Gustavo Ott, GALA Hispanic Theatre’s Inventive Director, proudly publicizes the theater’s 51st season, Think about. Resist. Revolt, which “displays the anxieties swirling round us, a stable creative, theatrical, and literary providing, but in addition a political and influential one, conceived from inside our neighborhood throughout one of the defining moments for the Spanish language on this nation.”
“We’ll journey from the ability of artwork to save lots of the world in Garbo to Eva Luna confronting the fears of her age and period. From the legend of Pancho Villa and the worth of reminiscence in battle, to fortitude within the face of adversity in No One Writes To The Colonel. We are going to retell The Odyssey from a classroom in Takoma Park and return to the Columbia Heights Botiquín/Bar, this time with mariachi music and tales rooted in our neighborhood, from the 1991 rebellion in Mount Nice to the resistance of our neighbors in DC towards ICE,” Ott shares. “And as if that weren’t sufficient, we’ll current our first cycle of staged readings, NUEVA ERA, devoted to unpublished and unproduced new performs by Latino playwrights within the US.”
Ott continues, “From García Márquez to Isabel Allende, from Zúñiga to Chabaud, Pedreira and new playwrights, right this moment’s authors stroll hand in hand with the greats of Latin American literature. Sure, GALA’s season appears totally different from others, maybe as a result of it’s a singular and distinctive imaginative and prescient of Hispanic tradition from the capital of america in a second marked by authoritarian resurgence and the return of emperors. [This] season…within the face of despair, affords hope in one of the best of our tradition, drawing themes from modern life and infusing them with the concept that, deep down, that is nothing greater than the start of a brand new starting.”
MAINSTAGE SEASON PRODUCTIONS
Garbo: El artista que salvó al mundo (Garbo: The Artist Who Saved The World)
By Gustavo Ott (Venezuela)
Directed by Carlos Celdrán
September 3 – 27, 2026
WORLD PREMIERE
In Spanish with English surtitles
A failed theater dreamer turns into certainly one of World Conflict II’s most good double brokers. Utilizing efficiency, phantasm, and audacity, he builds an elaborate deception that helps mislead the Nazi regime. A cinematic, metatheatrical journey about creativeness as resistance — and artwork as a weapon.
Eva Luna
By Isabel Allende (Chile)
Tailored by Caridad Svich
Directed by José Zayas
February 4 – 28, 2027
In Spanish with English surtitles
Born into poverty, a fearless younger girl reinvents herself amid political upheaval and unbelievable love. Sweeping, sensual, and defiant, this adaptation of Isabel Allende’s novel follows her rise from invisibility to affect — and her refusal to let the world outline her destiny.
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (No One Writes To The Colonel) – MAINSTAGE
By Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia)
Directed by Gustavo Ott
April 29 – Might 23, 2027
WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION
In Spanish with English surtitles
For 15 years, a retired colonel waits for a pension that by no means comes. Sustained by dignity and a preventing rooster left by his son, he endures. A spare, poetic portrait of resilience, hope, and quiet resistance.
Botiquín de Mariachis de Columbia Heights (Columbia Heights Mariachi Bar) – MAINSTAGE
By Jaime Chabaud (Mexico)
June 16 – July 4, 2027
WORLD PREMIERE. COMMISSIONED BY GALA
In Spanish with English surtitles
Inside a neighborhood bar pulsing with rancheras, heartbreak and resistance share the highlight. Mixing stay mariachi music with native historical past and heroes, this immersive expertise celebrates Columbia Heights’ resilience, neighborhood delight, and the ability of tune as social justice.
DANCE, FILM & PERFORMANCE
XXII Fuego Flamenco Pageant
twenty second Annual Flamenco Pageant
Honorary Producer: Lynne Horning
November 5 – 21, 2026
That includes U.S. and worldwide artists in an expanded three-week competition!
SPAIN FLAMENCO ARTS (Spain)
La velada
Created, choreographed & carried out by Marta Gálvez
November 5 – 8, 2026
DC PREMIERE
On this present, custom meets a recent imaginative and prescient, and the reminiscence of those that danced earlier than flows by means of each motion, celebrating their journey, legacy, and love. Dance seems as a spot of passage — the previous breathes into the current, what’s inherited transforms, the physique holds expertise, and every gesture finds its place within the now.
FLAMENCO APARICIO DANCE CO. (USA)
Title TBD
November 13 – 15, 2026
A Flamenco masterpiece choreographed and directed by visionary artist Edwin Aparicio and a troupe of native and worldwide Flamenco dancers. Witness a spectacular show of uncooked ardour, motion, fiery zapateo, and rhythm.
