COMING UP
Consuelo in Ghost Limb by Marisela Treviño Orta
April 30 – May 23 
Gunston Arts Center Theatre 2, 2700 S Lang St. Arlington, VA 22206
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Marisela Treviño Orta is an award-winning American playwright and poet of Mexican-American heritage, known for plays that explore social justice, identity, mythology, and political history. She studied poetry before turning to theatre and has had work produced widely across the U.S., including Braided Sorrow and The River Bride. Ghost Limb is a powerful drama by Treviño Orta set in Argentina during the Dirty War of the 1970s and ’80s. Drawing on the Greek myth of Persephone and Demeter, the play follows a mother’s search for her disappeared son under a brutal military dictatorship, using lyrical and symbolic storytelling to examine loss, resistance, and the bonds between body and spirit.
LATEST PROJECTS
SPOT FOR GALA´S 50TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL BENEFIT EVENT
Noche de Estrellas 2026 will be held on Wednesday, May 20, from 6:30 to 10:30 pm, as follows:
Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction: Spanish Cultural Center (2801 16th St. NW, WDC 20009) and then the event moves next door for
Dinner Program & Dancing: Mexican Cultural Institute (2829 16th St. NW, WDC 20009)
ARMY COMMERCIAL STILLS Photographer Jonathan Thorpe
04/14/2026
Studio 206, VA
Selena by Bongo District
March 28th, 8pm
State Theatre, 220 N Washington St. Falls Church, VA 22046
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Selena by Bongo District
March 27th, 8pm
Sony Hall, 235 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
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🔥🔥🔥SO EXCITED to be part of this TRIBUTE with an incredible team!!!
La Reina de la Cumbia sigue brillando 👑💃y nuestro tributo a SELENA llega con toda la energía, el amor y el baile que ella merece. -last time SOLD OUT, don’t sleep on it
👗 Selena outfits highly encouraged 🔥
#SelenaTribute #BongoDistrict #DCEvents #NYCNightlife #LatinxArts
Industrial Video: American Red Cross Spanish Instructor
📅 March 10th – 11th
Heery – Loftus Casting / Daymaker Media
TELEPROMPTER Spanish Spokesperson/Instructor. The videos demonstrate the step-by-step skills involved in a number of basic and advanced life support techniques, for both adults and children. Examples of the skills in question would be proper use of a bag-valve mask, airway intubation, and proper ECG lead placement. The training videos will be used in a number of non-broadcast outlets for the Red Cross.
CRUDA (independent short film) Supporting
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The fate of a restaurant hangs on the approval of a mysterious table of customers. A drama about creation in the face of suppression, the different ways people react to authority, and the juxtaposition between tradition and modernity.
Shaun S. Rogers, Writer-Director-Producer; Melann Roy, Producer-Editor; Julia Morris, Producer; Andrew Alfonsi, Director of Photography; Kym Starks, Unit Production Manager.
Cymbeline in Cymbeline: A Telenovela Melodramatic Western
📅 January 23rd 📍 Folger Shakespeare Library
Music composed by Anthony De Angelis
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s text of Cymbeline by Alec H. Wild
Spanish adaptation of text by Alberto Bonilla
Original Spanish translation of Cymbeline by D. Eudaldo Viver (1884)
Directed by Nadia Guevara
Luisa in YBOR CITY
📅 16 January 4pm, 17 January 2pm.
📍 Davis Performing Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
Rosario Castellanos in POSTUMA, Homenaje a Rosario Castellanos.
Una lectura dramatizada de PÓSTUMA, una reinterpretación libre, actual y profundamente humana de El eterno femenino de Rosario Castellanos. Escrita por Verónica Maldonado y Ruth Rosales, esta pieza ofrece un diálogo fresco y emotivo con la obra original.
📅 Viernes 12 de diciembre 🕖 7:00 p.m.
📍 Instituto Cultural Mexicano en Washington, D.C.
