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Teatro Círculo from New York tackles raising an open-gender child in difficult times

Teatro Círculo’s production of ‘El espacio entremedias’ comes just as President Trump has promised that, under his administration, “the official policy of the United States government will be that there are only two genders, male and female.”

Celebrating the 10th year of CALLBACKseries, which promotes Latinx artists whose work had been previously produced at the developmental level and deserves to be “called back” for a new Main Stage presentation, ‘Los ciegos’ (The Blind), an emblematic play of European Symbolist theatre, immerses the spectator in a sensorial experience, where they feel part of what is happening on stage makes it to Teatro Círculo.

The play addresses the perspective of blind people in the 1880s and exposes the dismissal they suffer from those who can see.

Teatro Círculo, one of New York City’s leading Spanish-language theatre companies, is kicking off 2025 with El espacio entremedias (The Space in Between) by Spanish playwright Fernando Travesí, and directed by Leyma López, a Cuban director who has notoriously worked with Repertorio Español, Pregones/PRTT, and Teatro LATEA.

Teatro Círculo presents EL ESPACIO ENTREMEDIAS (The Space in Between) by Fernando Travesí, directed by Leyma López and performed by María Fontanals and Fernando Gazzaniga.

“When I read the first draft of El espacio entremedias several years ago, I thought it was a play ahead of its time,” says José Cheo Oliveras, Founding Artistic Director of Teatro Círculo.

In this episode of HOLA Podcast, Gloria Garcés interviews renowned theater director and actor José Cheo Oliveras. With a solid education at the University of Puerto Rico and the Dr. J.M. Lázaro School, Cheo is the founder and artistic director of Teatro Círculo, a company that has transformed the theater scene in New York.

With your End of Year Campaign donation, you are helping Teatro Círculo in supporting independent artists, who benefit from our Mi casa es tu casa and FIRST CALL Reading Series programs.

“On behalf of the Council and staff, I am so proud that we are supporting the critical work of so many nonprofit organizations all across the state, including work of Teatro Círculo. New York State’s art and culture nonprofits make us a global leader, strengthening our connections to each other and the larger world. I thank you for your dedication and service and look forward to all your work in the coming year.” – Executive Director of NYSCA Erika Mallin

Teatro Círculo, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024, is one of the various theatre companies that are part of our Hispanic Federation. The ad that caught my attention referred to a classic Spanish play that the company has on stage until next weekend.

“We always look for ways to connect these classic texts with our local (Latino) audience. Creating this visual echo is a way of bringing the play closer to current events”… – José Cheo Oliveras