Juana estrellada
“La vida solo tiene sentido si encontrás a alguien que te cambie la vida.”
Written by Natalia Buyatti
Directed by Andrea Velasco
Staged Reading Presentation:
Sunday, June 14, 2026 – 6:00 PM
Tickets
General Admission - $10
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Location
IATI Theater - Mainstage
64 E 4th Street
NYC, NY 10003
ADA/Wheelchair Accessible
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About
After every breakup, Juana writes a poem. Over time, she realizes she has written enough to create a play. With the help of a writer, she gathers, selects, and reshapes these fragments into a theatrical collection of love, loss, and heartbreak. Accompanied by music and the presence of her friends, Juana searches for the origin of what has broken her, tracing the emotional patterns that define her relationships. Because while some are born under a lucky star, others are born to crash.
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy
Playwright
Natalia Buyatti | Argentina
Natalia Buyatti is an Argentine playwright, actor, and educator based in Córdoba. She holds a degree in Theater and has written numerous plays that have been published, awarded, and staged both nationally and internationally. Her works include Che amame, La casa de los grillos suicidas, and Matar es hermoso. Her writing often explores intimacy, memory, and emotional fragmentation through poetic and theatrical forms. In addition to her artistic work, Natalia teaches, performs, and continues to develop new writing while raising her son.
Artistic Team
Andrea Velasco, Director
Chilean actress, director, writer, and singer with a B.A. in Theater. Over the past fifteen years, she has developed a multidisciplinary career across television, film, music, and stage. As a recording artist, she released the albums Piñata and Herkimer. In 2018, she made her New York theater debut in Verano verano by Myrna Casas at IATI Theater, directed by Jorge B. Merced, earning the ATI Award for Best Actress in 2019. Her performance in the HBO short film Desde el principio, directed by Miguel J. Soliman, received recognition across multiple festivals, including the New York Latino Film Festival. Her theater work has also been recognized by the ACE, HOLA, ATI, and LATA Awards. Andrea is additionally a playwright and poet, publishing her first poetry collection, Dormancia, in 2018. She recently graduated with honors from NYU’s MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish (2026).
Laura Duarte
as Juana
Valeria Llaneza
as Amiga 1
Carmen Borla
as Amiga 2
Adriana Lea Plaza
as Amiga 3
Juan Pablo Mendive
Exes & Stage Directions