KEEP HER QUIET (film) Background actor
Film currently in production, feature-length project about the true story of two courageous investigative journalists who risked their lives to expose a systematic humanitrian disaster of huge geopolitical significance.
SANGRE O NO (short film) Supporting
Javier Ordóñez, Director; Warren C. Harris, Casting Director-AD.
Directed by Javier Ordoñez, Peruvian and Italian American filmmaker, photographer, and artist based in Maryland. Graduated from UMD double majoring in Graphic Design and Film Studies. Sangre o No is his Thesis Film for his MFA in Filmmaking at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
THE DRAGON
by Evgeny Shvarts
Adapted by Jesse Rasmussen & Yura Kordonsky
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova
Sept 25-Oct 19, 2025
Terrorized by a wicked dragon, a town gets a chance for freedom with the arrival of a confident and cocky Sir Lancelot (yes, distantly related). Sounds simple enough, right? On the surface a supernatural fairytale, this subversive play written (and banned) in Stalinist Russia offers a scorching satire of authoritarian regimes and the mechanisms they use to control people. In a sharp new adaptation centering immigrant actors, The Dragon is a witty allegory that exposes the dangers of tyranny – and would be even more fun if it were not so disturbingly relevant.
Sat, August 16, 2025
8:00 PM
Door Time: 7:00 pm
Selena by Bong District, the electrifying Selena tribute band, is bringing the rhythm, the passion, and the unforgettable hits of Selena Quintanilla straight to the heart of the historic State Theatre in Falls Church, VA! From the soulful sway of “Como La Flor” to the irresistible energy of “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” and the dreamy magic of “I Could Fall in Love”, this tribute captures the essence of a legend who continues to inspire generations.
Theatre Barn Records is the theatre community’s global destination for streaming original musicals in development. An imprint of Broadway Records, Theatre Barn Records is dedicated to releasing EP’s and concept albums of original musicals in development.
QUE SE CUIDE ESE MUCHACHO (En Vivo con Banda)
Recorded live at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, NY
With support from The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts. Executive Producer Renee Goust Video Valeria A. Avina. Author and Composer Ilse Renee Herrera. Soprano Fran Tapia
Unreleased FIRST SOLO CONCERT featuring Fran Tapia
MARCH 1, 7 & 9 PM
Helen Hayes Award-winning performer Fran Tapia is a Chilean powerhouse – from On Your Feet! En Espanol at GALA Hispanic Theater to Romeo & Juliet at The Folger. As a versatile singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and director, her talents have transcended borders. Tonight only, she will put out an unreleased record, share the personal stories behind it, and revisit some of the classics that have inspired and shaped her and brought her joy – including classics by Violeta Parra, Los Panchos, Nat King Cole, and Gloria Estefan among others. The performance will be directed by Alina Collins Maldonado and feature Walter ‘Bobby’ McCoy on keyboard.
2025 Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Choreography in a Musical for Mummy in The Closet
2025 Broadway World Award as Best Performer in a Musical for Eva Perón in Mummy in The Closet
FOLGER THEATRE’S
Reading Room Festival 2025
HAMLET
Sun, Feb 02, 2025
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Laurie Woolery
Adapted by Reynaldo Piniella and Emily Lyon
Spanish translation by Christin Eve Cato
Hamlet is a Black, Latinx prince in this bilingual reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy, with text infused by the Spanish spoken in present-day New York City,
ATLAS Performing Arts Center debut in AJAX
January 17, 2025 – February 9, 2025
DC’s Scena Theatre presents an epic theatrical event. Join us for a modern reimagining of the famous tragedy AJAX by the Greek writer / philosopher, Sophocles.
