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Whether you are interested in Hispanic culture, Spanish language, the performing arts, or just seeing a good performance, this group is for you. Join us for various activates in celebration of Hispanic culture. • Meet local Hispanic culture and Spanish language lovers • Practice your Spanish • Learn new vocabulary • Experience Hispanic culture • Improve your Spanish by watching a performance in Spanish • Feel at home by seeing a play in your native language GALA is a National Center for Latino Performing Arts in the heart of the bustling and culturally diverse Columbia Heights neighborhood. People say that coming to GALA is like being transported to a Spanish speaking country, just without the pricey plane ticket! Some of our events include: Plays, dance performances, live concerts, Happy hours, film festivals, and much more.
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Join us for a new production of our 2009 world premiere hit, Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return, a dark musical comedy that fuses historical intrigue with spine-chilling entertainment. Blending the beats of tango, waltz and salsa. Experience the intense love between Eva Perón and the working class and her mesmerizing power as Argentina's most iconic figure---even after her untimely death.
"This work is not about Evita, nor the journey of her corpse. It is about a terrible idea that has become popular again: criminals taking power,” says Gustavo Ott, Producing Artistic Director at GALA. “Suddenly, thugs define our time. This work is about us, right here and right now. Do we fight these monsters or submit and define ourselves by the jaws that devour us?"
Commissioned by GALA in 2009, the book is by Gustavo Ott (Venezuela), with lyrics by Mariano Vales & Gustavo Ott, and original music composed by Mariano Vales (Argentina). Directed by Mariano Caligaris (Argentina), Momia en el clóset features choreography by Valeria Cossu (Italy) and Music Direction by Helen Hayes Awards winner Walter “Bobby” McCoy (Nicaragua).
The cast features Fran Tapia, who appeared in GALA’s On Your Feet! (2023 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Supporting Performer), as Eva Perón, and Martín Ruiz, who appeared in the original cast of The Return of Eva Perón, as Perón. Also featured are guest artists Diego Mariani, who appeared in Ay! Carmela and The Return of Eva Perón, as López Rega/General Moori, and Rodrigo Pereira, who is making his GALA debut as General Aramburu/Dr. Ara. The ensemble includes Rodolfo Santamarina, Camila Taleisnik, and Luis Armando Benitez, all who appeared in GALA’s award-winning musical On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Rachael Small who performed in our production of The Palacios Sisters this season, Luis Obed Velásquez, Oscar Antonio Rodríguez, Camila Aldet, Facundo Agustín, Ralphie Rivera, Tsaitami Duchela, Darina Eid, Jennifer Preston, and Sofía Grosso.
PERFORMANCES: The show runs from May 9 to June 9, 2024, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. All performances are in Spanish with English surtitles.
Community Night is Thursday, May 9: $20 tickets.
Noche de GALA and Press Night is Saturday, May 11: $55 tickets (includes a post-performance reception with the artists and creative team, some Latin American food and drinks).TICKETS:
Regular tickets: $48.
Senior (65+), Military, Teachers: $35.
Student Under 25: $25
Noche de GALA: $55.
Group (10+): $35 (all tickets must be bought in one transaction).
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Get 25% OFF all individual tickets through April 10 (not valid for May 9). Use code MUMMY. GET TICKETS - Musical "Momia en el clóset: Evita's Return"GALA Hispanic Theatre, Washington, DC
Join us for a new production of our 2009 world premiere hit, Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return, a dark musical comedy that fuses historical intrigue with spine-chilling entertainment. Blending the beats of tango, waltz and salsa. Experience the intense love between Eva Perón and the working class and her mesmerizing power as Argentina's most iconic figure---even after her untimely death.
"This work is not about Evita, nor the journey of her corpse. It is about a terrible idea that has become popular again: criminals taking power,” says Gustavo Ott, Producing Artistic Director at GALA. “Suddenly, thugs define our time. This work is about us, right here and right now. Do we fight these monsters or submit and define ourselves by the jaws that devour us?"
Commissioned by GALA in 2009, the book is by Gustavo Ott (Venezuela), with lyrics by Mariano Vales & Gustavo Ott, and original music composed by Mariano Vales (Argentina). Directed by Mariano Caligaris (Argentina), Momia en el clóset features choreography by Valeria Cossu (Italy) and Music Direction by Helen Hayes Awards winner Walter “Bobby” McCoy (Nicaragua).
