Brenda Saraí Jaramillo
A Suelta State of Mind: Special Issue of Comediantes Out Now!
We are excited to share the publication of the first of two special issues of The Bulletin of the Comediantes dedicated to the sueltas, cheaply-printed texts which made comedias widely accessible in the early modern Hispanic world. This issue highlights the work of Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum, founder of the extraordinary database Comedias Sueltas, an interactive online resource dedicated to cataloguing sueltas and enabling research on them. Read the issue here!
Ana Caro, Drama Queen, at the University of Chicago by Noémie Ndiaye
A most welcome note from Noémie Ndiaye, Associate Professor of English and Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago, on her experience teaching DTC’s The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs: To teach Ana Caro’s play Valor, agravio y mujer in my “Drama Queens” course, I use the translation established by the UCLA Working Group on the Comedia in […]
Annotating Performance
Theatre dybbuk’s illuminated lecture format, which weaves together a scholarly lecture and performances by actors, recently offered me the opportunity to present Cervantes’ El retablo de las maravillas/The Marvelous Puppet Show to an audience unlikely ever to have encountered the text. Known for its deep dives and carefully considered productions under the able direction of Aaron Henne, […]
Apply Now: AHCT Conference at LA Escena
DTC is delighted to announce that the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT) will hold its annual meeting in conjunction with LA Escena in 2026. The conference will take place September 17th-19th at UCLA.
Apply Now: CFO for DTC’s Colloquium on Early Modern Theater at UNAM
Diversifying the Classics and UNAM’s Seminar on the Early Modern Period are excited to announce the Call for Papers for our colloquium on classical theater titled “De los textos a las tablas: El teatro de la modernidad temprana (s. XVI-XVII) en su proyección geográfica, mediática y temporal.” The colloquium will be held September 3-5, 2025 […]
Burien Actors Theatre Presents Courage in the Park
DTC is excited to announce Burien Actors Theatre will present DTC’s The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs by Ana Caro at parks around the greater Seattle area this summer. Directed by Rachel Rene, the show will run from July 24th to August 14th. Admission is free! Performances will take place at the following locations: […]
Buy DTC’s Comedia for Kids Today!
We are delighted to announce that the first three installments in our children’s book series, Cuentos que son teatro, are available for purchase at LA Librería’s online store. Buy them at the links below! El animal de Hungría By Lope de Vega Adapted by Isaac Giménez Illustrated by Milenka Illanes Iturri https://www.la-libreria.net/el-animal-de-hungria La vida es […]
Celebrate Ana Caro with Expand the Canon: March 30th at 10 am PST
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Expand the Canon, an organization that supports the study and production of classic plays by women and underrepresented genders, will host a digital discussion of Ana Caro’s Valor, agravio, y mujer. The discussion will take place on Sunday, March 30th at 10 am PST on Zoom. Diversifying the Classics is excited to join this discussion of […]
Come Find Us at PAMLA 2024!
Join us as members of Diversifying the Classics meet for a panel discussion titled “Reaching New Audiences Through Translation and Adaptation.” The panelists will present on a variety of projects currently underway at DTC, including the adaptation series Golden Tongues, which invites local playwrights to adapt Hispanic classical theater to a modern Los Angeles, and […]
Congratulations to Golden Tongues Playwright Lina Patel on Receiving the Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award!
The annual award is named for Cornelia Street in New York’s West Village, which has hosted some of the nation’s greatest playwrights. It recognizes an emerging playwright “of exceptional work ethic, character, and talent.” We couldn’t be prouder! We are honored to have collaborated with Lina on Traces of Desire, her marvelous adaptation of Lope de Vega’s The […]
Congratulations to Students at the Bresee Foundation for Their Award-Winning Music Video
We are thrilled to share that students at the Bresee Foundation have won the Audience Choice Award at the REACH Media Festival for their comedia music video composed as part of DTC’s collaboration with Bresee and based on our translation of The Beast of Hungary. Students adapted the comedia with a rock and roll twist. We are so proud of […]
Courage at SUNY New Paltz November 14-23
Diversifying the Classics is thrilled to announce SUNY New Paltz Department of Arts will perform our translation of The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs by Ana Caro. The production is directed by Carmela Marner and will take place on November 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, and 23 in the Parker Theatre. Prices are $5 for […]