Federico Irazábal (b. General Madariaga, Argentina; February 18, 1974) is a theater critic and researcher. He is the current Artistic Director of the International Festival of Buenos Aires and representative of the Ministry of Culture of the Argentine Nation on the Board of Directors of the National Theater Institute. In his career, he has combined academic reflection with journalistic work in the mass media, not only the graphic press but also radio and television, and public management. His thinking about the theater is strongly crossed by the problems of its material conditions of production and its relationship with the political.