Dr. Carla Della Gatta

Opening night of La Golondrina / The Swallow. La Pluma Theatre is a new bilingual theatre company in DC. Last night, the actors performed the show entirely in Spanish. Tonight the same actors will do it in English. It was fantastic. #teatro #theatre www.eventbrite.com/e/the-swallo...

#ShakespeareSunday The Folger Shakespeare Library published my blog about Latinx Shakespeares of the 20th century. Cover image of Irene Cara in Aaron Loves Angela (1975), a Romeo and Juliet-inspired film.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
#HispanicHeritageMonth ##theatre #theatrebsky #theatresky

Homepage - Diversifying the Classics

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay!
Diversifying the Classics is a great resource for Siglo de Oro plays. Translations are free online. They host a theatre festival, La Escena, in Los Angeles.
diversifyingtheclassics.humanities.ucla.edu
#ITD #ITD2025 #translation #TheatreSky #TheatreBsky

Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - Sonnet 29 with Raúl Esparza | The Public Theater YouTube video by PublicTheaterNY

#HispanicHeritageMonth + #ShakespeareSunday
Here's Raúl Esparza reading Sonnet 29 in Spanish
translated by Colombian poet William Ospina
"When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xElk...

#Caturday

Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Colman Domingo A Latinx-led playwriting series featuring writers/theatremakers from across the U.S.|Tlaloc Rivas presented the Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Colman Domingo livestreamed on the global, com...

#HispanicHeritageMonth Thinking back to that time during lockdown when Colman Domingo gave an hour-long talk and conversation on playwriting. He was so gracious and encouraging. Free to watch on @howlround.bsky.social
howlround.com/happenings/l...
#LatinSky #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky

My article on how the performing arts can be incorporated as a method for public humanities has just been published in the online, open-access journal, Public Humanities. Free to download. #publichumanities #AcademicSky #PerformingArts #HigherEd #theatre #arts
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#HispanicHeritageMonth SolFest 2025 is 9/28-10/2, with
online and in-person events, including a Sunday picnic, Latiné ShortsFest film screenings, and staged readings of work by seasoned and emergent playwrights. #LatinSky #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky
www.solproject.org/solfest

5 Reasons to Enjoy Theatre Week 2025 in Washington, DC | Washington DC More than 20 productions offer $25, $45 and $65 tickets, Sept. 18 – Oct. 5

Washington, DC Theatre Week starts today! Runs 9/18-10/5. Lots of shows with low-price tickets.
#theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky #dclife
washington.org/visit-dc/rea...

Bilingual Shakespeares | Folger Shakespeare Library Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

#HispanicHeritageMonth My essay on Bilingual Shakespeares for the Folger Shakespeare Library. With photos of Martin Sheen as Hamlet, Elizabeth Peña as Juliet, and this one from the 2022 Measure for Measure at Chicago Shakespeare. #shakespeare #AcademicSky #latinx
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

7th Annual La Vida Es Cortos/Life is Shorts Festival Annual short film and short play festival celebrating the diverse Latinx culture, traditions, and stories!

#HispanicHeritageMonth TEATRX theatre in Houston announced the lineup for their La Vida es Cortos Festival 11/28-11/30. Short plays and films, Pay-What-You-Can tickets, and shows for kids under 13 are free.
#LatinSky #latinx #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky
matchouston.org/events/2025/...

Candela Announces Fellows for Third Annual Playwrights Summer Fellowship Program Candela, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to expanding access to theater education for playwrights, book writers, and lyricists of Latin American and Caribbean heritage, has announced the fellows...

#HispanicHeritageMonth Candela brings together playwrights and lyricists of Latin American and Caribbean heritage for a summer intensive. Applications aren't until spring, but you can join their mailing list. #latinx #latino #theatrebsky #theatresky
www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cand...

In honor of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), I will be posting about Latinx theatre and performance over the next thirty days. Celebrating my culture through the arts! #LatinSky #HispanicHeritageMonth #hispanic #latinx #latino #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky

Residency for playwrights and composers #theatre #writing #artists

Creative Labor, Creative Conditions | DC Jazz Festival

One day free convening on “Creative Labor, Creative Conditions” at Arena Stage in Washington, DC on 9/22. #dclife #theatre #theatresky #artists #dmvarts
www.dcjazzfest.org/event-detail...

Writer/Visual Artist/Film/Music Residency in Auvillar, France with flexible duration and start dates. Next deadline is September 15th. They offer several fully-funded fellowships each round. #artists #theatresky #theatrebsky #writers #writesky #writingcommunity
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She is beautiful! And she accessorizes. Very important.

Lady Ophelia

#Caturday

The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, is offering a Bilingual Shakespeares acting & dramaturgy intensive on 9/20. FREE. Register by 9/1. www.shakespearetheatre.org/index.php/al...
#Latinx #teatro #theatre #TheatreBSKY #theatresky #DClife

May the 4th Be With You. #starwars #StarWarsDay

Harvey Fierstein to Receive Special Lifetime Achievement Award at 2025 Tonys Cynthia Erivo hosts the 78th Tony Awards June 8 on CBS and Paramount+

www.thewrap.com/harvey-fiers...

Harvey Fierstein to Receive Special Lifetime Achievement Award at 2025 Tonys

The NYPL's special collections room has become 'Club Didion' Didion kept everything, even ongoing correspondence to try to cancel her daughter’s Columbia House Record Club membership in the 1980s. It's all now at the NYPL.

Joan Didion ephemera at the NYPL. #didion #writers

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It’s been a tough week, to say the least. Thank goodness for kitties and coffee. #caturday #CatsofSky

National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.

NEH staff put on immediate leave. #academicsky
www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...

Taking a moment to celebrate that after more than two years, my monograph, Latinx Shakespeares, is still going strong. It can be downloaded as a pdf or on e-readers for free. www.latinxshakespeares.org #latinx #academicsky #teatro #shakespeare

Cherry blossoms in bloom in Washington, DC. If you Google “cherry blossoms dc” the petals fall down your screen. #dclife

The Democracy Cycle | Perelman Performing Arts Center PAC NYC is a new home for emergent and established artists in theater, dance, music, opera, film, and media from New York and the world.

The PACNYC extended their call for submissions for The Democracy Cycle to April 16th. Accepted projects receive $30K commission + $30K towards the development process. At least 8 projects will be commissioned in this cycle. #theatre #theatresky #performance #dance
pacnyc.org/the-democrac...

Last week at the Fornés Symposium at Princeton. Such a wonderful convening to celebrate Irene’s legacy. #theatre #latinxtheatrecommons #fornesinstitute #teatro

Yesterday I was among the honorees at University of Maryland's Research Excellence Celebration, honoring faculty from across the university. I was one of ten faculty members selected across the fourteen departments in the College of Arts and Humanities. #LatinxShakespeares #theatre #academicsky