Theatre and Stage

en Campo de plumas
With Alonso Echánove in Field of Feathers (1993)
Fotografía: Fernando Moguel

Zaide has appeared in over 32 stage productions in Mexico encompassing a wide range of playwrights from the best in Mexico to the Classics, including works by Sor Juana, Rascón Banda, Carballido and Agüelles, Dario Fo, Finn Methling and Shakespeare.

She has directed 5 works, translated or adapted several others from English to Spanish and has written 2 plays of her own.

In 1997 she founded Mundo Canela Productions Productions along with her Canadian partner Richard McDowell. Mundo Canela Productions have translated to Spanish and produced three nominated or award-winning productions in Mexico City, Journey to the Green Shadows by Danish playwright Finn Methling, So Low by Canadian playwright Denise Clarke and The Moon as Seen by The Dead by Daniel Rodríguez Barrón.

She has performed and won awards for 3 monologue performances including The Capricious Life, (written especially for her by Emilio Carballido), A Woman Alone by Dario Fo and Franca Rame and So Low by Denise Clarke.

So Low ran for two seasons in Mexico City, and was awarded three separate awards for "Best Monologue Performance" by the Mexico City Theatre Critics Association. So Low was also performed in many cities inside Mexico and travelled to The International Theatrical Festival in Nicaragua.

Acting:

Play: Conversacion entre las ruinas (2005, 2006)

Author: Emiilo Carballido

Director: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

 

Play: The Black Door, Delgadina (2003)

Author: Felipe Nájera

Director: Felipe Nájera

 

Play: Hexagons (2001)

Author: Poetic Anthology

Director: Luis Rábago

 

Play: The Price of Life (2001)

Author: Carlos Fuentes

Director: José Solé

 

Play: Poetry by Couples (2000)

Author: Mexican Poetic Anthology

Director: Jorge Galván

 

Play: So Low (1999)

Author: Denise Clarke

Director: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and Richard McDowell

 

Play: Viaje a las Sombras Verdes. (1998)

Author: Finn Methling

Director: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

 

Play: ¡Sola! (1999- 2000 y 2002)

Author: Denise Clarke

Director: Richard McDowell y Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

 

Play: Confessions of Women in their 30´s (1997)

Author: Nisker, RozenBaum, Morthe, Ploczynski, Bernardelli, Dreize, Proença

Director: Lia Jelin

 

Play: Hunger’s Brides. (1996)

Author: Paul Anderson

Director: Blake Brooker

 

Play: Black Tabasco (1996)

Author: Víctor Hugo Rascon Banda

Director: Sandra Félix

 

Play: Quintuplets (1995)

Author: Luis Rafael Sánchez

Director: Norberto Bogard

 

Play: A Woman Alone (1994)

Author: Dario Fo y Franca Rame

Director: Margarita Isabel

 

Play: Field of Feathers (1993)

Author: Mauricio Pichardo

Director: Raúl Quintanilla

 

Play: The Twelfth Night (1992)

Author: William Shakespeare

Director: Margarita Isabel

 

Play: The Capricious Life (1991)

Author: Emilio Carballido

Director: Ricardo Ramírez Carnero

 

Play: The Black Birds of Farewell (1990)

Author: Oscar Liera

Director: Raúl Quintanilla

 

Play: A House´s Pledge (1989)

Author: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Director: Alejandro Aura

 

Play: Conversation Amongst the Ruins (1989)

Author: Emilio Carballido

Director: Alejandra Gutiérrez

 

Play: Women of Troy (1988)

Author: Textos de Eurípides

Director: Miguel Sabido

 

Play: Paulette and Paulina (1986)

Author: Ana María Boumpadre

Director: Alejandra Gutiérrez

 

Play: The Two Fridas (1986)

Author: Oceransky, Farías y Córcega

Director: Abraham Oceransky

 

Play: Picture at the Beach (1984- 1985)

Author: Emilio Carballido

Director: Alejandra Gutiérrez

 

Play: Creon´s Law (1983)

Author: Olga Harmony

Director: Manuel Montoro

 

Play: The Lonely Crocodile from the Rococo Graveyard (1982)

Author: Hugo Argüelles

Director: Julio Castillo

 

Play: The Mayor from Zalamea (1982)

Author: Lope de Vega

Director: José Solé

 

Play: Mary the Voice (1981)

Author: Juan de la Cabada

Director: Alejandro Aura

 

Play: Luzbel, The Opponent (1980 - 1981)

Author: Anónimo

Director: Alejandro Aura

 

Play: In Search of a Happy Family (1982)

Author: Alicia Urreta

Director: Mauricio Munguía

 

Play: The Visitors (1979)

Author: Alejandro Aura

Director: Alejandro Aura

 

Play: The Masons (1975)

Author: Vicente Leñero

Director: Ignacio Retes

 

Play: The Wolf´s Motives (1973)

Author: Sergio Magaña.

Director: Adam Guevara

 

Play: I Also Speak About The Rose (1972)

Author: Emilio Carballido

Director: DAvid Moctezuma

Directing:

Play: So Low (1999, 2000, 2002)

ZSG: Translation to Spanish, producer and co-director with Richard McDowell

Author: Denise Clarke

Theatre: Teatro Helénico. Teatro Renacimiento.

Cities: Cuernavaca, Mérida, Querétaro, La Paz, Culiacán, Monclova, Piedras Negras, Los Mochis, Durango, Cd. Victoria, Monterrey, Cd. Managua, Nicaragua.

 

Play: Journey to the Land of Green Shadows (1998)

ZSG: Director and Producer

Author: Finn Methling

Theatre: Foro Stanistablas.

 

Play: The Assassins´ Night (1993)

ZSG: Director

Author: José Triana.

Theatre: Actors Method's Forum

 

Play: A Midsummer's Night Dream (1990)

ZSG: Director

Author: William Shakespeare.

Theatre or Production: With Students from the EAT at INBA. Teatro Orientación

 

Play: The Visit of the Old Lady (1991)

ZSG: Director

Author: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Theatre or Production: With Students from the EAT at INBA. Teatro Orientación

 

Play: Te Deum (1987)

ZSG: Director

Author: Heidi Höer

Theatre: Horace Mann Theatre. Columbia University. USA

 

Play: A Streetcar Named Desire. (1987)

ZSG: Director

Author: Tennessee Williams

Theatre: Horace Mann Theatre. Columbia University. USA.

 

Play: Pictures at the Beach (1983)

ZSG: Asistente de dirección de Alejandra Gutiérrez

Author: Emilio Carballido

Theatre: Theatre Casa de la Paz. UAM.

Translation, Adaptation and Dramaturgy

Play: So Low! (1998)

ZSG: Translation and Adaptation

Author: Denise Clarke

 

Play: Journey to the Land of Green Shadows (1997)

ZSG: Adaptation (Translation by Rosamaría Christensen)

Author: Finn Methling

 

Play: A Woman Alone (1994)

ZSG: Adaptation with Margarita Isabel (Translation by Margarita Villaseñor)

Author: Dario Fo and Franca Rame

 

Play: A Key for Clara and The Concorde (1980)

ZSG: Adaptation

Anthologized and directed by Emilio Carballido. Publishedin Dramatic Carpentry by UAM