2008 OUR THEATRE...  OUR CULTURE... 2009

18th

Season


Calendar of Activities


Bilingual Theater

Workshops

for students 6 – 11 years old

at  Casa de la Luna

4020 Georgia Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20011

(Georgia Ave/Petworth

Metro Station -Green Line)

Do you like theater?... Do you like puppets?... Would you like to write your own play?

So... come have fun with Teatro de la Luna’s world of theater!

Saturdays 9:30am - 11:30am
December 6 - January 24

Cost: $150 per series

INFO/REGISTRATION: 202-882-6227


9th Young

People's

Poetry Marathon

in Spanish
at Martin Luther King, Jr.
Memorial Public Library
901 G St., NW, Washington, DC
Wednesday, December 10
10am-12 noon
(Elementary Schools)
Thursday, December 11
10am-12 noon

(Middle & High Schools)

Through the Experience Theater program, this event is dedicated to promoting the beauty of the Spanish language and awakening our young people’s interest in poetry and literature. Students recite original poems or those of their favorite poets in Spanish.

Parents and educators are encouraged to contact Teatro de la Luna at an early date to sign up their students - space is limited!


Mujeres al poder
Kick-Butt Women
based on Lady Godiva by Jean Canolle

adapted and directed by Mario Marcel

Feb. 12 - Mar. 7, 2009

at Gunston Arts Center

Theatre 2

In Spanish with English Surtitles

Farce   -   U.S. Première   -    Ages: 13+

From the first moment – as is well known – it was Eve in control. But if any doubt remained, during a most violent and war-torn époque, when all was invasion, military, knights, armor and screams, there appeared the soft, ethereal, sweet and blonde Lady Godiva. And although it wasn’t admitted at the time, She knew what to do. And so history continued till today, when we must again remember and call on... KICK-BUTT WOMEN!


17th Poetry
 Marathon
"La Pluma y la Palabra"
THE PEN AND THE WORD

In Spanish only

Friday, April 17, 2009 (2pm-4pm)

at the Library of Congress

Mary Pickford Theater  -  3rd Floor, James Madison Building

Independence Ave. & 1st Street, SE, Washington, DC

(Capitol South Metro Station – ‘Orange’ and ‘Blue’ Lines)

Saturday, April 18, 2009 (2pm-8pm)

at Casa de la Luna

4020 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20011

(Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro Station – Green Line)


Ellos No Usan Smoking
They Don’t Wear
 Black Tie
by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (Brazil)

directed by Mario Marcel (Argentina)

May 21 - June 13, 2009

at Gunston Arts Center

Theatre 2

In Spanish with English Surtitles

Dramatic Comedy   -   U.S. Première   -    Ages: 13+

Today - and always - it is a worker's right to strike. The word frightens, until we ourselves are the workers craving justice. 'They Don't Wear Black Tie' not only lays bare working class struggles in 1960s' Brazil, it delights in equality and liberty through a song of love and hope.


Previous Activities


WELCOME to our 18th Season!

¡SOMOS Lo Nuestro!

Our Theatre... Our Culture...! 

Each time a new season approaches, we wonder what will work best and what we need to bring it about.  What do those who matter most to us – you, our friends – need or want to see?  And so we reach this moment of launch with the unsinkable feeling that you and we need and miss the same thing:  to feel and be a part of one, single area, one identity.  You and we are the same; we, like you, want to reach the same goal, dream the same dreams… Thank you for being so close to us, for being with us, for choosing us and knowing that this is OUR THEATER...

OUR CULTURE...!

Mario Marcel - Artistic Director


Summer Bilingual

Theater Workshops

for students 6 – 11 years old

at  Casa de la Luna

4020 Georgia Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20011

(Georgia Ave/Petworth

Metro Station -Green Line)

Would you like to dance, sing, act, build puppets?...

Then come and have some Summer fun with us!

1st Series July 21 - August 1

Final presentation Saturday, August 2 - 10am

2nd Series August 4 - 15

Final presentation Saturday, August 16 -10am

Mondays,  Wednesdays  &  Fridays
9am - 12 noon   ●   Morning session
2pm - 5pm   ●   Afternoon session

Cost: $200 per series

INFO/REGISTRATION: 202-882-6227


AUDITIONS

2008-2009
               Season

Our Theatre... Our Culture...

TEATRO DE LA LUNA is holding an open call for AUDITIONS for its 2008-2009 season.

Tuesday, August 19  (5pm to 9pm)

Wednesday, August 20 (5pm to 9pm)

WHERE: Casa de la Luna 4020 Georgia Ave., NW Washington, DC 20011 (Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro Station -Green Line)

Interested actors should prepare a 2-minute monologue or a poem in Spanish.

INFO/REGISTRATION: 202-882-6227


Arpas de América
Latin American Harp Festival
Harp Concerts
Artistic direction Berta Rojas
September, Friday 12 and

Saturday 13 - 7:30pm

at Rosslyn Spectrum

Come hear the strings of the Americas vibrate to the virtuosity of these brilliant harpists. Two unforgettable nights! An incomparable musical gift!

All funds raised benefit the 11th International Festival of Hispanic Theater


Bilingual Theater

Workshops

for students 6 – 11 years old

at  Casa de la Luna

4020 Georgia Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20011

(Georgia Ave/Petworth

Metro Station -Green Line)

Do you like theater?... Do you like puppets?... Would you like to write your own play?

So... come have fun with Teatro de la Luna’s world of theater!

Saturdays 9:30am - 11:30am
October 18 - November 22

Cost: $150 per series

INFO/REGISTRATION: 202-882-6227


XI International
Festival of
Hispanic Theater

Oct. 7 - Nov. 15

at Gunston Arts Center

Theatre 2

Ages: 15+  - In Spanish with live English dubbing

 

The area's only international theater festival! As always, this year's festival combines the vibrancy and sauciness of the New World with the introspection and avant-garde of the Old.