Teatrotaller, founded in 1993, has over 30 years of experience in Latinx production and performance arts, with performances in Cornell University, Ithaca, across the United States and international theatres. On November 15th, Teatrotaller will collaborate with Performing Identities Across Cultures (PICS) to host their annual Microtheatre (Microteatro) Festival with Ithaca Story House and Community School of Music and Arts.
“This is going to be a fun and fast paced event including a wide range of performances, as well as traditional incentive for all microtheatre that will include free food throughout the day", states interim Latina/o Studies Program Director and Cornell Professor Debra Castillo. “With a six year history of festivals, this year’s project will continue to support our upstate community collaboration with other local institutions like Colgate, Hobart & William Smith, and Syracuse University."
The Microtheater Festival is closely aligned to LSP 3010: Latinx Theatre Production taught by Professor Castillo this semester. In this class, students develop performance techniques in Spanish-speaking and Latinx communities, demonstrating the array of Latin-American stories through music, visual arts, and performance.
The festival welcomes ten-minute microtheater performances, in any language, that reflect upon the organizing theme of 'Disruptions' in any genre: short play, original music, live art, dance, multimedia forms. We especially welcome proposals with topics related to women of color, Latine(x), Black and Afrolatine(x), Caribbean, Indigenous, and other underrepresented experiences.
The deadline for submission is October 15th. Interested parties can apply here. To learn more about the festival, contact Debra Castillo at dac9@cornell.edu.
This event funded by the CNY Humanities Corridor and supported by Latina/o Studies.
