BLANCA AND INES World Premiere and More Set for INTAR Theatre 2026-2027 Season
INTAR Theatre's 2026-2027 season will feature world premieres of Blanca and Inés and I Hope This Letter Reaches Mictlān, alongside The Palacios Sisters.
International Arts Relations (INTAR Theatre) has revealed programming for the 2026-2027 season. In January 2027 INTAR will present the World Premiere of Blanca and Inés by Cusi Cram (Novenas for A Lost Hospital) and directed by Laurie Woolery (Manahatta), presented with community partners LAByrinth Theater Company and The Sol Project. In Spring 2027, INTAR will present the World Premiere of I Hope This Letter Reached Mictlān by Amalia Oliva Rojas (How To Melt ICE).
In November 2026, INTAR will present its annual UNIT52 Workshop Production: The Palacios Sisters, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters co-conceived by Adrián Alea & Cristina García, written and adapted by Cristina García, and directed by Adrián Alea. The presentation will feature an ensemble of alumni from INTAR's UNIT52.
INTAR will also continue its non-equity training program UNIT52, kicking off in February. It was originally founded as a response to the shortage of Latine actors in the Actors Equity Association (AEA). This program is dedicated to supporting the creative growth and career development of non-union Latine actors.
UNIT52 consists of a 12-week training program at absolutely NO COST to the artist, offering actors of all skill levels the opportunity to join the INTAR community while deepening their craft under the mentorship of INTAR legacy artists. Current teaching artist, Nancy Rodriguez, teaches a course that explores heightened language as well as taking focus on works written by Latine artists.
INTAR has also announced that playwright Julissa Contreras is the new Board Chair and producer William Fernandez has joined the board.
Details for 2026/2027 Include:
THE PALACIOS SISTERS
The UNIT52 Workshop Production
Co-conceived by Adrián Alea & Cristina García
Written and adapted by Cristina García
Directed by Adrián Alea
Featuring an ensemble of alumni from INTAR's UNIT52
Performances on November 20, 21& 22, 2026
Dive into the vibrant chaos of 1985 Miami as Cristina García's gripping play, The Palacios Sisters, catapults Chekhov's Three Sisters forward to Florida in the 1980s. Recently arrived from Havana, the ambitious young ballerina Irinita joins forces with her culturally refined siblings, Olga and María, and their talented classical pianist brother, Andrés. Together, they navigate Miami's treacherous landscape filled with drug wars, rampant violence, and an escalating AIDS epidemic. Clinging to memories of their beloved homeland while grappling with the dizzying new reality that surrounds them, the sisters emerge as artistic beacons of hope in this poignant tale about longing, resilience, and the unbreakable bonds of family.
The workshop will feature UNIT52 alumni Christopher Aldea, Kiara Alejandra, Pedro González, Kathleen Guerrero, Derrick Karg-Zamudio, Victoria Lino, Rula A. Muñoz, Lilian Rebelo, Orlando Rivera, and Alessandra Ruiz.
BLANCA AND INES
World Premiere
By Cusi Cram
Directed by Laurie Woolery
With Community Partners LAByrinth Theater Company & The Sol Project
Previews Begin January 30, 2027
Opening Night Is February 7, 2027
Limited Run Through February 28, 2027
Two young Latinas lock eyes at a Greenwich Village party in 1954 and the world tilts.
Blanca is a razor-sharp bartender and struggling painter who's getting tired of struggling. She's looking for a way out in all the wrong people and places. Inés is a Cuban seamstress with an open heart, big artistic dreams, and no intention of playing it safe. What begins as flirtation becomes a doomed duet of mentorship, rivalry, and seduction.
Their funny, sexy, and decidedly dangerous relationship unfolds in Greenwich Village's cold-water flats, ateliers, and dive bars, where postwar American art is being invented. Blanca & Inés is an unsentimental love story about two women who want more than the world thinks they should. It asks how art gets made, who is allowed to make it, and what women sacrifice to be seen.
I HOPE THIS LETTER REACHES MICTLĀN
The World Premiere
By Amalia Oliva Rojas
Spring 2027
Somewhere between heaven and hell, there is an immigration office in front of a black lagoon. I Hope This Letter Reaches Mictlān follows a young woman, Sarai, grieving the death of her twin brother, Saul. Desperate to see him again, she risks everything to transcend to the Aztec underworld of Mictlān. But the rules of Mictlān are firm: no intervening from the living. Nothing, not even death, can stop Sarai. A supernatural, indigenous, ensemble story about how to say goodbye.
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