Upcoming Events
La Vida Es Cortos
November 27 - 29, 2020.
A unique festival that presents short plays and short films to celebrate and showcase the Latinx community, its artists, and its stories.
In its third year, the festival will evolve by including dance theatre performances and short dance films to create a Latinx multidisciplinary experience never seen before. Additionally the festival will have ONE day dedicated to showcasing plays and films for young audiences.
For information on play and film submission visit Get Involved.
Past Events
En Su Casa
Family Film Festival & Competition
August 2020
En Su Casa was a virtual short film festival showcasing Latinx films for young audiences from all over the world. Films were sorted into blocks with the following themes; At-Home Films, Animate Your Imagination, Social Dramas, and From Puerto Rico. The fesival also included to special events including Q&As with filmmakers and film making workshops.
Balcony Scene In Quarantine
June 2020
A five-episode web series that culminated in a live-streamed performance of a bilingual adaptation of Shakespeare‘s famous “Balcony Scene” from Romeo and Juliet.
See the full series and postshow Q&A sessions on YouTube.
Photo by Hung Truong
TEATRX at Sin Muros
February 2020
Dos Caras Del Patroncito by Teatro Campesino; a one act play that brought theatre and activism together during the labor movement.
Festival
La Vida Es Cortos / Life Is Shorts
November 2019
The second annual short play and short film festival that showcases the Latinx community, its artists, and its stories. For more information click here.
Photos by Melissa Taylor
REFLEXIÓN
A New Works Project
June 28-30, 2019
A unique play development process that invites the Houston community to participate in the development of new works that reflect our stories, our artists, and our communities. Join us for the presentation of these new plays.
REFLEXIÓN - A New Works Project was funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
University of Houston - Downtown
O'Kane Theatre
Workshop Production
The Stories Of Us by Jelisa Jay Robinson
Staged Readings
The Soldier's Cross by Cinthya Hernandez
Felon Known by Marissa Castillo
Photos by Melissa Taylor
Festival
La Vida Es Cortos/ Life Is Shorts
November 2018
Over three nights in November 2018 at Midtown Arts & Theatre Center we produced the first ever short play and short film festival. We brought together four Latinx theatre groups to show the range of Latinx performing artists in Houston and showed short films from around the world.