Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo contextualizar a experiencia do grupo LUME (Nucleo Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Teatrais da UNICAMP) dentro da tradicao do Teatro de Pesquisa do seculo XX. Na primeira parte do trabalho, identificamos o movimento historico que possibilitou a consolidacao de um teatro com base no ator no seculo XX e mapeamos os principais pontos das propostas de formacao do ator de Constantin Stanislavski, Etienne Decroux, Jerzy Grotowski e Eugenio Barba. Na segunda parte, apresentamos a proposta e os objetivos do grupo LUME, descrevemos suas linhas de pesquisa e evidenciamos como suas principais influencias foram apropriadas e reprocessadas dentro de uma forma propria de trabalhar o ator e pensar o teatro.

The objective of this research is to put into context the the experience of the group LUME (Interdisciplinary Center of Theater Research of UNICAMP) according to the XX century theater research tradition. In the first part of this work we identify the historical movement that made the consolidation of a theater based on the 20th century actor possible. We also map out the main points concerning the proposal about the actor formation established by Constantin Stanislavski, Etienne Decroux, Jerzy Grotowski and Eugenio Barba. In the second part we present the proposal and the objectives from the group LUME: we describe their research lines and put into evidence how their most important influences were appropriated and reprocessed in their own way to work the actor and think about theater.