Rafael Sanchez
Also Credited As: Rafa Sanchez
Birth Place: Madrid, Spain
Latest News on Rafael Sanchez:
Photos: Lin-Manuel Miranda & More Celebrate Reopening of Repertorio Español (Oct 8, 2021)
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater To Premiere New Musical (Oct 15, 2019)
Photo Flash: Transgender Superstar Mila Jam Celebrates the Release of BRUISED (Oct 5, 2018)
Photos: Lin-Manuel Miranda & More Celebrate Reopening of Repertorio Español (Oct 8, 2021)
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater To Premiere New Musical (Oct 15, 2019)
Photo Flash: Transgender Superstar Mila Jam Celebrates the Release of BRUISED (Oct 5, 2018)
BIO
Rafael Sánchez is the Executive Artistic Director at Repertorio Español (Spanish Repertory Theatre), a non-profit organization that has been performing the best of Latin American, Spanish, and Hispanic-American theatre in distinctive, quality productions, and bringing theatre to a broad audience in New York City.
Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, Rafael possesses a BA in Drama from the University of Kent at Canterbury (ESAD), a Master in Performing Arts from the University Rey Juan Carlos, and also studied graduated courses in Comparative Literature and Hispanic Literature at the University of Puerto Rico. He has taught at that institution and at ICPR Junior College for six years. Actually, he is also Adjunct Lecturer at the Hispanic Languages and Literature Department at Queens College (CUNY).
His work with non-profits has been proved for more than twelve years in Puerto Rico (where he has lived until 2017) and the USA, with companies such as Tantai Teatro (Founder) and Boundless Theatre Company.
He is also a performing artist based in New York, having acted in and/or produced over 50 works in Spain and USA.
STAGE CREDITS
[Off-Broadway]
Rattlestick Playwright's Theater Original Off-Broadway Production, 2019
Cast
News
Photos: Lin-Manuel Miranda & More Celebrate Reopening of Repertorio Español
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL marked its rebirth after more than a year and a half, with an intimate reception followed by a performance of Junot Díaz's Pulitzer Award-winning LA BREVE Y MARAVILLOSA VIDA DE OSCAR WAO (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao), directed and adapted for the stage by Marco Antonio Rodríguez.
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL marked its rebirth after more than a year and a half, with an intimate reception followed by a performance of Junot Díaz's Pulitzer Award-winning LA BREVE Y MARAVILLOSA VIDA DE OSCAR WAO (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao), directed and adapted for the stage by Marco Antonio Rodríguez.
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater To Premiere New Musical
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theatera?'NYC's foremost theater company championing Latinx cultural expression and centering Puerto Rican artistrya?'will premiere ¡GUARACHA! on Friday, November 15. ¡GUARACHA! is an ensemble musical adapted from the acclaimed satirical novela?'La guaracha del Macho Camacho (Macho Camacho's Beat) by Luis Rafael Sánchez. In creating the book and lyrics for ¡GUARACHA!, Pregones/PRTT Artistic Director Rosalba Rolón relayed Sanchez's incisive wit and humor through original music by Pregones/PRTT's Musical Director Desmar Guevara, and performances by a Latinx acting ensemble and a live five-piece band.
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theatera?'NYC's foremost theater company championing Latinx cultural expression and centering Puerto Rican artistrya?'will premiere ¡GUARACHA! on Friday, November 15. ¡GUARACHA! is an ensemble musical adapted from the acclaimed satirical novela?'La guaracha del Macho Camacho (Macho Camacho's Beat) by Luis Rafael Sánchez. In creating the book and lyrics for ¡GUARACHA!, Pregones/PRTT Artistic Director Rosalba Rolón relayed Sanchez's incisive wit and humor through original music by Pregones/PRTT's Musical Director Desmar Guevara, and performances by a Latinx acting ensemble and a live five-piece band.
Photo Flash: Transgender Superstar Mila Jam Celebrates the Release of BRUISED
Transgender superstar Mila Jam released BRUISED, a powerful, star- studded music video and soul pop EP. The emotional four-track EP, which highlights relationships, abuse, self-discovery, and hope, is now available on all digital providers. The music video will made its official debut at a launch party held at The Cutting Room (44 E 32nd Street) on Thursday, October 4, 2018.
