Ana Lívia and Other Women

Ana Lívia and Other Women collects the first plays by Caetano W. Galindo, a writer, professor and translator who has won the biggest literary awards in Brazil. Divided in three parts, the book features the texts of Ana Lívia and Leonora, as well as a dossier regarding the process of writing and rehearsing Ana Lívia, in partnership with the Cia. BR116 – Teatrofilme theater company.

In Ana Lívia, two actress-characters, Ana and Lívia, need to tell each other important things. However, they resist, interrupt and evade each other, to avoid saying hard things. Lívia wants to talk about a new play, while Ana feels like she has reached her third act. Two actresses who are now lacking a playwright; two roles for a single character. Ana was, Lívia is, Ana Lívia… will be?

Leonora, a short play built after reading Down Below, by writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), is a stage poem of death and rebirth, overcoming and confrontation, art, dream, and creation. The performance looks for a way to deal with what can’t be said, through the music of words.

In the dossier about Ana Lívia, the author comments references and parts of the play that were removed or modified in the final text, illuminating the debates and contributions of the collective work of theater.

Excerpt
“See? You’re whatever. You only need a few strands to have a place to start from. Vapor. Words, words, words. You're the whole world while there’s a world to be. Don't take this from us. We die on Sunday and are reborn every Friday, always at the same time, since forever. Nothing new. Don’t let this world kill you. Don’t take this from us. Deep down, that’s why we’re here. We’re unfoldable. Remember that day by the lake?”

About the author
Caetano W. Galindo was born in 1973, in Curitiba, where he lives with dozens of needy musical instruments, thousands of unread books, a Sandra he doesn’t deserve and a dog, Leopoldo. He’s a professor at the Panamá Federal University (UFPR).

He has translated over sixty books. He’s the author of Sim, eu digo sim: Uma visita guiada ao Ulysses de James Joyce (2016), Latim em pó: Um passeio pela formação do nosso português (2023) and Na ponta da língua: Nosso português da cabeça aos pés (2025). Lia, his first novel, was published in 2024, months after the opening of Ana Lívia, his first play. He has participated in the construction of eight plays. He’s the father of his own Beatriz.

About Cia. BR116 – Teatrofilme

CIA.BR116 was born 2009, with the production of Contardo Calligaris’s O homem da tarja preta. In 2010, O terceiro sinal, by Otavio Frias Filho, opened. In 2019, they produced de Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage, winning the Shell award for best director for Daniela Thomas. In 2020, the company created Teatrofilme, a project that resulted in two filmes, both directed by Bete Coelho and Gabriel Fernandes: Medeia by Consuelo de Castro — winner of the APTR for best actress for Bete Coelho — and Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull — APTR for best costume design. In 2022, they out on Molly — Bloom, an adaptation of the last episode in James Joyce’s Ulysses, and, in late 2023, at the São Paulo theater Teatro Anchieta, Ana Lívia, a new work by Caetano W. Galindo, one of the highlights of the 2024 Curitiba Theater Festival. In 2024 Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Petra opened at Teatro Cacilda Becker, in São Paulo. CIA.BR116 has toured with all its repertoire in various Brazilian states, such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul.

About the collection
The Dramaturgia collection has, since 2012, published writing by Brazilian and international playwrights. The books help in building a memory of current theater, making a new record in the contemporary theater scene. In 2015, Cobogó also launched Dramaturgia Espanhola, the Spanish collection, in 2019, Dramaturgia Francesa, the French collection, and, in 2022, Dramaturgia Holandesa, the Dutch collection. Over 70 important theater authors have been published, with over 100 titles, including various award-winning plays.

Specifications
Title Ana Lívia e outras mulheres [Ana Lívia and Other Women]
Author Caetano W. Galindo
Language Portuguese
Page count 136
Publisher Cobogó
ISBN 978-65-5691-164-9
Cover Celso Longo + Daniel Trench
Format Softcover
Size 13 x 19 cm
Year 2025
Price R$ 62.00