SPANISH THEATRE REPERTORY COMPANY LTD
138 EAST 27TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10016 www.repertorio.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PRESENT, IN A ROTATING REPERTORY, THE FINEST LATIN AMERICAN, SPANISH, AND LATINO USA THEATRE AND TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH SPEAKING AMERICANS.

MAINTAIN A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY OF ACTORS AND DIRECTORS TO PERFORM WORKS IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1968, SPANISH THEATRE REPERTORY COMPANY, LTD., HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO PRODUCING AN UNPARALLELED REPERTOIRE OF CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSICAL PLAYS FROM SPAIN, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE HISPANIC-AMERICAN COMMUNITY; AND TO INSTILLING A SENSE OF PRIDE OF HERITAGE FOR ALL LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH ALL AMERICANS. IN THIS TRADITION, REPERTORIO HAD BEEN HAVING AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL 2019-2020 SEASON, LED BY THE THEATRICAL ADAPTION PREMIERE OF JUNOT DIAZ'S THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO BY MARCO ANTONIO RODRGUEZ. THE PLAY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PRODUCTIONS OF THE SEASON WITH AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF OVER 90%, REACHING A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCES, INCLUDING AFRO-LATINXS, PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE BOOK, AND FIRST-SECOND GENERATION DOMINICANS.CRITICALLY, THE NEW YORK TIMES NOTED, "IN A SPANISH-LANGUAGE STAGE ADAPTATION OF THE JUNOT DAZ NOVEL, THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO DOMINICAN MEN IS A TESTING GROUND FOR COMPETING VISIONS OF MASCULINITY." CONTRIBUTING TO THE SEASON'S MOMENTUM, ALONG WITH THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF THE AWARD-WINNING PERPETUAL PEACE BY JUAN MAYORGA AND SUCH AUDIENCE FAVORITES AS LA GRINGA, NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL, EL QUIJOTE, THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, WE HAD THE NEW YORK TIMES CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, FILOMENA MARTURANO -- AN ADAPTATION OF EDUARDO DE FILIPPO'S PLAY BY REPERTORIO'S ROBERT FEDERICO, RAFAEL SNCHEZ, AND LEYMA LPEZ. BASED ON SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCES OF ALL THE SCHEDULED PRODUCTIONS IN THE SEASON, REPERTORIO HAD PROJECTIONS OF REACHING THE $1,000,000 MARK BY THE END OF THE SEASON IN AUGUST - A BOX OFFICE RECORD NOT TOPPED SINCE BEFORE THE RECESSION OF 2008. REPERTORIO'S DIGNIDAD! PROGRAM, UP TO MARCH 13TH, HAD SERVED 8,890 STUDENTS. MAKING LIVE PERFORMANCES ACCESSIBLE THROUGH FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PLAYS IN REPERTORY, THE COMPANY HELD 52 WEEKDAY MATINEES FOR SCHOOL GROUPS COMING FROM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT, AND OTHER NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC STATES. THEN COVID-19 STRUCK. ON MARCH 13, REPERTORIO CANCELED ALL ITS PROGRAMMING. THIS INCLUDED PERFORMANCES OF 14 DIFFERENT PLAYS, IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, AND ALL PLANNED TOURS THROUGHOUT NYC. IN JUNE, TO CONTINUE SERVING AUDIENCES, REPERTORIO BEGAN OFFERING A SERIES OF LIVE READINGS HIGHLIGHTING LATINX PLAYWRIGHTS, AN INITIATIVE SUPPORTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS CREATENYC LANGUAGE ACCESS FUND PROGRAM. THE FIRST FIVE DIFFERENT READINGS INCLUDED WORKS BY LATINX PLAYWRIGHTS WHOSE PLAYS HAVE NEVER BEEN TRANSLATED OR PERFORMED IN SPANISH (BEES AND HONEY BY GUADALS DEL CARMEN, THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY BY KRISTOFFER DAZ, LA PALOMA PRISONER BY RAQUEL ALMAZN, WORSHIP BY EDUARDO MACHADO, AND LIVING LARGE BY DIANE RODRGUEZ). SUBSEQUENTLY, WITH SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT FROM THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL COALITION OF THEATRES OF COLOR (CTC), REPERTORIO SHOWCASED THE LEADING FIVE PLAYS EMERGING FROM THE MIRANDA FAMILY VOCES LATINX PLAYWRITING COMPETITION (MALAS MAAS (DIRTY TRICKS), THAT DRIVE THRU MONTEREY, (TRANS)FORMADA, DERECHO (RIGHT), AND CALLING PUERTO RICO). THE SUPPORT OF CTC ALSO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO BRING TO AUDIENCES A STREAMING READING OF REPERTORIO'S NEWLY COMMISSION EVA LUNA, A PLAY BY CARIDAD SVICH BASED ON ISABEL ALLENDE'S NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, REACHING 2,303 VIEWERS IN ALL. ALSO, FOR THE SUMMER, REPERTORIO MADE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FOR AUDIENCES TWO PRERECORDED PRODUCTIONS: COURAGE, BETRAYAL, AND A WOMAN SCORNED, A SPANISH GOLDEN CLASSIC WRITTEN BY ANA CARO THAT ENRICHES THE CANON OF SPANISH-GOLDEN AGE DRAMA WITH A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE; AND BOXCAR, A MOVING PLAY RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES DEALING WITH ISSUES OF IMMIGRATION.IN ALL, SEASON HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED: " 1 WORLD PREMIERE - THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO BY MARCO ANTONIO RODRGUEZ" 1 NEW PRODUCTION - PERPETUAL PEACE BY JUAN MAYORGA" 12 FLAGSHIP PRODUCTIONS IN REPERTORY" 5 GUEST PRODUCTIONS " 156 PERFORMANCES" 9 TOURING PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY" 1 TOURING PERFORMANCE OUT OF STATE" 52 SCHOOL-DAY MATINE PERFORMANCES" 60 ARTISTS EMPLOYED" 17,710 TOTAL AUDIENCE" 3,742 PEOPLE SERVED THROUGH TOURS " 116 STUDENTS SERVED THROUGH IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES" 20,000+ STREAMING VIEWS

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