The Candela Playwrights Summer Fellowship, held at the Dramatists Guild of America in New York City from July 14-19, 2024, graduated eighteen artists who successfully completed this year’s program dedicated to development of playwrights, book writers, and lyricists – all with heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean. See photos from their visit.
Candela, a pioneering initiative dedicated to advancing high-quality theater education for emerging playwrights, book writers, and lyricists of Latin American and Caribbean heritage, has announced the fellows for its second annual Playwrights Summer Fellowship program.
SheDFW Arts has announced four plays and musicals for its inaugural Theater Festival in Dallas-Fort Worth, running September 10-15, 2024, at Lyric Stage. All shows are by women, trans, and non-binary writers.
Conch Shell Productions will present the screening of feature film 'Aftershocks: A Tetralogy Of Our Times' on Filmocracy.com streaming platform Saturday July 30th, 2022 at 2pm. Spanish and English subtitle options are available to audiences.
The Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, an organization that develops and advocates for new Latiné-written works of musical theatre in order to radically change who gets to tell musical stories on stages across the country, is presenting its inaugural Julia de Burgos Cohort.
Teatro Latea, a 40 year old Latino cultural staple in the Lower East Side, is partnering with the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, a brand new organization committed to advocating for new musicals written by Latiné writers, to present excerpts of four new musicals for their first '4xLatiné' event.
The Romanian Cultural Institute, in co-production with Red Monkey Theater Group, the world premiere of 'Exile Is My Home', a free showcase of scenes based on four plays by award-wining feminist author and educator Domnica Rădulescu, one of the most accomplished Romanian-American writers.
Hudson Warehouse has announced their new production “What They Said: The Most Memorable Quotes from the Past 20 Years.” In this video documentary, Hudson Warehouse has perused the past 20 years and selected unforgettable quotes from those in the public eye.
Award-winning Latina actress Jessica Carmona leads a diverse cast in a virtual reading of PECKING ORDER by Robin Rice, a big city love story…with hawks, at Goddard Riverside's 6th Annual WHAM Festival on Wednesday, March 16 at 7:30pm, and streams through March 20 on the Goddard YouTube channel.
BORDER CROSSERS: An Evening of Theatre, Dance and Film to Celebrate Immigrants in the U.S., Saturday March 14th, 7:30 PM at Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Community Center. 647 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10025.
R.Evolucion Latina's new vision of one of William Shakespeare's final plays, The Tempest opened last night at Pregones Theater. The stunning visual production is a story of forgiveness, acceptance, and the magic that lies in all of us.
Shakespeare's Farewell! Take a look inside R.Evolucion Latina's new vision of one William Shakespeare's final plays, The Tempest. A story of revenge, forgiveness, acceptance, and the magic that lies in all of us.
The Riant Theatre's 32nd Strawberry One-Act Festival presented the 'Best Play Award' to the drama LEAVES written by Victor Vauban Jr., and the "Best Play Award for Full Length Plays" to LIFE BOAT by Lloyd Khaner on March 24 at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios & Theatres.
The Riant Theatre's 32nd Strawberry One-Act Festival presented the 'Best Play Award' to the drama LEAVES written by Victor Vauban Jr., and the 'Best Play Award for Full Length Plays' to LIFE BOAT by Lloyd Khaner on March 24 at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios & Theatres.
On Friday August 25th, 2017, a new play about the lives of undocumented immigrants will be presented at Collaboraction Theatre on N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.
The Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF), the longest running festival of its kind in the United States, kicks off its 43rd season on June 28 at the Newark Museum with 13th, Ava DuVernay's exploration of the history of race, justice and mass incarceration in the U.S., focusing on the nation's prisons that are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
Five new plays addressing issues of race, class, sexuality, immigration and identity are part of this year's New York International Fringe Festival. Each play questions the traditional American narrative, with central characters and themes representing a person or group on the margins of American society, living outside the box of the idealized American life.