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.
Reykjavik
by Juan Mayorga
A look at the Cold War through the game of chess.
Translated by: Nicholas Jackson & Bill Murphy
Directed by: Paul Takacs
Performed by: Ken Kliban, Jack Garrett, Missy Hamblet
Mon, Nov 25th at 7pm
The Little Pony
by Paco Bezerra
An exploration on bullying, based on true events in a North Carolina school.
Translated by: Marion Peter Holt
Directed by: Gama Valle
Performed by: Ricardo Birnbaum, Carmen Gill
Mon, Dec 2 at 7pm
Tenderness
by Alfredo Sanzol
A romantic comedy full of Shakespearean drama.
Translated by: Simon Breden
Directed by: Tara Elliott
Performed by: Alenka Kraigher, Mariana Newhard, Maria Peyramaure, Michael Kane, Pablo Sandstrom, Rafael Sanchez
Mon, Dec 9th at 7pm