Jô Bilac, (born 1985 as ''Giovanni Ramalho Bilac'') is a Brazilian
playwright, he debuted in 2006 as a professional playwright.
Bilac has an Indian father and a Brazilian mother and spent most of his childhood in Madrid, Spain. When he returned to Brazil he lived with his family in the
Rio de Janeiro
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area of
Urca
Urca is a traditional and wealthy residential neighborhood with nearly 7,000 inhabitants (2000 census) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older. What is now called the Forte Sã ...
and got his first contact with the world of theater with plays staged at the Colégio Andrews. Later he started studying theater at FAETEC in
Niterói and also Escola de Teatro Martins Pena. At the age of nineteen he wrote his first play, ''Sangue na caixa de areia''. In 2006 he made his debut as a professional playwright at the culture center Sérgio Porto with the play ''Bruxarias urbanas''.
In 2007, he wrote the comedy ''Desperadas'', the same year he made ''2 p/ viagem'' and ''Cachorro!''; the last one was played at the Companhia Teatro Independente. In 2008 ''Limpe todo sangue antes que manche o carpete'' a new play of Bilac was made at Teatro Solar de
Botafogo
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.
In 2010, Bilac won the "Prêmio Shell"-award for his play ''Savana Glacial''.
Plays
*2006 – ''Bruxarias urbanas''
*2007 – ''Desesperadas''
*2007 – ''2 p/ viagem''
*2007 – ''Cachorro!''
*2008 – ''Limpe todo o sangue antes que manche o carpete''
*2009 – ''Rebú''
*2010 – ''Savana glacial''*
*2010 – ''O matador de santas''
*2011 – ''Serpente verde sabor maçã''
*2011 – ''Alguém acaba de morrer lá fora''
*2011 – ''O gato branco''
*2011 – ''Popcorn – Qualquer semelhança não é mera coincidência''
*2012 – ''Os mamutes''
*2012 – ''Cucaracha''
*2013 – ''Caixa de areia''*
*2013 – ''Petit monstre''
*2013 – ''Conselho de classe''
References
Living people
1984 births
21st-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Brazilian male writers
Brazilian male dramatists and playwrights
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