Latinx Theatre Initiative - UT Austin

We are ready for DIA DE MU***OS ❤️‍🔥

The Latinx Theatre Initiative at UT Austin has set up our community ofrenda (right outside the Brockett Theater in the Winship building!)

This week, bring a photo of a loved one who has passed of a memento and help us build our community ofrenda.

Our friends at Teatro Vivo are hosting a playwriting workshop in Austin, TX!

Dates:
Sunday, Feb 23
Sunday, March 2.
Sunday, March 9

Check it out!

Teatro Vivo's 2025 Playwriting Workshops Registration Teatro Vivo is excited to continue our engagement with local, Central Texas-based writers in a series of Playwriting Workshops taught by experienced playwrights in Latinx theatre! Open to any writer whose writing aligns with Teatro Vivo’s mission, these workshops will take place over the course of...

Auditions are this week for our new bilingual show Alicia. It will be directed by Lacey Canon Gonzales and Carl Gonzales and it's going to be a blast! Follow the link in the comments for all the information and to sign up. All of our artist and performer opportunities are paid. Sign up today to reserve your spot.

Auditions for Papakō: The Journey!

Papakō: The Journey Auditions Indigenous Cultures Institute and Teatro Vivo are honored to announce a call for Actors for its new Indigenous play for young audiences: Papakō: The Journey. Prompted by a mysterious message from b…

Get your tickets to the ALNPF here:

Get Tickets Festival Lineup: Thursday, April 25th @ 7 PM – “Pray for the Notary” by Mia Gomez-Reyes Friday, April 26th @ 7 PM – “As Long As You Remember” by Christian Jacob Ramon Saturday, April 27…

Get your tickets to these 4 new plays at the Austin Latinx New Play Festival coming up NEXT WEEKEND!

Thursday, April 25th @ 7 PM – “Pray for the Notary” by Mia Gomez-Reyes

Friday, April 26th @ 7 PM – “As Long As You Remember” by Christian Jacob Ramon

Saturday, April 27 @ 1 PM – “ZAPATA: A Folklorico Superhero Musical” by Jesse J. Sanchez

Saturday, April 27 @ 7 PM – Protesta de los Reyes Magos” by Jorge E. Santiago O’Neill

Can't wait to see this tonight!

Romeo y Juliet A bilingual adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most cherished works, Romeo y Juliet recounts the tale of two star-crossed lovers, daughters from the feuding houses of Capulet and Montague, reimagined in Alta, California in the 1840’s prior to the annexation of California to the United States. Se...

Join us for "María Irene Fornés, Three Short Readings" next Friday, March 29!

Considered by many to be the mother of Latinx playwriting, Fornés was an influential and award-winning playwright, director, and teacher.

Join us in the staged reading of three of her works:
Springtime (1989), directed by Georgia Beckmann
Mud (excerpt) (1983), directed by Rodolfo Robles Cruz
Fefu and Her Friends (excerpt) (1977), directed by Elyse Rosario.

This event is co-presented by the Friday @ 2 speaking series of the Performance as Public Practice program and the Latinx Theatre Initiative at UT Austin in coordination with The Fornés Institute.

Date: Friday March 29
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: WIN 2.180
Department of Theatre and Dance at UT Austin.

Free and open to the public. Zoom hybrid option also available

Auditions for the Austin Latinx New Play Festival!
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2024 Austin Latinx New Play Festival Auditions We are excited to share the 2024 Austin Latinx New Play Festival Auditions.General:There are 4 plays in the festival, each play will be presented one time, auditions are for the festival at large, …

🤩🤩🤩 felicidades Sandra Cisneros!!!

It's here! You can now order the 40th anniversary hardcover edition of The House on Mango Street with a new introduction by John Phillip Santos. This edition is part of the Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics Series.

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