Transgender superstar Mila Jam released BRUISED, a powerful, star- studded music video and soul pop EP. The emotional four-track EP, which highlights relationships, abuse, self-discovery, and hope, is now available on all digital providers. The music video will made its official debut at a launch party held at The Cutting Room (44 E 32nd Street) on Thursday, October 4, 2018.
Photo Coverage: Repertorio Espanol Celebrates 50th Anniversary
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL (138 E. 27 St.) - one of Off-Broadway's longest-running, continuous theaters, and the ONLY company that presents Spanish-language/English-translated plays in true repertory form in NYC - marked the occasion of its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, June 5 with a gala performance of EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA (No One Writes to the Colonel), a new play adapted from the novella by legendary Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The evening concluded with cocktail/dinner at I Trulli.
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL (138 E. 27 St.) - one of Off-Broadway's longest-running, continuous theaters, and the ONLY company that presents Spanish-language/English-translated plays in true repertory form in NYC - marked the occasion of its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, June 5 with a gala performance of EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA (No One Writes to the Colonel), a new play adapted from the novella by legendary Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The evening concluded with cocktail/dinner at I Trulli.
French Institute Alliance Hosts an Evening with Tim Etchells Tonight
The French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, presents Tim Etchells's Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First, as part of its acclaimed Crossing the Line 2013 festival. Written and directed by Tim Etchells, leader of the UK's celebrated experimental performance group Forced Entertainment, Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First is a long free-associating monologue that tumbles from topic to topic to create a vast, failing iteration and explanation of the world, the things, forces, experiences, people and landscapes in it - what they are and how they work. Sight is the Sense… is performed by Jim Fletcher, best known for his work with Richard Maxwell's New York City Players and for his role in Gatz by Elevator Repair Service.
The French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, presents Tim Etchells's Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First, as part of its acclaimed Crossing the Line 2013 festival. Written and directed by Tim Etchells, leader of the UK's celebrated experimental performance group Forced Entertainment, Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First is a long free-associating monologue that tumbles from topic to topic to create a vast, failing iteration and explanation of the world, the things, forces, experiences, people and landscapes in it - what they are and how they work. Sight is the Sense… is performed by Jim Fletcher, best known for his work with Richard Maxwell's New York City Players and for his role in Gatz by Elevator Repair Service.
French Institute Alliance to Host an Evening with Tim Etchells, 9/28
The French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, presents Tim Etchells's Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First, as part of its acclaimed Crossing the Line 2013 festival. Written and directed by Tim Etchells, leader of the UK's celebrated experimental performance group Forced Entertainment, Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First is a long free-associating monologue that tumbles from topic to topic to create a vast, failing iteration and explanation of the world, the things, forces, experiences, people and landscapes in it - what they are and how they work. Sight is the Sense… is performed by Jim Fletcher, best known for his work with Richard Maxwell's New York City Players and for his role in Gatz by Elevator Repair Service.
The French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, presents Tim Etchells's Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First, as part of its acclaimed Crossing the Line 2013 festival. Written and directed by Tim Etchells, leader of the UK's celebrated experimental performance group Forced Entertainment, Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First is a long free-associating monologue that tumbles from topic to topic to create a vast, failing iteration and explanation of the world, the things, forces, experiences, people and landscapes in it - what they are and how they work. Sight is the Sense… is performed by Jim Fletcher, best known for his work with Richard Maxwell's New York City Players and for his role in Gatz by Elevator Repair Service.
Shades of Gray Opens VESTIGES World Premiere at Secret Theatre Tonight
The Shades of Gray will present the world premiere of Rayka Kobiella's Vestiges, tonight, August 1 - August 4 at The Secret Theatre (4402 23rd St, Long Island City).
The Shades of Gray will present the world premiere of Rayka Kobiella's Vestiges, tonight, August 1 - August 4 at The Secret Theatre (4402 23rd St, Long Island City).
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