Programs

  • Repertorio Español Theatre Program

    SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1968, SPANISH THEATRE REPERTORY COMPANY, LTD. (REPERTORIO ESPAOL), HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO PRODUCING AN UNPARALLELED REPERTOIRE OF CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSICAL PLAYS FROM SPAIN, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE HISPANIC-AMERICAN COMMUNITY; AND INSTILLING A SENSE OF PRIDE OF HERITAGE FOR ALL LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH ALL AMERICANS. IN FY2022, REPERTORIO ESPANOL CONTINUED TO SERVE LATINX COMMUNITIES. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED: HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES FROM JULY 2021 TO JUNE 2022:- RECORDED PRODUCTIONS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. AMONG THE WORKS AVAILABLE TO AUDIENCES INCLUDED: "COURAGE, BETRAYAL AND A WOMAN SCORNED," A SPANISH CLASSIC WRITTEN BY ANA CARO THAT ENRICHES THE CANON OF SPANISH-GOLDEN AGE DRAMA WITH A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE; SILVIA GONZLEZ'S "BOXCAR," A MOVING PLAY RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES DEALING WITH THE TRAGEDY OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA; CARMEN RIVERA'S "LA GRINGA," CELEBRATING ITS 26TH ANNIVERSARY AT REPERTORIO, THIS IS A QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN PLAY EXPLORING THE CONFLICTS OF A SECOND-GENERATION WOMAN WITH A DUAL CULTURAL IDENTITY; FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA'S "THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA," HIS LAST MASTERPIECE ABOUT SOCIETAL REPRESSION ON WOMEN. IN ADDITION TO MAKING THESE WORKS ACCESSIBLE NATIONWIDE, REPERTORIO PARTNERED WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HARLEM STAGE AND HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO PROVIDE FREE OR DISCOUNTED ACCESS TO THESE PLAYS TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES. - A RETURN TO IN-PERSON LIVE PERFORMANCES. ON OCTOBER 6, COINCIDING WITH HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, REPERTORIO WELCOMED BACK AUDIENCES TO THE THEATRE WITH AN ELECTRIFYING PERFORMANCE OF JUNOT DIAZ'S "THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO," ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY MARCO ANTONIO RODRGUEZ. THE REOPENING ATTRACTED BOARD MEMBERS, PATRONS, CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS, AND ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS SUCH AS LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, JUNOT DIAZ, AND JOHN LEGUIZAMO. - A NEW PRODUCTION OF THE SPANISH PLAYWRIGHT LOPE DE VEGA'S FUN, FAST-PACED GOLDEN AGE ROMANTIC COMEDY "THE LADY SIMPLETON," DIRECTED BY RESIDENT DIRECTOR LEYMA LOPEZ. LEYMA'S ADAPTATION BROUGHT THIS CLASSIC TO LIFE TO NEW GENERATIONS IN A WAY THAT IS RELATABLE TO MODERN AUDIENCES. REPERTORIO OFFERED 15 PERFORMANCES OF THE PLAY WITH APPROXIMATELY 2,000 PEOPLE ATTENDING.- THE WORLD PREMIERE IN JUNE OF THE THEATRICAL ADAPTATION OF ISABEL ALLENDE'S NOVEL, "EVA LUNA" BY CARIDAD SVICH. CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE WRITER IN LATIN AMERICA, ALLENDE MANAGED TO MAKE A LIFE OUT OF HER TEXTS, INFLUENCING THE LITERARY FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA. ESTEFANA FADUL, A VASSAR COLLEGE GRADUATE AND A VAN LIER FELLOW OF REPERTORIO'S YOUNG DIRECTORS PROGRAM, BROUGHT TO THE STAGE A VISUALLY POWERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE POWER OF SUCCESSFUL STORYTELLING BY A WOMAN. - 39 SCHOOL-DAY MATINEE PERFORMANCES FOR 4,374 STUDENTS (GRADES 7 -12) FROM ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. PRODUCTIONS FORMING PART OF THE SCHOOL-DAY PERFORMANCES INCLUDED JULIA ALVAREZ'S "IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES," JUNOT DIAZ'S "THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO," CARMEN RIVERA'S "LA GRINGA," LOPE DE VEGA'S "THE LADY SIMPLETON, AND FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA'S "THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA." PERFORMANCES WERE ACCOMPANIED BY PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURES AND POST-PERFORMANCE QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIODS.