Overview
- Ernestina Pais died when her car was struck by a Tren de la Costa train at a level crossing in Martínez, San Isidro, while she was traveling to a scheduled performance.
- Director José María Muscari announced the production El Divorcio del Año will be taken down and the national tour will not continue because of the cast’s emotional toll.
- Judicial authorities have opened an averiguación de causales de muerte, which is an inquiry into causes of death, and officials say pericias on the vehicle are ongoing with no elements yet to impute the train driver.
- Muscari has publicly rejected claims that Pais was rushing to the theatre and said a toxicology test he cited returned negative results, though that finding has been reported by the director rather than by investigative authorities or the testing laboratory.
- Cast members have shared public tributes and reflections as they mourn Pais, and the cancellation of the tour ends a commercially successful production and shifts the theatrical company’s immediate plans and finances.