AENY’s annual series returns to Instituto Cervantes to showcase the latest contemporary work from Spain. Highlighting rarely translated Spanish playwrights, the program exposes New York audiences, actors, and directors to these timely works and allows them to be a part of selecting one to fully produce the following season.
Dark Stone
by Alberto Conejero
A heartbreaking drama about the beautiful but harrowing story of Rafael Rodríguez Rapún, garcía Lorca’s last lover.
Translated by: Gary J. Racz
Directed by: Paul Takacs
Performed by: Ricardo Birnbaum & Pablo Sandstrom
Mon, Oct 1st at 6pm
Liberto
by Gemma Brió
Liberto enters into a new mother’s world as she navigates her child’s illness and emerging existencial questions.
Translated by: Sharon G. Feldman
Directed by: Sherri Eden Barber
Performed by: Maria Peyramaure, Begonya Plaza & Missy Hamblet
Mon, Nov 5 at 6pm
El Minuto del Payaso
by J. R Fernández, Fernando Soto & Luis Bermejo
El Minuto del Payaso is an extraordinary monologue that reflects upon art’s ability to mitigate misery.
Translated by: This reading will be performed In Spanish
Directed by: Gama Valle
Performed by: Txemi Parra
Mon, Dec 10th at 6pm