Diversifying the Classics / LA Escena Festival

Diversifying the Classics Project At UCLA - Founded in 2014

We run LA Escena: Los Angeles' first festival of Hispanic classical theater.

[Diversifying the Classics / LA Escena Festival @LAEscenaLA]

Dear followers,

Thank you so much for following us on Twitter over the last few years. We’ve decided to move on to BlueSky, and discontinue this account. Follow us there for updates and projects!

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[Diversifying the Classics / LA Escena Festival @LAEscenaLA]

Dear followers,

Thank you so much for following us on Twitter over the last few years. We’ve decided to move on to BlueSky, and discontinue this account. Follow us there for updates and projects!

https://t.co/NQZ9ghVLjM

[Diversifying the Classics / LA Escena Festival @LAEscenaLA]

You can also follow us on Instagram: @la_escena_festival

[Diversifying the Classics / LA Escena Festival @LAEscenaLA]

Dear followers,

Thank you so much for following us on Twitter over the last few years. We’ve decided to move on to BlueSky, and discontinue this account. Follow us there for updates and projects!

https://t.co/NQZ9ghVLjM

[Diversifying the Classics / LA Escena Festival @LAEscenaLA]

If you attended LA Escena 24 (or if you were unable to), here's our latest blog post on this year's festival. Thank you for making this edition our largest yet! 🥳

https://t.co/5h7qExRkDA

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Laurel’s hilarious farce is inspired by Guillén de Castro’s Los malcasados de Valencia (1618). Laura Muñoz and Veronica Wilson subsequently translated the original for DTC. Read the translation here:
https://t.co/5eYNkMJSgS

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🎭 Laurel Ollstein’s Unhappily Married in Valencia, originally commissioned for the second Golden Tongues festival in 2014, will have a staged reading on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2:30pm, at the Broadwater Theatre (6322 Santa Monica Blvd). Drinks to follow at the Broadwater Bar! 🎭

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Come watch as the villagers of Fuente Ovejuna join together against an authoritarian who uses his power to prey upon the women of the town.

Location: Barnelle Theatre,
1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045

Tickets: https://t.co/iDTPpXRT38

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We’re thrilled for LMU’s production of Lope de Vega’s Fuente Ovejuna, directed by our valued collaborator Melanie Queponds and translated by Adrian Mitchell. Shows are from Oct 31-Nov 2 and Nov 6-9. On Nov. 7, Professor Barbara Fuchs will lead a talk-back after the performance.

[SPAIN arts & culture @spaincultureus]

🎭 @LAEscenaLA of Hispanic classical theater returns this year featuring new interpretations of comedia at @UCLA’s Nimoy Theater as part of 4th edition of Diversifying the Classics’ biennial celebration
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📆 Sept 12 - 17
📍UCLA Nimoy Theater, LA
➕ℹ️ 🎟️ https://t.co/9qlBBlnbxh

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This lecture interweaves scholarship presented by Professor Barbara Fuchs with performances by actors from Theatre Dybbuk.

Get your free tickets today!

https://t.co/mhzSS8UTlf

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How does who we are shape what we see and believe? And how do the purveyors of media manipulate those distinctions? In The Marvelous Puppet Show, Cervantes gives us a story of charlatans who con an audience. and poses uncomfortable questions for the here and now. @theatredybbuk

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get your tickets today!

https://t.co/mhzSS8UTlf

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🎭 Join us Sunday September 15 at 3 PM for Fling by Zharia O’Neal!

Who are we, truly, in the dark? Four young beauty-pageant contestants trapped during a blackout are forced to reckon with their own ambitions, bare their secrets, and come together 🎭

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@UCLA Get your tickets (and more info!) on our page: https://t.co/mhzSS8UTlf

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Join us at the Nimoy Theater from September 12-17 as LA Escena presents new adaptations and reimaginings of 17th-century Spanish theater classics by artists from around the world.

https://t.co/v5WjIOdbS7

[Laura Muñoz @munoz90_laura]

Super excited about all the shows for LA ESCENA 2024 but looking over the supertitles for this one already had me feeling emotional. It's gonna be an amazing show

[Carlos González Gutiérrez @carlos_glezgtez]

Don’t miss this year’s edition of @LAEscenaLA, Hispanic classical theatre festival from 🗓️ Sept. 12-17. There will be 10 live free performances by companies from 🇪🇸 (@grumelot) & 🇲🇽 (Mulas Teatro and @loscolochos) at the @UCLA Nimoy Theater @CAP_UCLA 🎭

https://t.co/rTMfIdVYMB

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Get your tickets today!
https://t.co/mhzSS8UTlf

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Join us for Flickers (based on Juan Ruiz de Alarcón’s La cueva de Salamanco).
A director aims to succeed in early 20th-century Hollywood by adapting a centuries-old comedy written by his ancestor. While conjuring marvels and mischief, he ignores the perils that surround him.