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Dear Educator,
As you plan for the new school year, we hope you will consider enhancing your curriculum by joining us for the 35th Anniversary Season of GALA Hispanic Theatre, ¡Corazón añejo…pulso nuevo! This season’s mainstage productions will entertain, challenge and provide your students with a valuable opportunity to learn more about the Latin American and Spanish cultures through theater. GALA’s 2010-11 season brings to the stage classical and contemporary plays from renowned Hispanic and Latino playwrights, with new and modern perspectives.
At GALA we believe in the power of theater to stimulate curiosity, inspire and to help students reflect, question, and learn. For that reason, we make our productions accessible so that students can experience live theater and expand their knowledge about the arts, history, and issues affecting their lives and communities.
As part of our efforts to make each GALA performance more rewarding for both you and your students, we can provide the following:
• A copy of the script in Spanish or English (available upon request).
• Educational supplement with information about the play, playwright(s), historical context, and suggested readings, that can be emailed or provided in hard copy the day of the performance.
• Post-performance discussions with the actors, director, and invited guests, where students and professors can inquire about the play and production.
• Student group rate for ten or more is $15.00 per ticket for scheduled performances on Fridays at 10:30 am. (Single Ticket Prices are $34 and $36)
• Free educator ticket per every 20 students who attend the performance.
For more information about our Student Matinee Program or to make reservations for these productions, please contact us at 202-234-7174 or at camille@galatheatre.org.
We look forward to welcoming you at the theater!
Camille J. Cintrón
Public Relations & Marketing Associate
GALA Hispanic Theatre
P.O. BOX 43209
Washington, DC 20010
www.galatheatre.org
By Lope de Vega (Spain)
Directed José Luis Arellano & Adaptation by Mar Zubiera and Francisco Rojas (Spain)
September 16 - October 17, 2010
One of Lope’s most poetic works, this tragicomedy is driven by intrigue, honor, and a passionate love doomed by a bitter rivalry between two Spanish towns. GALA is proud to be collaborating with a dynamic company of Spanish artists, Acción Sur, in this new binational production. In Spanish with English surtitles.
**Special student weekday matinees for El caballero de Olmedo are Fridays, September 24; October 1, 8 and 15, 2010 at 10:30 am.**
By Jorge Ali Triana and Carlos José Reyes - Adaptation of a story by Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia)
Directed Jorge Ali Triana (Colombia)
February 3 - 27, 2011
The young Eréndira is forced to sell herself by her grandmother to pay for accidentally burning down the family home. After traveling from town to town in the desert, Eréndira is wed to a young man who loves her deeply. Together they plot an escape. Triana turns this tragic tale into black comedy, revealing possibilities never imagined in the original novella. In Spanish with English surtitles.
**Special student weekday matinees for La cándida Eréndira are Fridays, February 11, 18 and 25, 2011 at 10:30 am.**
By By Gustavo Ott (Venezuela)
Directed Directed by Abel López
April 7-May 1, 2011
This hilarious play of three women on the verge was a smash hit in GALA’s 2003 season. A divorcee is on the brink of suicide as she realizes her unfulfilled life has passed her by; a faux vegetarian is a high-octane diva who feels jilted and taken for granted by her boyfriend; and an evangelist constantly struggles with her inner passions. Ultimately, the women find comfort, and salvation, in each other. In Spanish with English surtitles.
**Special student weekday matinees for Divorciadas, evangélicas y vegetarianas are Fridays, April 15, 22 and 29, 2011 at 10:30 am.**
If you would like more information about our student matinee program or to make reservations for the productions, please contact me at 202-234-7174 or at sandra@galatheatre.org.
We hope to see you at the theater! ¡A todo corazón!
Education Outreach Coordinator
GALA Hispanic Theatre
P.O. BOX 43209
Washington, DC 20010
www.galatheatre.org
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