frozen dog

Two sisters plot viable solutions to face the realities of Lá, an island at war. Alfonsina, the oldest, is recovering from grief and mobilizing the village to react against the government. Ana waits at home for her son’s return, one of the many soldiers in the trenches. For company, she only has Sim, the dead dog she froze so that her son — when he returns, if he returns — can say goodbye. Preserved in ice and awash in memory, the animal tells his story. Amidst a fantastical landscape, the poetic play, written by journalist Filipe Isensee, makes events furtively hasten, suspended in a tense silence that might be broken at any second.

Joining Editora Cobogó’s Dramaturgy Collection, frozen dog is one of 14 plays created by authors in the Núcleo de Dramaturgia Firjan SESI’s [Firjan SESI Playwriting Center] fifth class (2019), under the guidance of playwright and director Diogo Liberian.

When one awakens for the first time after a son’s death, after many hours attempting sleep, in vain, that awakening, awakening alone, feels more like fainting. The eyes open as if they were closing. Those this make sense? A lot in Lá made no sense.

About the author
Filipe Meira Isensee is a journalist, with a degree in cultural journalism and a master’s in film and AV. He was born in Salvador, raised in Belo Horizonte and has lived in Rio de Janeiro for the past ten years. Plays, screenplays, other prose and a few verses are in his writing horizon. frozen dog is his first published play.

About the collection
The Dramaturgia collection has, since 2012, published writing by Brazilian and international playwrights. The books help in building a memory of current theater, making a new record in the contemporary theater scene. In 2015, Cobogó also launched Dramaturgia Espanhola, the Spanish collection, and, in 2019, Dramaturgia Francesa, the French collection, and Dramaturgia para Crianças, for children. Over 50 authors have been published, with 80 titles.

Specifications
Title frozen dog [cão gelado]
Author Filipe Isensee
Collection Dramaturgy Collection
Language Portuguese
Page count 104
Cover Guilherme Ginane
Format Softcover
Size 13 x 19 cm
Year 2021