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Click here for a recent blog on Latinx Shakespeares of the 20th Century, published by the Folger Shakespeare Library for their Shakespeare & Beyond series
Welcome to the first online archive of Latinx theatrical adaptation.
LatinxShakespeares.Org is an archive that includes reviews and ephemera from over 200 Latinx-authored and/or Latinx-themed Shakespearean productions and adaptations and over 100 Latinx-authored and/or Latinx-themed adaptations of other western classics staged in the United States over the last seventy-five years.
This archive is intended for artists and researchers, and anyone who is interested in theatre history and art-making.
The archive was built, created, and is run by Carla Della Gatta, PhD, a theatre historian and performance theorist who has researched the intersections of Shakespeare and Latinidad since 2010. She works with theaters and artists on staging ethnic and bilingual classical theatre.
Recent, Current, & Upcoming Shows
Antigone In the Language of Kings
by Evelina Fernández
(dir. José Luis Valenzuela)
The Getty Villa Museum and Latino Theater Company (Pacific Palisades, CA)
September 3 - October 3, 2026
Fernández adapts Sophocles' play for the outdoor Getty Villa and sets the action in pre-conquest Tenochtitlan, Mexico.
Somewhere Over the Border
by Brian Quijada
(dir. Raymond O. Caldwell)
Mosaic Theater Company (Washington, DC)
September 10 - October 4, 2026
Quijada’s take on The Wizard of Oz is a semi-biographical and fantastical narrative of his mother’s journey from El Salvador to the U.S. It premiered in 2022 at Teatro Vista in Chicago.
El Quijote
by Santiago García
(dir. Jorge Alí Triana)
Repertorio Español (New York, NY)
11 shows between October 27, 2026 - May 26, 2027
Adapted by García for Colombia's Teatro de la Candelaria in 2000, this all-Spanish production has run in repertory each winter at Repertorio Español since 2006.
Blame of Thrones: A Chicano Murder Mystery Dinner
by Jonathan Heras
(dir. Jonathan Heras)
Borderlands Theater (Tucson, AZ)
January 28 - 31, 2027
Heras adapted Game of Thrones, the television drama (HBO 2011-19) created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to a musical dinner theatre event with audience interaction. It was first performed at Borderlands Theater in 2026, directed by Heras.
Romeo y Julieta
Adapted by Karen Zacariás and Henry Godinez
(dir. Henry Godinez)
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Chicago, IL)
January 29 - March 14, 2027
Zacarías and Godinez reset the action to 1960s Miami and transpose the action to Cuban households, the Montescos and Capuletas. Performed in English and Spanish with projected translations.
For a complete list of upcoming productions of West Side Story in the United States and worldwide, see here.
Available Books
This book includes essays and interviews from 25 playwrights, actors, scholars, dramaturgs, and directors who work at the intersections of Shakespeare and Latinx theatrical production.
It is available at all major online booksellers in hardcover and ebook. In February 2023, it went to paperback.
Latinx Shakespeares, the monograph, explores how Latinx culture is constructed dramaturgically and textually in recent Shakespearean adaptations and productions.
It is available at all major online booksellers.
It is also available for FREE to download. Hit the button below.
Online Essays, Blogs, Podcasts, and Videos
The Resources page includes podcasts and videos on Latinx Shakespeares and the many intersections of Shakespeare and Latinidad. It also has resources on Latinx theatre, bilingual theatre and translations, and Shakespeare.
The Resources page also includes a list of and links to the productions that have full audio or video available.
For short essays published by the Folger Shakespeare Library, HowlRound, academic journals, and other online sites, as well as original blogs written for this archive, see the Blog page.
For a full list of Dr. Della Gatta's scholarship and media, see carladellagatta.com.
LatinxShakespeares.Org is a non-profit site.
This is an online, living, and growing archive of Latinx Theatre Adaptation.
Please credit all artists and scholars appropriately.
Please cite the archive in your dramaturgical and scholarly research.
All images and ephemera have been posted with permission from theaters and artists.
They may not be reproduced or re-posted without permission.
I built and paid for this site myself because of my love for theatre and theatre-makers.
I will be managing it as editor and adding to it each month.
All donations go to maintenance of the site.
