Photos: Shaina Taub and More Join The Dramatists Guild's Candela Playwrights Summer Fellowship
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 25, 2024
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.
The Latiné Musical Theatre Lab Presents The Julia De Burgos Cohort
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 1, 2022
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.
Latiné Musical Theatre Lab And Teatro Latea Announce 4xLatiné: ¡ahora!
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2022
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.
Jessica Carmona Leads Diverse Cast Of PECKING ORDER At Virtual WHAM! Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2021
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.
Photo Flash: R.Evolución Latina Presents THE TEMPEST
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 2019
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.
Newark Black Film Festival Announces 43rd Season Screenings at Newark Museum
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 8, 2017
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 FringeNYC Plays Ask One Question: 'What Does it Mean to Be an American in 2015?'
by Sally Henry Fuller - Aug 15, 2015
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.