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DTC receives the UCLA Global Research Grant Award

DTC is pleased to announce that with support from the UCLA Global Research Grant Award, we are expanding our Latin American collaborations on Hispanic classical theater to Argentina. In addition to our ongoing collaborations with Mexico, we will now be partnering with Argentine theater artists and the Universidad Torcuato de Tella (UTDT) in Buenos Aires. Theatermakers Lolo & Lauti and Tamara Tenenbaum have been commissioned to produce new adaptations of classic comedias—stay tuned for news of their work! The Global Research award will enable critical dialogue among scholars and theatermakers on the relevance and potential of Hispanic classical theater across the hemisphere, while producing new adaptations that directly engage local audiences today.

Golden Tongues Performances at LA Plaza on Nov. 20th

Join us at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes on November 20th for readings of three original comedia adaptations from DTC’s 2024 anthology Golden Tongues: Adapting Hispanic Classical Theater in Los Angeles. Through their work, playwrights Diana Burbano, June Carryl, and Luis Alfaro explore how comedia can help us better understand California’s past. They will offer pre-performance remarks and our director, Barbara Fuchs, will introduce central themes of their respective plays.

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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 New Paltz students and $10 for the general public. 

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GOLDEN TONGUES WORKSHOP PRESENTATION: UNHAPPILY MARRIED IN VALENCIA

Come see Laurel Ollstein’s Unhappily Married in Valencia

SEPT 13th Saturday 3pm. The Broadwater Black Box theatre 

It’s a farce about marriage.

We all need some laughs in our lives  — don’t you think?

Unhappily Married in Valencia was commissioned by Playwrights’ Arena and DTC, to adapt Guillén de Castro’s Los mal casados de Valencia (1618).

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Listen to Part II of Robin Kello’s Interview with UCLA Professor Michael Hackett Now!

Tune into Part II of Robin Kello’s interview with UCLA Professor Michael Hackett for DTC’s The Mentidero, a series of interviews with theater scholars and professionals. In the interview, Prof. Hackett discusses the details of adapting for scenes from the Diversifying the Classics’ translation of Ana Caro’s The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs to the screen.

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Tune into Radio Entremés’s El Marión

Tune into Radio Entrémes’s productions of Francisco de Quevedo’s The Ladies’ Man (ca. 1625). In this entremés, you’ll meet Constanzo, an eligible bachelor who is kept up at night by three persistent admirers who won’t leave him alone. We’ve produced an audio recording in Spanish, with subtitles in both Spanish and English, as well as a shadow puppet show in English. The audio recording is recommended for ages 10+, while the puppet show is suitable for ages 5+. Running time: 7 minutes and 54 seconds.

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Listen to Robin Kello’s Interview with UCLA Professor Michael Hackett Now!

Robin Kello interviews UCLA Professor Michael Hackett for The Mentidero, DTC’s new project which offers the inside scoop on how theater is made through interviews with scholars and theater professionals.

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Listen to Radio Entremés’s Production of La tierra de Jauja Now!

In Lope de Rueda’s La tierra de Jauja (The Land of Jauja, 1547), the rivers flow with chocolate and nobody has to work! This adaptation tells the story of two scheming tricksters who bamboozle naive travelers to get what they want. Recommended for ages 10+. Running time: 9 minutes and 15 seconds.

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Jean Carlo Yunén Aróstegui to Direct Amar después de la muerte in NYC

We are delighted to share that Diversifying the Classics’ collaborator and UCLA TFT alum Jean
Carlo Yunén Aróstegui will be directing Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s Amar después de la
muerte at Repertorio Español in New York City.

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LA Librería Workshop II: La vida es sueño

On May 17, Diversifying the Classics and noted Spanish-language children’s bookstore LA Librería hosted a theater workshop. Students ages 6 to 12 performed a Spanish-language children’s adaptation of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s La vida es sueño written by UNAM Professor Gabriela Villanueva and Rachel Kaufman as part of our Mex-Clásicos initiative.

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