José Luis Arellano-García (Director) José Luis Arellano-García is a theater, opera and television director from Spain, and is the director of the Drama School of the City of Parla in Spain. He directed Fuente Ovejuna at the 2009 International Festival of Classic Theatre of Almagro, featuring youth from Parla. This production was presented at the Shakespeare Theatre and GALA in April 2009. Last season, he directed El caballero de Olmedo for GALA’s 35th Anniversary Season, as well as an adaptation of Cervantes’s Numancia, performed by the Youth Theater of Parla at GALA. Other directing credits include La bruja Azafrán for Teatro Real, and Cinderella, an opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, which toured throughout Spain.
In addition, he was Assistant Director at Teatro Real Ignacio García for operas such as El pequeño deshollinador by Benjamin Britten, and El tutor burlado by Martín and Soler. He also was Assistant Director to Josep María Mestres for El Barbero de Sevilla/Bohemios at the Teatro de la Zarzuela; for Silencio Vivimos at Teatro Adolfo Marsillach; as well as for Algo más inesperado que la muerte at the Lara Theatre. Currently, he is Assistant Director to Gerardo Vera, who directed Platónov by Anton Chekov and Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht at the María Guerrero National Theater.
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