
It's been a busy few weeks for Argentine playwright Lola Arias. Besides being awarded the International Ibsen Award on March 20 — to many, the world's most prestigious theatre award— she received the best documentary prize at the Festival International de Films de Femmes for her latest film, Reas, just three days later.
For most people, now would seem to be the perfect moment to relax, take some time off and reap the rewards of such extraordinary achievements. She is, after all, the first Latin American to ever win the International Ibsen, and only the second woman to do so. But Lola Arias is not like most people and, as I'll soon discover, now is anything but "the perfect moment" for Lola Arias to relax.