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{{Short description|Theater company based in New York City}}
{{Infobox theatre
|name           = Repertorio Español
|image          = File:138 East 27th St theatre.jpg
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|caption        = Entrance to the Repertorio Español Theater
|address        = 138 East 27th Street
|city           = [[Manhattan|Manhattan, New York City]]
|country        = United States
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|architect      =
|owner          =
|capacity       =
|type           = Off-Broadway
|opened         = 1968
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|rebuilt        =
|closed         =
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|currentuse     =
|publictransit= [[28th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|28th Street station (6)]], [[28th Street station (BMT Broadway Line)| 28th Street station (R, W)]], [[M34 and M34A buses|M34]], [[M34 and M34A buses|M34A]], [[M23 (New York City bus)|M23]], [[Third and Lexington Avenues Line|M102]], [[Third and Lexington Avenues Line|M103]]
|website        = {{URL|https://www.repertorio.nyc}}
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'''Repertorio Español''' is a theater company founded in 1968 by Producer [[Gilberto Zaldívar]] and Artistic Director René Buch to introduce the best of Latin American, Spanish, and Hispanic American theater to broad-ranging audiences in New York City and around the country.<ref name="solis"/><ref name="elisa">{{Cite book |last=De la Roche |first=Elisa |url=http://archive.org/details/teatrohispanothr0000dela |title=Teatro hispano! : three major New York companies |date=1995 |publisher=New York : Garland |isbn=978-0-8153-1986-3 |pages=107–109}}</ref> Robert Weber Federico joined the company two years later as Resident Designer and Associate Artistic Producer remained with Repertorio until 2022 when he retired as Executive Director.<ref name="solis">{{Cite news |last=Solís |first=Jose |date=2022-05-20 |title=Passing the Torch at Repertorio Español |url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/05/20/passing-the-torch-at-repertorio-espanol/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==History==
In 1972, Repertorio Español moved to the Gramercy Arts Theatre where the company has since remained.<ref name="clement">{{Cite news |last=Clement |first=Olivia |date=2018-08-05 |title=How Off-Broadway's Repertorio Español Became a Record-Breaking Theatre Company |url=https://playbill.com/article/how-off-broadways-repertorio-espanol-became-a-record-breaking-theatre-company |access-date=2024-03-23 |work=Playbill}}</ref> The company's first production, ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' was a critical success.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
From its earliest days, Repertorio has maintained a dramatic ensemble, attracting many talented veterans and emerging Hispanic actors, including [[Yolanda Arenas]] and Ofelia González, who was the first actress to win an [[Obie Award]] without having performed in English. Another addition was [[Pilar Rioja]] in 1973. In 1980, Musical Director [[Pablo Zinger]] initiated a musical ensemble that presented [[zarzuela]]s, operas, and elegant musical anthologies.
In 1984, the company began to present and commission new plays by Hispanic American playwrights, and in 1991 it inaugurated an infrared simultaneous translation system that provides an opportunity for non-Spanish-speaking audiences to enjoy the company's vast selection of plays.
More recently, the company has expanded its repertorire to include a range of new work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=New York Latin Culture |date=2024-02-27 |title=Let's go to Repertorio Español |url=https://www.newyorklatinculture.com/repertorio-espanol/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=New York Latin Culture Magazine® |language=en-US}}</ref>
Repertorio presented the world premiere in Spanish of Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ''Ana en el trópico'' (Anna in the Tropics). The play's cast included celebrities such as Spanish TV soap opera star [[Francisco Gattorno]] and [[Denise Quiñones]] ([[Miss Universe]] 2001).
Repertorio Español received the 2011 OBIE Award for Lifetime Achievement; a 1996 [[Drama Desk Special Award]] for presenting quality theater; a 1996 Obie Award for the play series ''Voces nuevas'' (New Voices); the New York State Governor's Award; as well as many citations by the [[Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos]] (ACE) and the [[Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors]] (HOLA).<ref name=RAMP_1 /><ref name=RE/>
As of 2017, the company had produced more than 250 plays and in 2022, Robert Federico was succeeded by Rafael Sanchez.<ref name="solis"/><ref name="amny">{{Cite news |last=amNY |date=2017-12-07 |title=Classic and contemporary, Repertorio Español endures {{!}} amNewYork |url=https://www.amny.com/news/classic-and-contemporary-repertorio-espanol-endures-3/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Notes and references==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=RAMP_1>{{Cite open archival metadata
| author = Finding aid author: Amanda Moreno
| title = Guide to the Repertorio Español Records
| url = http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=1218
| date = 2013-2014
| repository = University of Miami Libraries
| location = Coral Gables, FL
| accessdate = April 9, 2014
}}</ref>
<ref name=RE>{{cite web
| url = http://www.repertorio.org
| title = Repertorio Español
| accessdate = April 12, 2014
}}</ref>
}}
==Further reading==
* {{Citation
| author = Ramirez, Jason Anthony
| title = A Brief Study and History of Hispanic Theater in New York and El Repertorio Español
| date = 2000
| oclc = 45553171
| mode=cs1
}}
==External links==
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* [http://www.repertorio.org/about/ Repertorio Español website]
* Creator page for [http://ctda.library.miami.edu/creator/4790 Repertorio Español] in the [http://ctda.library.miami.edu/ Cuban Theater Digital Archive].
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[[Category:Theatre companies in New York City]]
[[Category:Hispanic and Latino American culture in New York City]]