María Eugenia Rigón
She graduated as an actress from the Theater Arts program at Andamio 90 (COSATYC), the school and independent theater founded by Alejandra Boero and currently directed by Alejandro Samek. She continued her studies at the CELCIT (Latin American Center for Theater Creation and Research) with Juan Carlos Gené, at the CALIBAN theater school, by Norman Briski and at Nora Monseico's studio. She complemented her acting studies with the practice of disciplines such as jazz dance, contemporary dance, body training, clowning and pole acrobatics. As a playwright she has taken workshops with Ariel Barchilón (CELCIT), Ignacio Apolo (CELCIT), Mariela Asensio (Argentores) and Andres Binetti (SAGAI). In 2019, she premiered her first work “La República Argentina” (2019) at Teatro Off Shore. Likewise, she trained as a pedagogue with Débora Astrosky, specializing in the TIA method (Actor Research Work). She is an English translator and interpreter and her third language is Italian. She has attended the Aldo Lumbia Dubbing Academy where she has taken Neutral Spanish and Dubbing workshops with Matilde Ávila and Rolando Agüero. Among his latest works in theater, Samsara (2022) by Francisco Ortiz stands out, at the Payró theater, a work that had a long rehearsal process during 2020 and 2021. Additionally, various works at Microteatro, among the latest are: Talle 36 (2002) by Roberto Mauri, Beauty and Rich (2022) by Patricio Abadi, and Hijos a la carta (2022) by Nuria Angles, directed by Ezequiel Tronconi. And it is worth highlighting When the Lights Go Out, by Lisi Dikof, a work that had two seasons at the Teatro del Artefacto, during 2018 and 2019; declared by the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires as of “Cultural Interest 2019”, and selected as part of the programming of the San Martín Cultural Center during 2020. In cinema, his latest films have been: 1978 (2023), Río, therefore I am (2023), Corpórea (2022) by Cristian Bidone, Vladimir (2022) by Martín Riwnyj, Los Olvidados 2: Cicatrices (2021) by Nicolás Onetti, Astrogauchos (2019) by Matías Szulanski, and Abrakadabra by Nicolas and Luciano Onetti (2018), the latter having premiered in Sitges and having toured more than twenty genre festivals. She has also participated in series such as Coppola, the Representative, by Ariel Winograd (2024) and Santa Evita, by Alejandro Macci (2023). Additionally, she has worked on dozens of music videos and advertisements. Currently, she is actively working in theater, cinema and advertising both in Argentina and abroad; and she has created, together with Desirée Salgueiro, the FIRST ARGENTINE SCHOOL OF ACTING IN HORROR FILM, in which she plays the role of acting coach in annual on-camera acting workshops and in intensive seminars, both in person and virtual.
