Diversifying the Classics: Blog
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Jóvenes Clásicos’ Musical Adaptation of Calderón’s Amar después de la muerte, in Collaboration with Radio Comedia, to be Performed in Málaga on May 18th
On May 18th, at the Teatro Echegaray in Málaga, Jóvenes Clásicos, the Málaga-based theater company, will present a musical adaptation of Calderón de la Barca’s Amar después de la muerte. This…
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Mex-Clásicos: Commissioning Hispanic Classical Theatrical Adaptations in Mexico City
In January, DTC’s Mex-Clásicos and its collaborator, the Seminar on the Early Modern Period at la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City, launched a…
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Professor Barbara Fuchs Speaks with ArtsBridge Artist-Educators
On April 8th, Barbara Fuchs joined UCLA ArtsBridge’s director Perry Daniel and her class of undergraduate artist-educators to discuss comedia, adaptation, translation, and early modern visions of the…
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DTC’s Children’s Theater Workshop Returns to LA Librería
In collaboration with La Librería, the noted Spanish-language children’s bookstore in Los Angeles, Diversifying the Classics will be hosting a theater workshop for kids ages 6-11 on May 17!…
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DTC at the Shakespeare Association of America in Boston by Barbara Fuchs
A roundtable on scholars collaborating with New York’s Red Bull Theater, organized by Prof. Jean Howard of Columbia University, allowed us to share our vital partnership, “Hispanic…
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Diversifying the Classics Visits Geffen Academy
This February, members of Diversifying the Classics visited UCLA’s 6th-12th grade school, Geffen Academy, to share their work with Upper School Spanish students. The visit was perfectly…
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Golden Tongues Play at Ensemble Studio Theatre
In case you missed it at LA Escena, Rosie Nagasaki’s I Put a Spell on You, based on Ana Caro’s El conde Partinuplés, will have a staged reading this…
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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…
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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…
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New Book: Golden Tongues: Adapting Hispanic Classical Theater in Los Angeles
We are thrilled to announce the release of Golden Tongues: Adapting Hispanic Classical Theater in Los Angeles, an anthology that brings Hispanic classical theater into vibrant dialogue with contemporary storytelling.…