EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
in collaboration with the / en colaboración con el Centro Cultural Español
Spanish Cultural Center / Cultural Español
and the support of / con el apoyo del
The National Institute for the Performing Arts and Music of Spain (INAEM)
Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música de España (INAEM)

Current Trends in Latino and Latin American Performing Arts / Conferencia Paradigmas Recientes En Las Artes Escéncias Latinas y Latinoamericanas
Saturday, July 26 / Sábado, 26 de julio – 9:30 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Centro Cultural Español, 800 Douglas Road, Suite 170, Coral Gables, Florida - 305. 448-9677



9:30 A.M.
Welcoming Remarks / Palabras de bienvenida
Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Festival Director / Director del Festival
María del Valle, Director, Spanish Cultural Center / Centro Cultural Español
Beatriz J. Rizk, Director, Educational Program / Programa Educativo del Festival

Panel I:  10:00 - 11:30 A.M.
Perspectives on Spanish Dramaturgy / Perspectivas sobre la dramaturgia española
Grace Dávila López, Pomona College, CA             
Luis Ramos-García, University of Minneapolis, MN
Rosalina Perales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, PR  
Juan Villegas, University of California,  Irvine,CA       
Moderator: Jason Ramírez, Bronx Community College CUNY, NY.

Panel II: 11:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Staging Nilo Cruz / Escenificando a Nilo Cruz
Teresa Marrero, University of North Texas, TX        
Teresa María Rojas, Professor Emeritus, Miami Dade College, FL  
Kimberly del Busto, Dos Alas Theater, New York    
Rafael de Acha, Director, Miami, FL

Lunch Break / Receso – 1:00 – 2: 30 P.M.

Conference / Conferencia Magistrale: 2:30 – 3:15 P.M.
"Relations between Spanish Theatre and Latin America Classic Spanish Theatre in Latin America". / "Las relaciones entre el teatro español e Hispanoamérica: El teatro clásico español en Hispanoamérica"
Concepción Reverte Bernal, Cádiz University, Spain 
Moderator: Ángel Cuadra, Poet and Journalist / Poeta y Periodista, Miami, FL

Panel III: 3:15 – 4:30 P.M.
Borderlines Theatre
Amalia Gladhart, Univesity of Oregon, OR           
Kirsten Nigro, University of Texas, El Paso, TX 
Jaime Lema, Performer, Lima, Peru

Book Presentation / Presentación de Libro: 4:30 – 5:00 P.M.
Panorama  de las artes escénicas ibérico y  latinoamericanas: Homenaje al Festival Iberoamericano de Cádiz (“Perspectives on Iberian and Latin American Performing Arts: In Honor of the Iberoamerican Theatre Festival of Cadiz”)  (Minneapolis / Cádiz: State of Iberoamerican Studies, Univ. of Minnesota / Festival Iberoamericano de Cádiz, 2007)
José Bable, Director, Iberoamerican Festival of Cádiz, Spain
Juan Villegas, University of California, Irving, CA
Luis Ramos-García (Editor),  University of Minneapolis, MN
Beatriz J. Rizk (Editor), International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami

Sunday, July 27 / Domingo, 27 de julio – 2:00 P.M.
Spanish Cultural Center, 800 Douglas Rd., Suite 170, Coral Gables - 305. 448-9677 
THEATER BY THE BOOK
Classic plays from page to stage / Lectura dramatizada de obras clásicas
Rafael de Acha, Artistic Director / Director Artístico
LIFE’S DREAMING (La vida es sueño)
by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Translated, Adapted and Directed by / Traducción, Adaptación y Dirección por Rafael de Acha
Clarín – Michael McKeever
Basil – Phillip Church
Segismund – Javier Siut
Estrella – Cecilia Torres
Rosaura – Pilar Uribe
Clotaldus – Peter Haig
Astolph – Rafael de Acha
Introduction and post-play discussion by / Introducción y foro a continuación de la lectura dramatizada, moderado por Anne J. Cruz, Ph.D. – University of Miami, FL
(In English)
Theatre by the Book’s 2008 line up is made possible with the support of the / Patrocinado por Audrey Love Charitable Foundation.