- 13 TOURS TO DIFFERENT VENUES: IONA COLLEGE, NEW ROCHELLE, NY ("THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA"); SCARSDALE HIGH SCHOOL, SCARSDALE, NY ("THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO"); BRENTWOOD HS, BRENTWOOD, NY (("THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO"); HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE BRONX, NY ("THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO"); HARLEM STAGE, NEW YORK, NY ("IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES"); LONG ISLAND CITY HS, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY ("LA GRINGA"); AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, NEW YORK, NY ("LA GRINGA"). - IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES AT 9 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NYC INCLUDING AT PS58, PS110, MS 188, PS IS 210, MS 319, AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESSES, PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HS ELMHURST, LONG ISLAND CITY HS, AND NEWCOMERS HS. STUDENTS LEARNED SCENE ANALYSIS, ACTING TECHNIQUES, IMPROVISATION, DRAMATIC STRUCTURE, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SKILLS AS WELL AS HOW LITERATURE AND THEATRE RELATE TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THE RESIDENCIES SERVED 766 LATINX STUDENTS. IN ALL, REPERTORIO OFFERED 8 PRODUCTIONS AT ITS THEATRE, REPRESENTING 155 PERFORMANCES SERVING 13,071 ADULTS, STUDENTS, AND SENIORS.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Sep 1, 2021 – Aug 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $2M

  • Program 1 [2025]

    SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1968, SPANISH THEATRE REPERTORY COMPANY, LTD. (REPERTORIO ESPANOL), HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO PRODUCING AN UNPARALLELED REPERTOIRE OF CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSICAL PLAYS FROM SPAIN, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE HISPANIC-AMERICAN COMMUNITY; AND INSTILLING A SENSE OF PRIDE OF HERITAGE FOR ALL LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH ALL AMERICANS. IN FY2025, SEASON HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED: - A REPERTORY OF CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PLAYS (9 PRODUCTIONS )- REPERTORIO OFFERED WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND PERFORMANCES OF REPERTORIO STAPLE PRODUCTIONS, REACHING ADULTS AND STUDENTS. AUDIENCES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE CARMEN RIVERA'S "LA GRINGA; MARCO A. RODRIGUEZ'S ADAPTATION OF JUNOT DIAZ'S PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMA, "THE BRIEF AND WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO; FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA'S "THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA; JULIA ALVAREZ'S POWERFUL, "IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES; GUILLEM CLUA'S MOVING, "THE SWALLOW; ISABEL ALLENDES'S EVOKING, "EVA LUNA; MIGUEL DE CERVANTES'S TIMELESS, "DON QUIXOTE; FERNANDO SCHMIDT AND CHRISTIAN IBARZABAL'S COMEDY, "RODOJKA, I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU DIE; AND JAVIER AMBROSSI AND JAVIER CALVO'S MUSICAL, "THE CALLING."