THEATER / April 30 – May 8

April 30 – May 2 (Fri. 8 pm, Sat. 2:30 pm and 8 pm, Sun. 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm) La empresa perdona un momento de locura. By Rodolfo Santana. A challenging and disconcerting encounter between an industrial psychologist from a powerful corporation and a worker. Tickets: $20 - $30. At 304 West 47th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenues). For tickets and more information, click here or call 212-354-1293.

April 30 (8 pm) La Vida es Sueño (Life is a Dream). By Pedro Calderón de la Barca, directed by René Buch. Presented in Spanish with live simultaneous translation. Tickets start at $25. VIP Seats available. At Teatro Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues). For tickets and further information, click here or call 212-889-2850.

April 30 and May 2 (11 am and 2:30 pm) El beso del adiós. By Tencha Avila, directed by Jerry Ruiz. A quintessential American play about the lives of a Mexican-Americanfamily in the 1970s and the first member to attend university. Winningplay of the MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition. In Spanish with live English translation. Tickets start at $25. VIP seating available. At Teatro Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th Street (betweenLexington and Third Avenues). For more information, click here or call 212-889-2850.

May 1 (8 pm) Chimichangas and Zoloft. Written by Fernanda Coppel. Directed by Jorge B. Merced. The story of Sonia, a woman on a Zoloft overdrive who has left her family with secret plans to end her life. Winner of Pregones Theater’s 2009 Asunción Playwrights Competition. Tickets: $10. At Pregones Theater, 571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx. For tickets and more information, click here or call 718-585-1202.

May 1 and 2 (Sat. 2:30 pm and 5 pm, Sun. 1 pm and 3 pm) Asunción: Playwrights Finalist Readings. The readings of the plays competing for this year’s top prize. Featuring La Casa de Ocaso by Ricardo Perez Gonzalez and La luz de un cigarillo: Cuento de una familia Dominican-York by Marco Antonio Rodriguez on Saturday. Also on Sunday: The Ides of March by Leo Cabranes-Grant and Cosa Rara by Claudia Rodriguez. Free admission. At Pregones Theater, 571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx. For more information, click here.

May 1 (8 pm) Pantaleón y las Visitadoras. Mario Vargas Llosa's novel, adapted for the stage by Verónica Triana and Jorge Alí Triana, with music by Andrés Cabas. Directed by Jorge Alí Triana. Captain Pantaleón Pantoja, a model soldier, is recruited by the Peruvian army for an outlandish mission. In Spanish with simultaneous English translation. Tickets start at $25. VIP seating is available. At Teatro Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues). For more information, click here or call 212-889-2850.

May 1, 4, 6 and 7 (3 pm and 11 am) La gringa. By Carmen Rivera, directed by René Buch. María, a native New Yorker, travels to Puerto Rico for the first time in searchof her roots. In Spanish with simultaneous English translation availablefor $3; please indicate if you need this service at time of reservation.Tickets start at $25. VIP seating is available. At Teatro Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues). Fortickets and further information, click here or call 212-889-2850.

May 5 (11 am) El Quijote. Cervantes's masterpiece, adapted for the stage by Santiago García and directed by Jorge Alí Triana.In Spanish, English translation available. At Teatro Repertorio Español,138 East 27th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues). Tickets startat $25. VIP seating available. For more information, click here or call 212-889-2850.

May 6 – June 10 (Thurs. 6 pm – 8:30 pm) Playwrighting for Young Audiences. A six week workshop for directors, actors, writers, playwrights, and students of all ages which will focus on developing plays for children and youth. Cost: $150, scholarships available for residents of El Barrio. At The Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center, 1680 Lexingon Avenue (Between 105 and 106). For more information, call 212-561-0191.

May 7 (8 pm) La Fiesta del Chivo (The Feast of the Goat). The story of Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, written by Mario Vargas Llosa and directed by Jorge Alí Triana. At Teatro Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues). In Spanish with a live English translation. Tickets start at $25. For more information, click here or call 212-889-2850.

May 8 (3 pm) Crónica de una muerte anunciada. Gabriel García Márquez's novel adapted for the stage by Fabio Rubiano, directed by Jorge Alí Triana. Presented in Spanish with English translation. Tickets start at$25, VIP seats available. At Teatro Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues). For tickets and further information, click here or call212-889-2850.

May 8 (8 pm) Doña Flor y sus dos maridos. Based on the novel by Jorge Armado and directed by Jorge Ali Triana. The story of a woman who loses her first husband, re-marries, and yet manages to live with both. Presented in Spanish with live translation. Tickets: $25. VIP seating is available. At Teatro Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues). For tickets and more information, click here or call 212-889-2850.

May 8 (3 pm) Ricitos y los tres ositos (Ricitos and the Three Bears). Based on the famous children’s story. Winner of the 2005 HOLA Award for Best Musical and Design. Featuring: Paola Poucel, Tom Schubert, Blanca Vasquez and Yaremis Félix as Ricitos. Tickets: $15 for adults, $12.50 for children. At Teatro SEA (CSV Cultural Center), 107 Suffolk Street, 2nd Floor. For more information, click here or call 212-529-1545.

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