She became a fixture in the vibrant cultural institution, Los Yesos , a theatrical group in Matanzas that became a laboratory for the arts. In her youth, she was the muse for playwrights who wanted to shake the audience out of their complacency. She performed in works by Eugene Ionesco and Arthur Miller when the Cuban public was accustomed to lighter fare.
The narrative of Martha Picanés is inevitably colored by the tragedy that befell her later in life—the diagnosis of glaucoma that eventually took her sight. But to focus on the tragedy is to do a disservice to the triumph of her youth. martha picanes joven
She represented the ideal of the modern young Dominican woman: elegant, tall, and articulate. She became a fixture in the vibrant cultural