In It For The Dough | Spain
Written by Cristina Clemente and Marc Angelet
Translated by Steven Capsuto
Directed by Kyle Stafford
In partnership with DePaul University Theatre School
Synopsis:
In this crowd-pleasing comedy from Spain, three lives change when Bruno, Nina, and Laura attend a strange bread-making workshop run by celebrity baker Tony Rocca. Between laughs and sourdough, In It for the Dough playfully explores serious questions about the human need to believe in something or someone.
The play premiered in Barcelona in 2022 to rave reviews and enjoyed a successful three-season run in Madrid (2023–2025). It has been staged or has upcoming productions in Argentina, Bulgaria, Ecuador, and Panama, among other countries.
Playwright - Cristina Clemente
Playwright - Marc Angelet
Translator - Steven Capsuto
Director - Kyle Stafford
Playwright - Cristina Clemente holds a degree in Directing and Playwriting from the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. Her produced plays include Volem anar al Tibidabo (Barcelona Critics’ 2009 Outstanding Newcomer Award), Nit de ràdio 2.0 (staged at the Sala Flyhard and the Villarroel, 2011), La nostra Champions particular (Teatre Gaudí, 2012), Consell familiar (Sala Beckett, 2013), Ventura (Temporada Alta Festival, 2015), Les ulleres de mirar carregadors (Winner, 2018 Catalan Playwriting Competition at the Temporada Alta Festival; Winner, 2019 Buenos Aires Playwriting Tournament at the Timbre 4), Andrea Pixelada (Sala Beckett, 2019), Dolors (Teatre Lliure, 2019), Luna en Marte (Centro Dramático Nacional, 2021), La paella dels dijous (Maldà, 2023), and Dones de ràdio (Villarroel, 2025). She has also cowritten plays with Marc Angelet: Laponia (Club Capítol, 2019), Una teràpia integral [In It for the Dough] (Villarroel, 2022), and Victoria (Teatro Fígaro, 2025).
Her screenwriting credits include the films Eva, directed by Kike Maillo (Best Script nominee, 2012 Goya Awards), and A Perfect Enemy, based on the novel by Amélie Nothomb. She has also written for numerous TV series, such as El Cor de la Ciutat (Tv3) La Riera (Tv3), Sin identidad (Antena 3), Les del Hoquei (Tv3 and Netflix), and Com si fos ahir (Tv3). Recently, she scripted the film adaptation of her play Laponia.
More than half a dozen of her scripts have been translated into English
Playwright - Marc Angelet directed and cowrote, with Artur Rodríguez, the ESTRIP TRIST company’s shows THE BRIDGE’S BLUES (Honorable Mention, 1997 Ignasi Iglésias Award); TOTES LES BIGUES VAN AL CEL (staged at the Teatre Artenbrut; Special Jury Award at the fifth Mostra de Teatre de Barcelona); G8: PORTA TANCADA (at the Artenbrut and Sala Triángulo; Second Prize for Best Show at the Fira Tàrrega); S.O.A. ESCOLA DE DICTADORS (performed at the FITA International Festival, Brussels and Florence).
Founder of LA GUAPA theater company, for which he wrote and directed OP.B. (produced at the Sala Beckett); MCBETH CON QUESO (Versus Teatre); CALL CENTER (Teatre del Raval; Second Place, 2007 Marquis of Bradomín Prize; published); SOPAR DE NADAL (Sala Muntaner, Barcelona; 2009 Fira Mediterrània Award); GENIUS (Library of Catalonia; Finalist for the 34th Born Playwriting Prize, 2009); EL BIÒGRAF (Sala Beckett; 2012 Teatre Principal Prize, Mallorca).
