MAIN STAGE SHOWS

2024/2025 SEASON

CALLBACKseries2025

(10th Anniversary)

EL ESPACIO ENTREMEDIAS
(The Space in Between)

By Fernando Travesí

Directed by Leyma López

A young couple decides to raise their child without assigning them a gender and their decision is challenged.

February 14 to 23, 2025
ADA Accessible

NYSCA FY 2025 Grantee

CALLBACKseries2025

(10th Anniversary)

Teatro Círculo Presents the University of Puerto Rico’s
Travelling Theatre’s Production

LOS CIEGOS
(The Blind)

BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK
DIRECTED BY ISRAEL FRANCO-MÜLLER

An emblematic symbolist play about the human condition,
marked by languor and existential exhaustion.

February 21-23, 2025
ADA Accessible

At Theater 2

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

MAIN STAGE SERIES: Contemporary Plays

LA CAÍDA DE RAFAEL TRUJILLO
(The Downfall of Rafael Trujillo)

By Carmen Rivera

Directed by Cándido Tirado

Carmen Rivera’s award-winning play about the brutal dictator of the Dominican Republic whose desire for absolute power poisoned
his humanity and terrorized a nation.

From April 25 to May 11, 2025
ADA Accessible

PAST SHOWS OF THE SEASON

CELEBRATING TEATRO CÍRCULO’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY

MAIN STAGE SERIES: Classical Plays

EL ALCALDE DE ZALAMEA
(The Mayor of Zalamea)

By Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Directed by Daniel Alonso de Santos
Verse Direction by Karmele Aranburu

When a father’s love meets military abuse, justice becomes a deadly weapon.

From November 8 to November 24, 2024
ADA Accessible

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

CELEBRATING TEATRO CÍRCULO’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY

The Jeffrey & Paula Gural DANCEseries2024 presents

TANGO UNTANGLED

Jurukán Productions
Created by Maurizio Najt & Rubén Darío Cruz

Unleash the passion; experience an unforgettable event of Tango.

From September 5 to September 8, 2024

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TEATRO CÍRCULO'S MAIN STAGE SERIES

Teatro Círculo’s Main Stage Series annually presents one Golden Age Spanish classic, contemporary Latin American or Latinx plays in our CALLBACKseries and DANCEseries, featuring Al Margen Flamenco Dance Company, Mexica Danza Folklórica, professional Tango dancers, and other dance groups.

Pairing Spanish classical plays and contemporary plays along with modern dance, bridges our past with our present, knowing our history to fully realize our future – bringing our ever-expanding cultures full circle, a Teatro Círculo. 

Classical Plays

Founding Artistic Director José Cheo Oliveras saw the plays of Spain’s Golden Age as a metaphor for life with broad universal themes that resonate even today, from women’s rights to social stratification and social equity.  While presenting high minded themes of honor, chastity, respect and reputation, over eighty percent of Spain’s Golden Age plays were written for the common people and performed in the streets and underscored their plight and issues in  sometimes humorous if not cynical contrast to the “masters” they serve!  

CALLBACKseries 

Promotes Latinx artists whose work had been previously produced at the developmental level in NYC and deserves to be “called back” for a Main Stage presentation.

In the different editions of CALLBACKseries Teatro Círculo have had from short plays presented separately and monologues with the same thematic connection going from the presence of marginalized voices that narrate the stories to social justice issues presented in short plays in a same staging developed in Teatro Círculo’s Master Class Series.

DANCEseries

Since 2017, Al Margen Flamenco has been a company-in-residence at Teatro Círculo. Al Margen explores traditional boundaries in the form through a contemporary lens.

Teatro Círculo also fosters and supports other art forms and disciplines in dance, presenting folkloric dance groups and companies, such as the dance troupe Mexica Danza Folklórica, an emerging dance group in New York City whose mission is to highlight the rich diversity and history of Mexico through traditional Mexican Folklórico dances. Also presenting tango shows created and performed by professional artists of this art form.

CONTEMPORARY PLAYS

Teatro Círculo contemporary play presentations create dialogue between practicing Latina/o/x theater artists and the driving issues that impact our community.  We also showcase the aesthetic diversity between Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean at the local, national and international arenas. 

Of the many contemporary plays presented as part of our Main Stage Series, we are proud to say that 41 addressed issues such as racial inequality, immigrant experiences, LGBTQ issues, HIV education, disability, violence against the transgender community, mental health, and police brutality.