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Saying Yes

A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Target Audience: Young Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

Griselda Gambaro's play Saying Yes (Decir Sí) was written in 1974 and first performed at the Teatro del Picadero, Buenos Aires, in July 1981.

This English translation by Sebastian Doggart was first performed at the Gate
Theatre, London, in January 1996.

Saying Yes is available in the collection Latin American Plays.

Premiere Production: Buenos Aires, 1981; this translation, Gate Theatre, London, 1996.
  • Casting: 2M
  • Casting Attributes: All Male