ABSTRACT
TEC, referred to below, is the Experimental Theatre of Cali, in Colombia, that Buenaventura continues to direct. A director-actor-playwright, a “comedian” as one says too aptly in Spanish, does his job with his whole organism, and transmits experience through a form that is direct, alive-and ephemeral. He cannot pack up his way of life and memories and go off to set them down in a tranquil place without soldiers, without guerrillas, without starving proletarian masses, without students. I confess that I regret very much that I am unable to escape, that every day I have to make an almost mystical effort not to run away. My commitment, fortunately, is not just a personal attitude nor has it been an individual decision. It encompasses the story of TEC.