CAFÉ CON LECHE
New York Theatre Barn Staged Reading
January 10, 2025 in New York City
New York Theatre Barn will present a reading of Maiga Vidal’s original musical Café con Leche featuring Linedy Genao (Bad Cinderella, Dear Evan Hansen), Reanne Acasio (Hamilton), Eliseo Roman (In the Heights), and Fran Tapia (On Your Feet!). The reading will take place on January 10, 2025 in New York City. This work was made possible through the assistance of a grant from the HEAR US program at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. #newyorktheatrebarn #nyutisch
1ST STAGE DEBUT IN LAUGHS IN SPANISH
December 12-EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 5!
Step into the vibrant world of Miami’s Wynwood arts district with a joyous and downright hilarious snapshot of Cuban and Colombian-American culture. As Art Basel approaches, Mariana, the director of a swanky modern art gallery, faces a serious dilemma: her showroom has become an active crime scene. Part crime-comedy, part mother-daughter story, this play follows Mariana and her eccentric squad including her larger-than-life mother, a film and television star determined to save the show.
Folger Shakespeare debut in Romeo and Juliet
Fran stars as Eva Peron at GALA
ESE MAR, songwriting collab with Ella Bric, is part of Jaime Lozano’s new album: Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 2
Jaime Lozano is headed back to Lincoln Center September 15 to celebrate the release of his new album, Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 2, where Fran had the opportunity to collaborate as a songwriter. The album is already available in all platforms.
On Your Feet at Ogunquit Playhouse, ME
In The Heights at PA Shakespeare Festival
Performing as part of the ensemble and understudied the roles of Camila and Daniela. Watch the videos below to see her as Daniela!
Fran WINS Two 2023 Helen Hayes Awards
Won the Award as Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical, Helen category, for her role of Gloria Fajardo in the Spanish world premiere of On Your Feet. Also won the Award as Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical, Helen category, for Revoltosa.
Fran wins 2023 Broadway World Washington DC Award
as Best Supporting Performer in a Musical for her role of Gloria Fajardo in the Spanish world premiere of On Your Feet.
Broadway National Tour
Starring as Gloria Fajardo on the 2nd National Tour of ON YOUR FEET, The Story of Emilio y Gloria Estefan.
US debut at GALA Theatre
Starring as Gloria Fajardo and Gloria Estefan understudy on the World Premiere in Spanish of On Your Feet, La Historia de Emilio y Gloria Estefan.
“I am so grateful and excited for all this experience that I can’t stop smiling. It’s such an honor to get to tell Gloria Fajardo’s story… to sing Mi Tierra, a song that has been with me since I was a little girl… And over all of that, singing Gloria’s newly translated LYRICS IN SPANISH, for THE FIRST TIME to the world, is a dream come true. She inspires me so much as a singer and a songwriter that this experience is just MAGICAL.”
Washington, D.C.’s GALA Hispanic Theatre presented the world premiere Spanish-language production of On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan en Español from May 5 to June 5. Fran Tapia made her US debut as Gloria Fajardo and as the understudy of Gloria Estefan. The production was directed and choreographed by Luis Salgado, leading a creative team that included music director Walter “Bobby” McCoy, Valeria Cossu served as assistant director, and Hugo Medrano produced. Book by Alexander Dinelaris. Featuring music produced and recorded by Emilio & Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine. So HOT even Emilio & Gloria Estefan came to see it May 7!
Fran In Leguizamo Does America
The Washington D.C. episode of #LeguizamoDoesAmerica is finally out on @msnbc @peacock ! This amazing travel series by @johnleguizamo @carosaa @thirdeyesloth @nikandjj @mythsofavalon @bendejesus1 celebrates the history, culture, food, and contributions of Latinx people shaping America, including our very own @pasonuevotheatre at @teatrogala . As the former Director of Paso Nuevo and present collaborator, I am proud to see how our latinx youth participants embrace their stories and take pride in their heritage. Go watch this full episode!
Thank you, John Leguizamo and Ben DeJesus, for creating a unique space for our youth to raise their voices and share their heartfelt stories. Let’s celebrate this milestone and continue to support the representation and empowerment of Latinx voices in the arts and media.