Mancha Real's imAginaTeatro is the first Andalusian band to win a Buero award

Even the most impossible dreams can come true. If not, they can tell the imAginaTeatro team from the IES Sierra Magina de Mancha Real about their new winner of the XIX Buero Awards For Young Theater in monologue category with the play Reflejo'. It stars Ana Jimenez, and has the technical collaboration of Maria Cifuentes.

These awards are often compared to the National Prize for Young Theater and are the highest honor a school theatre company can receive. David Salmeron (director of imAginaTeatro), is also a professor in Language and Literature and Performing Arts. He can't hide his emotions on the other end, and it isn't for less. They are the first Andalusian team to win a Buero award.

He admits that they have worked for 14 years, and have produced very good works, with which we have won many award, but this one has resisted us," although he believes the effort was rewarded in the end. Since imAginaTeatro's inception in 2008, there have been 29 awards for the Buero, including best actress and actor, screenplay, or play.

This contest is the largest to date. It is attended by more than 350 theater groups, and almost 7,000 youth between 14-21 years of age from across the country. With the cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Coca-Cola Foundation is the convening entity. There are three types: monologues, audio-theater, and theatrical shows.

Participation in Theater Week in Madrid will earn the prize. The award ceremony will take place at the Valle Inclan Theater on June 30. Names such as Maria Adanez and Luis Maria Anson are among the jury members.

"Reflejo" is a ten minute work that was inspired by Don Juan Tenorio. It is based on Rodrigo de la Calva's text and Belen Santa Olalla's review of the classic. David Salmeron says that these are fragments in which Luis Mejia and Juan Tenorio boast about the women they have conquered. However, it is a female version. In contrast to Santa-Olalla or de la Calva, the dialogue between two women is in "Reflejo". Ana Jimenez plays both roles in one take. This allows for the costumes and decorations to be changed live without any cuts. Maria Cifuentes is the oldest student of the imAginaTeatro Group. This stage-level challenge requires precision. The theater is more than just going out and performing, it is all about the work that goes into making it happen. Cifuentes says that the team has decided that the three of them will go out to collect their award. She is passionate about this art so much that even if she did not go to the University of Jaen to study Biology as she had hoped, she would still be connected to her high school group.

It is because the theater gave him the tools to overcome stage fright and other personal challenges. Ana Jimenez, who wants to study a double degree of Primary Education and Pedagogy at Madrid, also believes that this has helped him. Both of them are strong and their talents are now recognized nationwide.