FINDING HOME AWAY FROM HOME

SOUTH

An ORIGINAL, ACOUSTIC musical written & performed by Florencia Iriondo

“A charming new musical... At the center is the radiant presence of Iriondo, an engaging performer with a flavorful story to tell... An aural hug to the audience.” Theater Mania

2024 Outstanding Performance in Musical Theater winner by HOLA Awards

2024 Outstanding Playwriting nominee by HOLA Awards

2023 First-prize winner Pipeline Arts Foundation Award for New Musical Theatre

ENCHANTING AND UNCONVENTIONAL, SOUTH IS A FEMALE-LED, ONE-ACT MUSICAL WITH A SOUTH AMERICAN FOLK-POP SCORE THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL NOSTALGIC FOR THE PLACE —AND TIME— CALLED HOME.

NYC off-broadway PREMIERE | fall 2023 | soho playhouse, NYC

faena theater, Miami beach | march 2024

bebop club, buenos aires, Argentina | january 2024

SouthMusical.com

OFF-BROADWAY RUN AT SOHO PLAYHOUSE (SEPT-NOV 2023)

SOLD-OUT SHOW AT NUYORICAN POETS CAFE (MARCH, 2023)

THE STORY

A WOMAN REMINISCES OVER HER CHILDHOOD in the southernmost place in the world, Ushuaia, Argentina. The only thing SHE EVER WANTED is a sibling, but she gets more than she asked for when expanding the family means leaving her beloved hometown to start over in New York City.

THE THEMES

A female-led story about finding one’s roots, ‘South’ explores themes of FAMILY AND belonging and is inspired by the writer’s experiences as an Argentinian living in the US.

THE MUSIC

Performed by the writer and accompanied by a guitarist and a cellist, the music blends South American MUSIC with contemporary folk-pop and Americana sounds.

COME FOR THE STORY.

STAY FOR THE MUSIC.

THE TEAM

Book, Lyrics & Music: Florencia Iriondo (New York Stage and Film, and The O’Neill artist-in-residence. BMI Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council & NYC Department of Cultural Affairs grant recipient, LinkedIn Video Showrunner, Dramatist Guild.) Music: Luis D’Elias (New York Innovative Theater Award winner, Berklee College of Music.) Federico Diaz (University Mozarteum Salzburg, Manhattan School of Music, DMA in Performance, CUNY)

Dramaturg: Chris Burney (Tony Nominated Producer)

Producer: Marissa Quinn (Quinvita Productions)

Performed by: Florencia Iriondo, Federico Diaz (guitars), Agustin Uriburu (cello, guitars).

THE SHOW’S JOURNEY

2024

  • faena theater | 2-night run | miami beach

  • bebop club | sold-out show | buenos aires, arg

2023

  • soho playhouse | off-broadway debut | 9-week run

  • Pipeline Arts Foundation | First Prize award for New Musical Theatre

  • Nuyorican Poets Cafe | SOLD-OUT SHOW | nyc

  • THE cast ALBUM is released [spotify link]

2022

  • New York Theatre Workshop | Staged reading directed by Tatiana Pandiani.

  • BMI ADVANCED MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP | SONGS in development

2021

  • New York Stage & Film | summer season residency | Marist College & Revel 32, Poughkeepsie, NY.

  • The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center | NATIONAL MUSICAL THEATRE CONFERENCE, winter residency, The Rose Barn. Waterford, CT.

  • HB Studio | HB Playwrights Reading Series, NYC.

  • Lower Manhattan Cultural Council & nyc Department of Cultural Affairs grant recipient.

2020

2019

2016

2014

  • Born and raised in Argentina, Florencia starts traveling the world in 2006 and makes it to New York in 2013 AFTER years in Oceania and Europe.

  • In 2014 she starts WORKING ON “BACK HOME,” an early draft of what is now SOUTH.

  • She’s been writing and workshopping the show ever since.

IN RESIDENCY AT THE O’NEILL THEATER CENTER (2021)

MUSIC

READINGS AT NYSAF (2021) & NYTW (2022)

IN CONCERT AT 54 BELOW (2019)

Photography by Neivy Hilario (Nuyorican), Isaac Berliner (NYSAF), and Juan M Soria (54 Below).