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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay!
Diversifying the Classics is a great resource for Siglo de Oro plays. Translations are free online. They host a theatre festival, La Escena, in Los Angeles.
diversifyingtheclassics.humanities.ucla.edu
#ITD #ITD2025 #translation #TheatreSky #TheatreBsky

Homepage - Diversifying the Classics

diversifyingtheclassics.humanities.ucla.edu

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 17d

#HispanicHeritageMonth + #ShakespeareSunday
Here's Raúl Esparza reading Sonnet 29 in Spanish
translated by Colombian poet William Ospina
"When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xElk...

Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - Sonnet 29 with Raúl Esparza | The Public Theater

YouTube video by PublicTheaterNY

www.youtube.com

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 18d

#Caturday

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 19d

#HispanicHeritageMonth Thinking back to that time during lockdown when Colman Domingo gave an hour-long talk and conversation on playwriting. He was so gracious and encouraging. Free to watch on @howlround.bsky.social
howlround.com/happenings/l...
#LatinSky #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky

Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Colman Domingo

A Latinx-led playwriting series featuring writers/theatremakers from across the U.S.|Tlaloc Rivas presented the Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Colman Domingo livestreamed on the global, com...

howlround.com

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 19d

My article on how the performing arts can be incorporated as a method for public humanities has just been published in the online, open-access journal, Public Humanities. Free to download. #publichumanities #AcademicSky #PerformingArts #HigherEd #theatre #arts
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 20d

#HispanicHeritageMonth SolFest 2025 is 9/28-10/2, with
online and in-person events, including a Sunday picnic, Latiné ShortsFest film screenings, and staged readings of work by seasoned and emergent playwrights. #LatinSky #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky
www.solproject.org/solfest

Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 20d

Washington, DC Theatre Week starts today! Runs 9/18-10/5. Lots of shows with low-price tickets.
#theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky #dclife
washington.org/visit-dc/rea...

5 Reasons to Enjoy Theatre Week 2025 in Washington, DC | Washington DC

More than 20 productions offer $25, $45 and $65 tickets, Sept. 18 – Oct. 5

washington.org

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 21d

#HispanicHeritageMonth My essay on Bilingual Shakespeares for the Folger Shakespeare Library. With photos of Martin Sheen as Hamlet, Elizabeth Peña as Juliet, and this one from the 2022 Measure for Measure at Chicago Shakespeare. #shakespeare #AcademicSky #latinx
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Bilingual Shakespeares | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

www.folger.edu

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 22d

#HispanicHeritageMonth TEATRX theatre in Houston announced the lineup for their La Vida es Cortos Festival 11/28-11/30. Short plays and films, Pay-What-You-Can tickets, and shows for kids under 13 are free.
#LatinSky #latinx #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky
matchouston.org/events/2025/...

7th Annual La Vida Es Cortos/Life is Shorts Festival

Annual short film and short play festival celebrating the diverse Latinx culture, traditions, and stories!

matchouston.org

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 22d

#HispanicHeritageMonth Candela brings together playwrights and lyricists of Latin American and Caribbean heritage for a summer intensive. Applications aren't until spring, but you can join their mailing list. #latinx #latino #theatrebsky #theatresky
www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cand...

Candela Announces Fellows for Third Annual Playwrights Summer Fellowship Program

Candela, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to expanding access to theater education for playwrights, book writers, and lyricists of Latin American and Caribbean heritage, has announced the fellows...

www.broadwayworld.com

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 23d

In honor of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), I will be posting about Latinx theatre and performance over the next thirty days. Celebrating my culture through the arts! #LatinSky #HispanicHeritageMonth #hispanic #latinx #latino #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Sep 2

Residency for playwrights and composers #theatre #writing #artists

American Theatre @americantheatre.org · Sep 2

LDK Productions has announced the LDK Writers’ Residency at CAM Studios for Playwrights and Composers, a new initiative that will develop original plays and musicals with 3 annual residencies.

LDK Productions Launches Writers’ Residency at CAM Studios

New initiative will award 3 annual residencies for new-work development.

www.americantheatre.org

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Aug 26

One day free convening on “Creative Labor, Creative Conditions” at Arena Stage in Washington, DC on 9/22. #dclife #theatre #theatresky #artists #dmvarts
www.dcjazzfest.org/event-detail...

Creative Labor, Creative Conditions | DC Jazz Festival

www.dcjazzfest.org

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Aug 25

Writer/Visual Artist/Film/Music Residency in Auvillar, France with flexible duration and start dates. Next deadline is September 15th. They offer several fully-funded fellowships each round. #artists #theatresky #theatrebsky #writers #writesky #writingcommunity
vcca.slideroom.com#/login/progr...

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Aug 23

She is beautiful! And she accessorizes. Very important.

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Aug 23

Lady Ophelia

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Aug 23

#Caturday

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, is offering a Bilingual Shakespeares acting & dramaturgy intensive on 9/20. FREE. Register by 9/1. www.shakespearetheatre.org/index.php/al...
#Latinx #teatro #theatre #TheatreBSKY #theatresky #DClife

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · May 4

May the 4th Be With You. #starwars #StarWarsDay

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Reposted by Dr. Carla Della Gatta

Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · Apr 25

www.thewrap.com/harvey-fiers...

Harvey Fierstein to Receive Special Lifetime Achievement Award at 2025 Tonys

Harvey Fierstein to Receive Special Lifetime Achievement Award at 2025 Tonys

Cynthia Erivo hosts the 78th Tony Awards June 8 on CBS and Paramount+

www.thewrap.com

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Apr 7

Joan Didion ephemera at the NYPL. #didion #writers

gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

The NYPL's special collections room has become 'Club Didion'

Didion kept everything, even ongoing correspondence to try to cancel her daughter’s Columbia House Record Club membership in the 1980s. It's all now at the NYPL.

gothamist.com

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Apr 5

It’s been a tough week, to say the least. Thank goodness for kitties and coffee. #caturday #CatsofSky

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Apr 4

NEH staff put on immediate leave. #academicsky
www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...

National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave

A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.

www.npr.org

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Apr 3

Taking a moment to celebrate that after more than two years, my monograph, Latinx Shakespeares, is still going strong. It can be downloaded as a pdf or on e-readers for free. www.latinxshakespeares.org #latinx #academicsky #teatro #shakespeare

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · Apr 1

Cherry blossoms in bloom in Washington, DC. If you Google “cherry blossoms dc” the petals fall down your screen. #dclife

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