We are excited to share that our annual Pastorela is back! We are delighted to partner with a school community, East Austin College Prep, to …

Every year, Teatro Vivo presents staged readings of new plays through the Austin Latinx New Play Festival. This year's festival includes plays by UT faculty …

Teatro Vivo is proud to present La Pastorela 2022: An Interactive Theatre Experience! This year’s production of La Pastorela will be unlike any you have …

Teatro Vivo is proud to announce the plays for the 2022 Austin Latinx New Play Festival! The 2022 Austin Latinx New Play Festival (2022 ALNPF), presented with …

We are excited to collaborate with Cara Mia Theatre and present USRULA, written, directed, and performed by Frida Espinosa-Müller; original music composed by Armando Monsivais in …

Teatro Vivo’s La Pastorela returns to celebrate the season with this warm and fun annual tradition created for you and your entire familia! Directed by …

¡Hola Teatristas! We are very excited to share with you all an update on the 2021 Latinx New Play Festival showcasing new plays to our …

  Teatro Vivo gives the gift of laughter once again this holiday season. This year’s production brings back the beloved characters from the 2012 production and …

  Teatro Vivo presents Conjunto Blues, a play that explores the social and historical conditions that led to the development of Conjunto music as an expression …

IGGY and OÑIO are two middle school boys who have a hard time fitting in with nearly anyone around them – peers at school, family …

Teatro Vivo is proud to present the award-winning production of (Un)Documents by Jesus I. Valles at the Mexican American Cultural Center this February! Comprised of …

 “Yana Wana’s Legend of the Bluebonnet” A play for young audiences produced by Indigenous Cultures Institute and Teatro Vivo     The stories about the …

    Next in our series of Five Saturdays of Cultural Sharing! Young Maria is having trouble in school. Her mother sends her to her …

Diablos, angelitos, y pastores – valgame! It must be December! Teatro Vivo is proud to present La Pastorela 2019, adapted and directed by Teatro Vivo …

Flagship show for Futurx Festival 2019, Más Cara by Krysta Gonzales is  a world premiere.   It stars Florinda Bryant, Martinique Duchene-Phillips, Michael Galvan, Olivia Jimenez, …

Thirteen-year-old María is having trouble in school, so her mom sends her to stay with her Coahuiltecan grandmother in distant Laredo for discipline and perspective.  There, María is …

      The stories about the Texas bluebonnet are as old as the hills, and most of them include a Native American girl who …

Angelo and Mila are fifteen and homeless. Angelo is a dreamer, and Mila is a streetwise hustler. But when they become roommates at a shelter …

Inner View by Christina Granados     Noelia Bustamante tries to negotiate her independence by announcing she is seeking a job outside the family. This is a …

  What's Up With Marjorie? by Christin Eve Cato     Marjorie is a young, 2nd-generation, Nuyorican-Latina woman who is in the process of adulting. …

  Even Flowers Bloom in Hell, Sometimes,  by Franky D. González     This story is an examination of the inmates within a system, trying …

That Rhythm in the Blood by Andrew Rincón      Miggy, a young man experiencing heartbreak in his life, battles and rages with the ghost …

That Rhythm in the BloodBy Andrew RincónThursday, April 18, 8:00 PMMiggy, a young man experiencing heartbreak in his life, battles and rages with the ghost …

Eight-year-old Carmencita dreams of being in her father’s Mariachi band, but her father insists that mariachi groups can only include men.  When Carmencita reads a …

This is the story of what it means to be an American in every sense of the word except for one: on paper. It chronicles …

    While they work in a tiny sewing factory, five women talk about their husbands and lovers, their children, and their dreams for the …

Teatro Vivo proudly presents Sangre de un Ángel, a play by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, directed by Si Mon' Emmett, and presented at the Oswaldo A.B. Cantú Panamerican Recreation …

Playwrights Augusto Federico Amador,Victor I. Cazares, Ramon Esquivel, and Dania Ramos Showcase Diverse Voices Teatro Vivo is excited to announce the playwrights for the the …

The traditional holiday favorite is back in this contemporary adaptation. “La Pastorela” follows a group of pastores traveling to Bethlehem. Along the way, the pastores …

Alicia is a successful art curator who seems to have it all together. But, when her world is turned upside down, she turns to her …

