ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE
March 23, 7:30PM
Live/Reserved Seating
FREE
Performed in Spanish with English supertitles
Run Time: 1 hour 45 minutes. No intermission. 1pm Matinee and 7:30PM performances.
Repertorio Español was founded in 1968 by Artistic Director René Buch and Producer Gilberto Zaldívar. Becoming one of the most successful Off-Broadway theaters, the Company was created with the mission of producing Spanish-language theater from Latin America and Spain, and plays written by Latinx artists. In this special collaboration, Harlem Stage and Repertorio Español co-present In the Time of the Butterflies/En El Tiempo de las Mariposas, a fictionalized account of the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic, based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel. The sisters inspired resistance cells throughout the country against the dictatorial regime of General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo — the regime brutally murdered the “butterflies,” their secret code name, in 1960. Playwright Caridad Svich and director José Zayas deliver a warm and dramatic production in which the martyred butterflies come to life, all in the intimate setting of the Harlem Stage Gatehouse.
This program is supported, in part by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the New York City Council, The Office of New York City Council Member Mark Levine, and the Cultural Immigrant Initiative.