He wrote BLACK BOX (Nau Ivanow; 2013 Proyecto ART winner); OLD RECORDS, written with Jordi Silva (Teatre Tantarantana); VOYAGER (National Theater of Catalonia, T6; published); EGO (Sala Flyhard; foreign stagings in Argentina—two productions—and Uruguay; published); ELS EUFÒRICS (Grec Festival); cocreated PLUJA, TRAU, CALMA! TOT AQUEST DOLOR QUE ARA TINC with the Guillem Albà Company (Temporada Alta Festival, Timbre 4 Buenos Aires, Teatre Lliure, Sala Beckett, Villarroel, Grec Festival); LIFE’S SPOILER (Sala Flyhard; foreign production in Colombia; published) and IMMORTAL (Club Capitol; Teatre Barcelona Award for Best Comic Monodrama), both written with Alejo Levis; 11 PRÍNCEPS (2017 Eduard Escalante Prize, City of Valencia; published); MILI KK (Sala La Planeta, La Seca, written with Jumon Erra); FLY ME TO THE MOON (Sala Atrium); LA CHISPA (Grec Festival and Teatre Akadèmia).
He wrote LAPONIA with Cristina Clemente (performed at the Club Capitol, Barcelona; three-season run at the Teatro Maravillas, Madrid; foreign productions in Italy, the Czech Republic, the United States, Croatia, Slovenia, Peru, and Uruguay; in Argentina, the production won four ACE Awards including Best Production and Best Comedy; published in Spanish and Greek); UNA TERÀPIA INTEGRAL [IN IT FOR THE DOUGH], written with Cristina Clemente (produced at the Sala Villarroel and Teatro Goya, Barcelona; three-season run at the Teatro Fígaro, Madrid; foreign productions in Argentina and Ecuador; staged readings in Italy and Greece; productions planned in Puerto Rico and Venezuela); and CONSPIRANOIA, written with Jordi Casanovas (produced at the Sala Villarroel, Barcelona, and the Teatro Alcázar, Madrid).
He directed FANG I SETGE by Marc Rosich and Josep Pedrals (Teatre Victòria, Barcelona); MALA BROMA by Jordi Casanovas (Sala Muntaner); ARTABAN by Marc Rosich and Marc Sambola (Teatre Condal); and INFANTICIDA by Caterina Albert and Clara Peya (Sala Atrium, National Theater of Catalonia, Sala Beckett; 2020 Critics Award for Best Musical).
He has worked as a scriptwriter for the TV series COM SI FOS AHIR (TV3 – Televisió de Catalunya) and as a content writer for the radio stations COM RÀDIO and ONDA CERO. He teaches acting at the Aules School of Performing Arts, and scriptwriting and dramaturgy at ITES, at the Obrador Sala Beckett, and at ESCAC. Several of his plays have been translated into English.
Translator - Steven Capsuto has been a full-time translator since 2003, working from Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, and Ladino into English.
He has translated more than a dozen contemporary plays for the Catalandrama project. One of these, Happiness by Marilia Samper, had a well-reviewed professional production in London in 2022. (“Beautifully translated from Spanish by Steven Capsuto”–Broadway World UK.) His latest theater translations are Cristina Clemente's Women on Radio and Llàtzer Garcia's Our Hands.
He studied translation at Rutgers University, where his senior thesis included an English translation of the classic 1940 Jardiel Poncela comedy Eloise Is Under an Almond Tree. He recently translated part of a 17th-century religious allegorical verse play for Yale University Press’s Posen Library anthology series. His most recent published book translations are photographer Sebastião Salgado’s Amazônia (Taschen, 2022) and Diego Moldes’s When Einstein Met Kafka (Mandel Vilar Press, 2025).
Director - Kyle Stafford (he/him) is part of the next generation of American theatremakers. As an emerging director, producer, and arts leader, the heartbeat of Kyle’s work is warmth, unbridled support, and stupid fun. Selected directing credits include JULIE, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, LETTERS TO LIZ, SPRING AWAKENING, and ALICE BY HEART. Kyle has assistant directed or interned on HAIR (Kokandy Productions), AMELIE (Kokandy Productions), THE ADDING MACHINE (The Theatre School), and NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED (Chicago Playworks). Proud First Year FLOP, OCSA Acting and Musical Theatre alum. Instagram: @kylemstafford — kylemstafford.com