Seeking to escape a troubled home life and racial segregation in the United States, an up-and-coming Negro League baseball player abandons his wife and newborn …

After her grandson is caught spray painting, Grandma Emma must relive her rebellious youth in 1960s Boyle Heights. Now she watches on as her teenage …

As the Mexicans abandon 19th century Santa Fe to the Americans, a wealthy, high-stakes gambler wants only to preserve her family’s way of life and …

Los Moreno, a trilingual play in American Sign Language, Spanish and English, tells the story of how deafness affects the Moreno family. Carlos, a deaf …

 Each evening will feature a different play. Now in its seventh year, the ALNPF provides an opportunity for playwrights to hear, see, and receive feedback …

Gun Violence: The New Normal, is a project conceptualized and written by theatre students and their teacher at Jack Yates High School in Houston ISD’s …

La Pastorela is a traditional holiday play that has been performed in the Americas for centuries and has been passed down from generation to generation. La Pastorela shares wisdom …

Teatro Vivo is excited to present "Stories That Must Not Die," a recollection of tales from South Texas and along the Rio Grande. Stories that …

Teatro Vivo is thrilled to present EL, a new play by Raul Garza, directed by Christina J. Moore.  Through humor, sadness, and strong allusions to Latino …

Teatro Vivo is proud to present Mexcentrics, a Latino Comedy Showcase that spans the first weekend in August. Mexcentrics brings together comedians of varying styles that are united through …

Teatro Vivo is proud to present Stories of Us, a production that takes an in-depth look at Latino and Black relations. The play uses a variety …

    When the street-savvy, intellectual Lorena runs into the irresistibly charming, barrio boy Ricky, romance and passion ignite almost instantly leading to one life-changing …

  Two teenaged Latina cousins, Araceli and Julie, have come to the US at different points in their young lives. Both girls work through the …

  A visceral text and movement conjuring of Latina archetypes and the women who embody them – past, present, and future. Playwright Krysta Gonzales is an …

  Renee’s father, an Air Force pilot, has recently died in the Iraq War, but is very much alive in his daughter’s mind through her …

The Austin Latino New Play Festival, produced annually by Teatro Vivo, brings together playwrights and audience members for staged readings of new works and rich …

La Pastorela is an annual traditional Yuletide play that has been performed in Native American and Mexicano communities since the late 16th century, when Spanish priests first …

El Nogalar - The Pecan Orchard   -- "What would you risk for the land you love?"Written by Tanya Saracho.  Directed by Rudy Ramirez.Performed by Yesenia …

2 Souls & a Promise and Crossing the Río, two one-act comedies written by Teatro Vivo's artistic director Rupert Reyes and directed by up and …

Los Tequileros draws on the Mexican folk ballad and historical documents to recount the deaths of three tequila smugglers at the hands of American law …

This performance devised by an ensemble of young performers explores gener and racial justice in our lives and in our communities. Support by a grant …

"What would you risk for the land you love?" This modern bilingual adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard takes place on the beautiful but fading …

Staged reading each evening at 8 p.m. of a new play with Latino themes, followed by talkback/discussion Basilica, or the One with the Roosters, by …

Panzas! Women – even wise Latinas – are obsessed about it. Some make their peace with it, while others just suck it in. While nutritionists …

Aye, No! is a bilingual comedy that sincerely addresses sexual identity. The play takes place in a small Texas border town. Alicia is coming home …

Teatro Vivo presents a bilingual romantic comedy, Vecinos (Neighbors) written by Austin playwright Rupert Reyes. Reyes is most noted for the popular Petra plays; Petra’s Pecado, Petra’s …

Teatro Vivo presents the fourth annual Austin Latino New Play Festival (ALNPF) in collaboration with ScriptWorks. Everyone is invited to enjoy these three evenings of …

What would the world be like if Selena had lived? ¡Imagínate! That's the question in "Pulga Time Machine,"a new sketch comedy show from Austin's Mexcentrics …

Annual new play festival in spring; Teatro Vivo in Austin solicits scripts (deadline in December) and then does staged readings of three of them. 

June 2008, Teatro Vivo, Austin

2008 & 2009

2008, Austin, Teatro VIvo

Four one-act dramas presented by their authors, 2008