WEnrique Amorim was a Uruguayan novelist and writer, best known for his story Las quitanderas whose plot centres on rural prostitution; also known for his left-wing politics.
WMatías "Dino" Armas Lago is a Uruguayan theater director and writer.
WIsmael Cortinas (1884–1940) was a Uruguayan political figure, journalist and playwright.
WDaniel Hendler is a Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor who works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, where he lives. He is known for his starring roles in films such as Bottom of the Sea, Family Law, The Paranoids, Phase 7 and award-winning Lost Embrace by director Daniel Burman, with whom he worked many times. Working on both sides of the Río de la Plata, Hendler achieved international recognition due to his awards as an actor. In 2004, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival for his performance in Lost Embrace. He made his debut as screenwriter and director with the film Norberto's Deadline in 2010. Hendler is part of the generation of actors who revitalized the Uruguayan cinema with films like 25 Watts, and is one of the regular actors of the so-called New Argentine Cinema.
WMariana Percovich is a Uruguayan playwright, teacher, and theater director. She graduated as a literature professor from the Instituto de Profesores Artigas (IPA) of Montevideo. Prior to her reintegration into EMAD, she had been the Performing Arts Coordinator of her country's Ministry of Education and Culture, where she spent four years. She has won the Florencio Award twice. She has been part of the company Complot since 2007.
WHoracio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer.
WCarlos Rehermann is a Uruguayan novelist and playwright, active since 1990. He has published four novels and staged five plays. He writes weekly columns on the arts. He won the Florencio Prize in 2002 for his play "A la guerra en taxi". Florencio-Nominated, 2006, winner, "Solos en el escenario"-Prize—Centro Cultural de España—for "Basura" ("Filth"). Premio Nacional de Letras for "El examen", based on an episode of the life of Primo Levi, 2008. COFONTE Prize of Dramaturgy for "El examen", 2008.
WFlorencio Sánchez was a Uruguayan playwright, journalist and political figure. He is considered one of the founding fathers of theater in the River Plate region of Argentina and Uruguay.
WOmar Varela is a Uruguayan actor, director, playwright, and teacher, the founder of the theater company Italia Fausta.