FINDING HOME AWAY FROM HOME
SOUTH
An ORIGINAL, ACOUSTIC musical written & performed by Florencia Iriondo
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.
FIRST PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2023 PIPELINE ARTS FOUNDATION AWARD FOR NEW MUSICAL THEATRE.
fall 2023 | NYC off-broadway PREMIERE | soho playhouse, NYC
january 2024 | buenos aires, Argentina
march 2024 | faena theater, Miami beach
southmusical.com
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
Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (“Fleabag”, “Six, The Musical”) | Postponed due to the pandemic.
2020 BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop | 10-MIN Excerpt
The Core Club, NYC | Concert reading.
Arts on Site | St Marks Place, NYC | SOCIALLY DISTANT Performances.
2019
54 Below | sold-out concert BY CURATION. NYC.
The Players Club, Gramercy Park | Invite-only reading.
2016
Rockwood Music Hall | Pianos | The Bitter End | BOWERY ELECTRIC, NYC.
FLORENCIA’S MUSIC CONCERTS FEATURE songs of ‘SOUTH’
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).