The Alliance of Teatros Latinos NY has announced the lineup for Teatro Fest 2025, a celebration of Latine culture through live theatre, dance, music, and discussion with the community's artists. This year's festival will take place March 1–April 30 in New York City, with 20 productions and more than 147 performances to be featured.
Festival venues will include IATI Theater, INTAR Theatre, Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Repertorio Español, Teatro LATEA, Teatro SEA, and Thalia Spanish Theatre, all of which are member theatres of the Alliance of Teatros Latinos NY.
Teatro Círculo will present Carmen Rivera's La Caída de Rafael Trujillo (The Downfall of Rafael Trujillo) April 25–May 11, with Cándido Tirado directing.
IATI Theater's selection will be Itziar Pascual's La Niña y la Ballena, directed by Antigona Gonzalez and running March 27–April 20.
As previously reported, INTAR Theatre will stage The Irrepressible Magic of the Tropics, penned by Julián Mesri and running February 19–March 16 as part of Teatro Fest. Kathleen Capdesuñer will direct.
Teatro LATEA's productions will include Of Flowers and Tears (March 6 and 8), choreographed and directed by Carole Alexis; Abya Yala (April 12), written and directed by Patricia Aranibar; and Me Estoy Quedando Calva (April 25–26 and May 2–3), written and directed by Yenny Sánchez.
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater will offer March Is Music 2025, a series of ten concerts from Latin, jazz, fusion, and classical artists. Concerts will be presented March 1–30 on Saturdays at 7 PM and Sundays at 3 PM.
Repertorio Español's festival productions will include Los Soles Truncos (March 1–April 25), written by René Marqués and directed by José Zayas; La Llamada (March 14–April 6), written by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo and directed by Rafa Sánchez; Radojka (March 16–April 19), written by Fernando Schmidt and Christian Ibarzábal and directed by Leyma López; La Breve y Maravillosa Vida de Oscar Wao (March 22–April 27), written and directed by Marco Antonio Rodríguez; and Risoterapia (March 28–30), written by Saulo García and directed by Juan Carlos Talero.
Teatro SEA will offer a theatrical concert titled Un Corazón Feliz en NY (Cultural Exchange with Cuba) March 20, with Rubén Darío Salazar and Rochi Almeiro directing. On March 21, programming will include a screening of the documentary Puppetry in the Hispanic Caribbean Ep 1: Cuba, directed by Manuel Morán and Kristian Otero; and a panel discussion on contemporary Cuban puppetry, moderated by Yudd Favier. From March 21–22, programming will include La Niña Que Riega la Albahaca y el Príncipe Preguntón, adapted, performed, and directed by Rubén Darío Salazar with set design by Zenén Calero. From April 5–May 3, Teatro SEA will present César Chávez and the Migrants, written and directed by Manuel A. Morán; and from April 11–June 13, five directors (Gara Roda, George Riverón, Martín Chamorro, and Askel Tang) will each present a short play as part of the 16th season of Microtheater NY - Director's Showcase.
Finally, Thalia Spanish Theatre will present El Vuelo de las Palomas (The Doves' Flight), written by José Luis Alonso de Santos, directed by Héctor Luis Rivera, and running February 28–March 23; Entre Amigos Flamencos, directed by Yloy Ybarra and running March 28–April 13; and Tuya Siempre, Julita, written by Roberto Ramos Perea, directed by Amneris Morales and Ivan Goris, and running April 25–May 11.
A special preview night will be held February 24 at 6 PM at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Visit LatinoTheatersNY.com for tickets, a full lineup, and more event details.