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, all educational programs will be offered online and will be available through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. GALA will resume in-person performances for school groups in February 2021.
To contact the education department, please email or call 202-750-0610
DIGITAL OFFERINGS.
XVI Fuego Flamenco Festival:
ÍNTIMO
Co-directed and performed by Edwin Aparicio and Omayra Amaya
Co-musical Direction by Roberto Castellón and Ricardo Marlow
An electrifying piece that explores how our lives have changed because of the pandemic, when solitude, through thoughts and feelings, takes you on a journey of self-discovery, but also brings hope for the future.
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Pre-recorded performance available through June 15, 2021.
For more information and to reserve, click here.

El perro del hortelano
(The Dog in the Manger)
By Lope de Vega
Commissioned Adaptation by Paco Gámez
Directed by José Zayas
The “Shakespeare of Spain” brings us this Spanish Golden Age classic about the complications of class conflict in 17th century Naples.
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Pre-recorded performance available through June 15, 2021.
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Optional pre-show workshop with GALA teaching artists available through January 31, 2021.
For more information and to reserve, click here.

Compañeras de viaje: An Adventure Through Native Latin America
Directed and written by Karen Morales-Chacana and Melissa Strova-Valencia of Teatro La Bolsa
A bilingual performance of Mayan folktales and important Indigenous figures. Includes a worksheet packet for teachers. For students grades 1-5.
For more information and to reserve, click here.
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! 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.