ARTS EDUCATION.
GALA provides quality educational and theatrical opportunities and arts engagement for students grades K-12. Students can engage with GALA arts programs through Paso Nuevo, Student Matinees, and GALita.
Through 2020-2021 school year, all educational programs will be offered online. Reserve here.
Stay tuned for announcements regarding the resumption of in-person performances.
To contact the education department, please email or call 202-750-0610
Since 1980, GALita has produced bilingual children’s theater that inspire a sense of joy, discovery, pride, and identity in our community’s children ages 4 to 12. GALita presents new works and adaptations based on classic Latin American and Hispanic literature.
DIGITAL OFFERINGS.
To reserve and/or for more information, click here.
GALita presents: Sole Biblioteca Rodante
A Leyendo con GALita read-aloud plus an arts and crafts component in Spanish.
El perro del hortelano
(The Dog in the Manger)
By Lope de Vega
Commissioned Adaptation by
Paco Gámez
Directed by José Zayas
Tía Julia y el escribidor
(Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter)
A play by Caridad Svich
Based on the novel by Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)
Directed by José Zayas
FREE RESOURCES.
Whether you are a student, teacher, or parent, these free educational resources will improve Spanish vocabulary and Latin-American, Indigenous, and Spanish cultural understanding.
SPANISH READ-ALOUDS.
Leyendo con GALita is a series of read-aloud videos of popular Spanish children's books. Feel free to use the books in your lessons, or as a family activity! To register for the final installment of Leyendo Con GALita offering for the Spring, click here.
Available through June 30, 2021.
STUDY GUIDES.
GALA offers study guides in both English and Spanish for all educational programming for the season, and can be found here. They are also offered in plain text for accessibility purposes.
These study guides may be used for lesson plans, pre-show analysis, and more.
