004, she graduated from the workshop for the teaching of scenic art of the

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, studying under such names as , Graciela Escuder, Myriam Gleijer, , Isabel Pérez, Mary Vázquez and

Elena Zuasti Elena Zuasti (May 18, 1935 – April 8, 2011) was a Uruguayan stage actress and comedian. Biography Zuasti was born in Montevideo in 1935. She graduated twenty years later from the Dramatic Art School and managed to enter the National Comedy ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Golovchenko, Estela 1963 births Living people Uruguayan people of Ukrainian descent Uruguayan women writers Uruguayan women dramatists and playwrights Uruguayan stage actresses People from Río Negro Department