The Teatro de Orientación was a modern theater in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, that was established in 1932, and existed until 1938.

Most of the theater group members, which was directed by Celestino Gorostiza

Celestino Gorostiza

Celestino Gorostiza Alcalá was a Mexican theater and cine playwright, director and dramatist.- Biography :...

, were members of the Los Contemporáneos

Los Contemporáneos

Los Contemporáneos can refer to a Mexican modernist group, active in the late twenties and early thirties, as well as to the literary magazine which served as the group's mouthpiece and artistic vehicle from 1928 to 1931...

 group, and were members of the former Teatro Ulises

Teatro Ulises

The Teatro Ulises was an experimental theater, located in the calle de Mesones 42 of Mexico City, that was established around 1927/1928 by Antonieta Rivas Mercado, daughter of the architect Antonio Rivas Mercado, and further members of the group Los Contemporáneos...

before. In contrast to the former Teatro Ulises, the Teatro de Orientación was government-sponsored. In the beginning, the scenarios also based mainly on translations of scripts of notable international writers, but later the group staged own plays.