Discover Borderlands Shakespeare at our events
The Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva hosts events that uplift and connect Chicanx, Latinx, and Indigenous artists, educators, activists, and scholars. Through readings, performances, and community gatherings, we aim to spotlight exciting creative endeavors and promote the socially just and decolonial futures imagined in el arte de La Frontera.
We were proud to host the launch of Volume 1 of The Bard in the Borderlands at the only Latino bookstore in Texas in collaboration with Nuestra Palabra.
In partnership with Teatro Audaz, we co-produced a thrilling new production of Gregg Barrios’s I-DJ, a play that explores queer Chicanx experience.
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In the Media
NEWS STORIES
Russell Contreras, “Shakespeare border movement expanding with new book,” Axios, August 15, 2024
Sam Boykin, “Repurposing Shakespeare,” A&M-SA Today, April 4, 2023
Russell Contreras, “Reimagining Shakespeare through Latino and Indigenous lenses,” Axios, February 21, 2023
Marina E. Franco, Russell Contreras y Astrid Galván, “Shakespeare en la frontera: cómo nuevas puestas en escena reimaginan sus obras con foco latino,” Telemundo, February 21, 2023
Emma Utzinger, “Bridging the Gap,” Trinity University News, February 8, 2023
University Communications, “University Receives Prestigious Mellon Grant for Borderlands Shakespeare Project,” Texas A&M University–San Antonio News, January 25, 2023
Jeremiah Gerlach, “Shakespeare is Here: Trinity researchers examine Shakespeare as told from the U.S.–Mexico border,” Trinity University News, October 10, 2022
EVENT RECORDINGS
Video Livestream, “GCAC’s Latino Bookstore’s Texas Author Series- September! The Bard in the Borderlands & Ito Romo,” September 8, 2023
Roundtable conversation with Ruben Espinosa, Adrianna M. Santos, Katherine Gillen, Kathryn Vomero Santos, and Jesus Montaño, “The Bard in the Borderlands: Race, Language, and Coloniality,” Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, February 15, 2021
BLOG POSTS
Katherine Gillen, Adrianna M. Santos, and Kathryn Vomero Santos, “La Comedia of Errors and the Possibilities of Comic Endings en La Frontera,” The Sundial, August 6, 2024
Andrea Zamora Chavez, “Art, Activism, and Access: An Interview with Katherine Gillen, Adrianna M. Santos, and Kathryn Vomero Santos,” The Sundial, February 28, 2023
Katherine Gillen, Adrianna M. Santos, and Kathryn Vomero Santos, “An Ofrenda to Shakespeare’s Afterlives: Día de los Muertos,” Shakespeare & Beyond, October 25, 2022
Katherine Gillen, Adrianna M. Santos, and Kathryn Vomero Santos, “Collection Connection: ‘Ramón and Julieta’ by Alana Quintana Albertson,” The Folger Spotlight, November 8, 2022
Katherine Gillen, “Language, Race, and Shakespeare Appropriation on San Antonio’s Southside: A Qualities of Mercy Dispatch,” The Sundial, August 19, 2020
RADIO CLIPS
Radio Interview with Lauren Gilger, “‘The Bard in the Borderlands’ celebrates, critiques Shakespeare through a Chicano lens,” The Show (KJZZ Phoenix), August 26, 2024
Radio Interview with Tony Diaz, “Bards of the Borderlands,” Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, August 21, 2023
Radio Interview with Norma Martinez, “Diversifying Shakespeare to reflect the experiences of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands,” Fronteras (Texas Public Radio), March 31, 2023
Radio Interview with David Brown, “New anthology reimagines the works of William Shakespeare in the U.S.–Mexico borderlands,” Texas Standard, March 24, 2023
PODCAST INTERVIEWS
Podcast Interview with Elena Foulis, “Shakespeare Fronterizo,” Latin@ Stories, November 14, 2022
Podcast Interview with John Yargo, “The Bard in the Borderlands,” New Books Network, April 30, 2023