Director and playwright Pepe Cibrián Campoy once again reflected on his journey in Argentine musical theater during a special performance of his work, highlighting the importance of supporting spaces for local artists and recalling the beginning of his career. In an exclusive interview with the Argentine News Agency, the creator of the iconic musical 'Dracula' emphasized that the current artistic project is imbued with decades of work and conviction. 'It is such an emblematic work for me, because it has been 48 years of struggle since then, and they continue to fight and demonstrate that here, in our country, there are such talented and creative people,' he expressed to the audience. In this sense, he questioned the trend of prioritizing foreign productions over local ones: 'We always prefer to bring things from abroad because, if it's from abroad, everything is fine, but that's not necessarily so. A stagehand who hates you won't lower the curtain on time. While watching it, I was thinking of you, of you, of you (pointing to his students), and I imagined my mind flying here.' After returning to Argentina, he noted that he found a fundamental creative partner, the composer Luis María Serra, with whom he developed much of his work. 'I had the immense privilege of meeting and finding a musician who is not with us, but who is one of the great minds in Argentine music, Luis María Serra,' he highlighted. During his speech, Cibrián also took a special moment to thank the professionals who make up the theatrical world and who are often invisible to the public. 'The show starts at the box office, because if a ticket seller is in a bad mood, they won't sell a single ticket,' he commented with humor. Along the same lines, he emphasized the fundamental role of all theater workers in each performance: 'A tailor who hates you because you treat them badly can say that the zipper is stuck when it's not.'
