Margarita Musto (born 16 November 1955) is a Uruguayan actress, theater director, translator, teacher, and general and artistic director of the Comedia Nacional [es].[1][2]
As a theater actress, one of Musto's most relevant works was Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore, about the life of Alan Turing. Directed by Héctor Manuel Vidal, the play ran for four years and more than 300 showings, as of 1994.[6] Other important interpretations in her career were El método Grönholm [es], Una relación pornográfica, Frozen, Sonata de otoño (directed by Omar Varela), Madre Coraje, Closer, and An Inspector Calls (for China Zorrilla).
Her play En honor al mérito, based on the investigation of the murder of Zelmar Michelini,[7] and in which she also acted, was released in 2000 at El Galpón [es] theater. Thanks to this work, she won the 2001 Florencio Award [es] in the best national author text category,[8] and the first dramaturgy prize of the IMM [es]. In 2011 she again received the Florencio for best direction and the best theatrical show of the season for Blackbird by Scottish dramatist David Harrower.[9] Another of her successes as a director was Top Girls by the English playwright Caryl Churchill.[10]
Muasto has translated plays from French and English into Spanish. She teaches at EMAD and the Film School of Uruguay [es], as well as holding acting workshops.[6] From 2 January 2013 to 2016, she served as director general and artistic director of the Comedia Nacional, being the first woman to hold that position.[2][11]
^"49a Edición de los Premios Florencio" [49th Edition of the Florencio Awards] (in Spanish). Uruguay Association of Theater Critics. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2017.