- THE PREMIERE OF "BROKEN LIVES" BY YESSI HERNANDEZ, A COLLABORATION WITH THE AUTHOR'S INDEPENDENT THEATER COMPANY, COREZON. WINNER OF REPERTORIO'S 2022 MIRANDA FAMILY VOCES LATINX/E NATIONAL PLAYWRITING COMPETITION, THIS POWERFUL WORK EXPLORED THE DISPLACEMENT AND UNCERTAINTY FACED BY REFUGEES WITHOUT A COUNTRY TO CALL HOME, IMMERSING AUDIENCES IN THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL OF A REALITY EXPERIENCED BY MILLIONS WORLDWIDE. - THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF ALFREDO SANZOL'S "TENDERNESS" DIRECTED BY LEYMA LOPEZ. SET IN A MYTHICAL SHAKESPEAREAN-INSPIRED WORLD, THE COMEDY FEATURES A QUEEN AND HER DAUGHTERS WHO DETEST MEN AND ARE STRANDED ON AN ISLAND INHABITED ONLY BY MEN WHO EQUALLY DETEST WOMEN, EXPLORING THEMES OF LOVE, LOSS, AND HUMAN CONNECTION. - A NEW PRODUCTION OF RENE MARQUES'S "THE MAIMED SUNS", TRANSPORTING AUDIENCES TO THE WORLD OF ONE OF PUERTO RICO'S MOST RENOWNED AND REVERED PLAYWRIGHTS. SET IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, AT THE CENTER OF THIS POWER DRAMA ARE THREE PATRICIAN SISTERS COPING WITH PUERTO RICO'S TRANSITION FROM A SPANISH COLONY TO A U.S.TERRITORY. MASTERFULLY STAGED BY JOSE ZAYAS, THIS PLAY, ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 1958, RESONATED WITH AUDIENCES THROUGH ITS POIGNANT REFLECTION ON CULTURAL IDENTITY AND HUMAN RESILIENCE.- 73 SCHOOL-DAY MATINEE PERFORMANCES SCHOOLS. STUDENTS REPRESENTING OVER 280SCHOOL GROUPS FROM ACROSS THE NEW YORK TRI-STATE AREA EXPERIENCED SUCH BELOVED REPERTORIO PRODUCTIONS LIKE CARMEN RIVERA'S "LA GRINGA," JUNOT DIAZ'S "THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO," FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA'S "THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, AND MIGUEL DE CERVANTES' "DON QUIXOTE." FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE 9,147 STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED, REPERTORIO REPRESENTED THEIR FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING LIVE THEATRE AND SEEING PLAYS REFLECTIVE OF THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE.- IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES AT DIFFERENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NYC, INCLUDING MS 188, MS 217, AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESSES, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, LONG ISLAND CITY HS, STUDENTS LEARNED SCENE ANALYSIS, ACTING TECHNIQUES, IMPROVISATION, DRAMATIC STRUCTURE, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SKILLS, AS WELL AS HOW LITERATURE AND THEATRE RELATE TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THE RESIDENCES SERVED 286 STUDENTS.- 31 TOURING PERFORMANCES TO DIFFERENT VENUES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA ANDBEYOND. AMONG THE MANY COMMUNITIES WE SHARED OUR WORK WITH WERE STUDENTS,ADULTS, AND OLDER ADULTS IN CALIFORNIA AS PART OF THE LATINO THEATRE COMPANYENCUENTRO 2024 THEATRE FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER. JOINING 18 OTHER LATINX/E THEATRE COMPANIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS FESTIVAL PROVIDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR WORK TO NEW PEOPLE AND CREATE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH THEATRE ARTISTS AND LEADERS NATIONWIDE.- THE REPERTORIO VAN LIER ARTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM . THIS INITIATIVE PROVIDEDTWO EMERGING LATINX DIRECTORS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND HONE THEIR SKILLS. VAN LIER FELLOWS BIBIANA TORRES AND JEAN CARLO YUNEN AROSTEGUI CULMINATED THEIR TWO-YEAR JOURNEY AT REPERTORIO BY DIRECTING SPANISH GOLDEN AGE PLAYS, CHALLENGING THEIR RANGE AND ADDING DEPTH TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.IN ALL, REPERTORIO OFFERED 16 PRODUCTIONS AT ITS THEATRE (INCLUDING GUEST AND VAN LIER PRODUCTIONS), SERVING 21,817 ADULTS, STUDENTS, AND SENIORS AT ITS THEATRE, AND ANOTHER 2,885 PEOPLE ON TOUR.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Sep 1, 2024 – Aug 31, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $2M