The Teatro Orientación was a modern theater group in

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, that was established in 1932 by

Isabela Corona Isabela Corona''Cronología de Teatro en México - 1926/10 (in Spanish) (July 2, 1913 – July 8, 1993) was a Mexican actress. She debuted during the first decade of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography Isabela Corona was born as Refugi ...

and

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, and existed until 1938. Most of the theater group members, which was directed by

Celestino Gorostiza Celestino Gorostiza Alcalá (born January 31, 1904 in Villahermosa – January 11, 1967 in Mexico City) was a Mexican theater and cine playwright, director and dramatist. Biography Gorostiza, son of Celestino Gorostiza and Elvira Alcalá de G ...

, were members of the

Los Contemporáneos ''Los Contemporáneos'' (which means "The Contemporaries" in English) can refer to a Mexican modernist group, active in the late 1920s and early 1930s, as well as to the literary magazine which served as the group's mouthpiece and artistic vehi ...

group, and were members of the former Teatro Ulises before. In contrast to the former Teatro Ulises, the Teatro de Orientación was government-sponsored. In the beginning, the scenarios also based mainly on translations of scripts of notable international writers, but later the group staged own plays. The Teatro Orientación group was an experimental theater group from the 1930s. It has given its name to the Teatro Orientación, a theater in

that opened its doors on April 30 of 1958. Teatro Orientación in Mexico City has capacity for 351 people and its style is Italian.''Ficha Técnica''
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