FLAMENCO EN FAMILIA
November 14, 2026
Sara Jerez, Richard Marlow, and visitor dancers introduce the origins and historical past of flamenco and a number of other conventional Spanish dances. Come observe palmas, zapateo, and study the usage of castanets, followers, and conventional and modern flamenco devices. FREE for youngsters and households!
ARTIST TBD
November 20 – 21, 2026
GALA Movie Pageant: Latin American Innovation
Lineup & schedule TBD
December 2 – 6, 2026
All movies in Spanish with English subtitles
Six modern movies by rising administrators and a basic from the Mexican Golden Age. Be part of GALA for unique talkbacks with producers, artists, administrators, and consultants, and receptions after the screenings.
Nueva Period 2027: Comedies – STAGED READINGS
December 11 – 13, 2026
WORLD PREMIERE
In English and Spanish
Three Latino Performs Staged Studying Occasions, together with new and unproduced works.
QuinTango
April 2 – 3, 2027
5 virtuosic musicians ignite the stage with modern chamber tango — mixing classical precision, rhythmic fireplace, and daring storytelling. Sensuous, playful, and fiercely expressive, this electrifying efficiency reimagines tango for right this moment.
GALita – BILINGUAL PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
Pancho Villa y los niños de la bola (Pancho Villa and The Youngsters of the Revolution)
By Antonio Zúñiga (Mexico)
Directed by Mauricio Pita
October 17 – 31, 2026
US PREMIERE
Bilingual
An outdated man, a younger man, and a toddler revisit the Mexican Revolution, resurrecting Pancho Villa by means of reminiscence, corridos, and fable. As historical past blurs with folklore, a brand new portrait emerges — of a revolutionary who understood the ability of storytelling.
La fiesta de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day)
January 2, 2027
Be part of GALA for our annual Three Kings Day Celebration! This festive finish to the vacation season will characteristic the timeless story of the Magi, performances by native musicians and dance corporations, a neighborhood avenue parade, and a present for each youngster. FREE!
La Odisea contada como sea (The Odyssey—by Any Means Obligatory)
By Francisco Pedreira (Argentina)
Music by Elena Zago
March 13 – 20 & March 29 – April 1, 2027
WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION
Bilingual
A professor by accident walks into the flawed class and should educate The Odyssey from reminiscence and the assistance of a Janitor. What begins as panic turns right into a wildly imaginative journey, as desks change into ships and lecture rooms rework into epic battlegrounds. A festivity of creativity below stress.
PASO NUEVO YOUTH PROGRAM
Underneath the route of artist Chris Ríos, GALA’s FREE after-school youth program affords bilingual coaching in drama, motion, writing, and technical theater to youth ages 14 to 19. College students create new, unique works and carry out for the general public within the Fall, Spring, and Summer season. The Summer season showcase might be Thursday, July 30, 2026; the Fall/Winter showcase might be Wednesday, December 16, 2026; and the Spring showcase might be Wednesday, Might 19, 2027. Paso Nuevo is the winner of the 2012 Nationwide Arts and Humanities Youth Arts Program Award.
GENERAL INFORMATION
SCHEDULE: Primary stage season productions are Thursdays by means of Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm. Columbia Heights Mariachi Bar runs Wednesdays by means of Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. For different efficiency instances, go to http://www.galatheatre.org or name (202) 234-7174. All schedules are topic to vary.
TICKETS: Single tickets to mainstage and Flamenco performances are $50 Premium Middle, $45 Orchestra Normal, $35 Orchestra Worth, and $25 Balcony Worth; $35 Seniors (65+), Army, Academics, and Teams (10+); $25 25 and Underneath; Noche de GALA: Chosen ticket value + $5 (per individual). Tickets for the GALita performances are $10 for youngsters and $12 for adults. Tickets to the movie competition are $10 every, and tickets to extra packages range per present. To buy tickets, go to www.galatheatre.org or name (202) 234-7174.
LOCATION, PARKING & METRO: GALA Theatre is positioned at 3333 14th Road NW, Washington, DC. Discounted parking of $4 is accessible within the safe Large parking storage straight behind the theater. The doorway is positioned on Park Highway and Holmead Road, NW (you should validate your parking ticket on the theater foyer). GALA is positioned one block north from the Columbia Heights Metro station (Inexperienced/Yellow Traces).
