DIRECTOR, WRITER & PRODUCER FROM EL SALVADOR.

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I'm a director, writer and producer from El Salvador. I make theater that borrows from cinema and films that borrow from the stage, chasing the depth of one and the dynamic energy of the other.

In 2016 I founded Black Coyote, where we've turned clothing stores and unconventional spaces into theaters because nobody told us we couldn't, made films in a country nobody thought made films, and built every production the same way: from scratch, made to run once, never repeated, always with Salvadoran artists, the veterans and the first timers.

The goal hasn't changed: make people feel something they can't shake on the drive home.

This site is where I keep all of it. The productions, the photography I shoot when I'm chasing light instead of a deadline, the journal entries about what the work costs and what it gives back, and the occasional thought that doesn't fit anywhere else.

I built it because social feeds eat everything and remember nothing, and the stories from this small, loud, impossible country deserve a place that holds.

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Recent Work

Ten years, twenty productions, and a simple rule that has never failed me: anarchy inspires the art, precision delivers it to the audience.

Cuerpo de Cristo

Esta épica musical te sumerge en la historia más poderosa de todos los tiempos: la pasión de Cristo a través de los ojos de quienes lo conocieron, lo amaron y lo perdieron.

Peter Pan Sale Mal

Después del desastre de su último espectáculo, la sociedad politécnica de Cornley regresa con una puesta más arriesgada: Peter Pan. El director insiste en que esta vez sí montarán teatro de verdad.

Vuela El Salvador

El Salvador’s most dramatic landscapes unfold all around you in this sensory-driven flight experience that captures the nation’s soul from above.

"I'm filled with awe at the visionary who dared transform a simple clothing store into a vibrant theatre." - Ana Maria Herrarte

"I'm filled with awe at the visionary who dared transform a simple clothing store into a vibrant theatre." - Ana Maria Herrarte

"The niche for Migue Simán's bold & daring ideas already exists." - FACTum

"The niche for Migue Simán's bold & daring ideas already exists." - FACTum

" ... quedará convencido de la calidad artística que tenemos en El Salvador." - Federico Hernández

" ... quedará convencido de la calidad artística que tenemos en El Salvador." - Federico Hernández

“Lo que hace Black Coyote, bajo la dirección de Migue Simán, es demostrar que El Salvador puede participar en esa conversación global sin complejos.” - StoryLate

“Lo que hace Black Coyote, bajo la dirección de Migue Simán, es demostrar que El Salvador puede participar en esa conversación global sin complejos.” - StoryLate

"Everything they do, they do exceptionally well. There's no one like them." - Andrea G

"Everything they do, they do exceptionally well. There's no one like them." - Andrea G