Beat Rettenmund

 

Beat Rettenmund, born in Switzerland, studied theatre with Latin American masters in Venezuela and Colombia, before setting out on a street theatre tour through Central America, Mexico to the US. Originally trained as a teacher and classical pianist he found experimental theatre to be the optimal venue for the personal and social work needed to keep man from degenerating into the realm of organized stupidity. He wrote and directed the theatrical aspect of the annual Colombian Cultural Festival in San Francisco and worked intensively in schools, training young people in creative writing, acting and stagecraft.