ÁLZATE
SEP 20 | 10am – 2pm
Harman Hall
In celebration of Latine Heritage Month
ÁLZATE, STC's bilingual Shakespeare and audition monologue workshop, is back!
This free 4-hour acting and dramaturgy intensive gives artists the tools they need to break open bilingual classical texts (Spanish and English) to excel in audition and rehearsal rooms in professional theatre.
Part One—Exploring Bilingual Shakespeare
The first half of the session will be an exploration of bilingual Shakespeare pieces from theatremakers across the country. Carla Della Gatta (theatre historian, dramaturg, educator and author of Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater) and Danica Rodriguez (STC Resident Casting Director) will lead attendees through a conversation where we'll build our own definitions of bilingual Shakespeare, explore the ethics and aesthetics of translated texts and attempt to answer the question "why do we make bilingual Shakespeare?"
Part Two—Audition Monologue Workshop
The second half of the session will be an audition monologue workshop, where the workshop attendees will bring in a short piece to perform for a panel of D.C. casting directors and theatre artists. Attendees will have the opportunity to get feedback from industry professionals and tips on best practices for auditions. For the attendees who do not want to perform as a part of this workshop, we invite you to observe and engage with the monologues alongside the casting panel.
Register by SEP 1
Artists who sign up for ÁLZATE using this form will be selected to join on a first come, first served basis. This workshop is open to actors, directors, dramaturgs, and multi-hyphenate theatremakers working in our industry (18+).
The workshop takes place Saturday, SEP 20 from 10am-2pm at Harman Hall.
Sign-ups for our 2025 session are open through Monday, SEP 1. ¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana!
Instructors
Carla Della Gatta is a theatre historian and performance theorist who focuses on ethnicity and aurality on the stage. She is author of Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater (2023) and co-editor of Shakespeare and Latinidad (2021). She built and maintains the online theatre archive, LatinxShakespeares.Org. She is a dramaturg and an active member of the Steering Committee for the Latinx Theatre Commons.
Danica Rodriguez is a Washington D.C./New York-based casting director & theatremaker dedicated to celebrating the voices of the historically underrepresented. She began her casting career working for Marc Hirschfeld Casting, Warner Brothers Television Casting NY, and The Public Theater in New York before moving to Washington, D.C., to join Shakespeare Theatre Company in her current position as Resident Casting Director. In her tenure as a casting professional, Danica has worked on dozens of mainstage productions and workshops/developments in New York and D.C. Danica’s core values of generosity, advocacy, and equity led her to her role as founding trainer and educator for Broadway for Racial Justice’s Casting Directive, as well as projects connected to Netflix, LALIFF, The Civilians, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co, The Folger Shakespeare Library and The Kennedy Center. She was named a 2021 TCG Rising Leader of Color and has sat on selection committees for INTAR Theatre and the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. As a passionate believer in arts education and accessibility, Danica has also had the privilege of speaking at Roundabout Theatre Company, Shenandoah University, the Academy of Classical Acting at George Washington University, American University and more. Danica holds a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Film & Media Studies from Dartmouth College.