The cast features Fran Tapia, who appeared in GALA’s On Your Feet! (2023 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Supporting Performer), as Eva Perón, and Martín Ruiz, who appeared in the original cast of The Return of Eva Perón, as Perón. Also featured are guest artists Diego Mariani, who appeared in Ay! Carmela and The Return of Eva Perón, as López Rega/General Moori, and Rodrigo Pereira, who is making his GALA debut as General Aramburu/Dr. Ara. The ensemble includes Rodolfo Santamarina, Camila Taleisnik, and Luis Armando Benitez, all who appeared in GALA’s award-winning musical On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Rachael Small who performed in our production of The Palacios Sisters this season, Luis Obed Velásquez, Oscar Antonio Rodríguez, Camila Aldet, Facundo Agustín, Ralphie Rivera, Tsaitami Duchela, Darina Eid, Jennifer Preston, and Sofía Grosso.
PERFORMANCES: The show runs from May 9 to June 9, 2024, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. All performances are in Spanish with English surtitles.
Community Night is Thursday, May 9: $20 tickets.
Noche de GALA and Press Night is Saturday, May 11: $55 tickets (includes a post-performance reception with the artists and creative team, some Latin American food and drinks).TICKETS:
Regular tickets: $48.
Senior (65+), Military, Teachers: $35.
Student Under 25: $25
Noche de GALA: $55.
Group (10+): $35 (all tickets must be bought in one transaction).
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Get 25% OFF all individual tickets through April 10 (not valid for May 9). Use code MUMMY. GET TICKETS - Musical "Momia en el clóset: Evita's Return"GALA Hispanic Theatre, Washington, DC
Join us for a new production of our 2009 world premiere hit, Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return, a dark musical comedy that fuses historical intrigue with spine-chilling entertainment. Blending the beats of tango, waltz and salsa. Experience the intense love between Eva Perón and the working class and her mesmerizing power as Argentina's most iconic figure---even after her untimely death.
"This work is not about Evita, nor the journey of her corpse. It is about a terrible idea that has become popular again: criminals taking power,” says Gustavo Ott, Producing Artistic Director at GALA. “Suddenly, thugs define our time. This work is about us, right here and right now. Do we fight these monsters or submit and define ourselves by the jaws that devour us?"
Commissioned by GALA in 2009, the book is by Gustavo Ott (Venezuela), with lyrics by Mariano Vales & Gustavo Ott, and original music composed by Mariano Vales (Argentina). Directed by Mariano Caligaris (Argentina), Momia en el clóset features choreography by Valeria Cossu (Italy) and Music Direction by Helen Hayes Awards winner Walter “Bobby” McCoy (Nicaragua).
The cast features Fran Tapia, who appeared in GALA’s On Your Feet! (2023 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Supporting Performer), as Eva Perón, and Martín Ruiz, who appeared in the original cast of The Return of Eva Perón, as Perón. Also featured are guest artists Diego Mariani, who appeared in Ay! Carmela and The Return of Eva Perón, as López Rega/General Moori, and Rodrigo Pereira, who is making his GALA debut as General Aramburu/Dr. Ara. The ensemble includes Rodolfo Santamarina, Camila Taleisnik, and Luis Armando Benitez, all who appeared in GALA’s award-winning musical On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Rachael Small who performed in our production of The Palacios Sisters this season, Luis Obed Velásquez, Oscar Antonio Rodríguez, Camila Aldet, Facundo Agustín, Ralphie Rivera, Tsaitami Duchela, Darina Eid, Jennifer Preston, and Sofía Grosso.
PERFORMANCES: The show runs from May 9 to June 9, 2024, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. All performances are in Spanish with English surtitles.
Community Night is Thursday, May 9: $20 tickets.
Noche de GALA and Press Night is Saturday, May 11: $55 tickets (includes a post-performance reception with the artists and creative team, some Latin American food and drinks).TICKETS:
Regular tickets: $48.
Senior (65+), Military, Teachers: $35.
Student Under 25: $25
Noche de GALA: $55.
Group (10+): $35 (all tickets must be bought in one transaction).
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Get 25% OFF all individual tickets through April 10 (not valid for May 9). Use code MUMMY. GET TICKETS - Musical "Momia en el clóset: Evita's Return"GALA Hispanic Theatre, Washington, DC
Join us for a new production of our 2009 world premiere hit, Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return, a dark musical comedy that fuses historical intrigue with spine-chilling entertainment. Blending the beats of tango, waltz and salsa. Experience the intense love between Eva Perón and the working class and her mesmerizing power as Argentina's most iconic figure---even after her untimely death.
"This work is not about Evita, nor the journey of her corpse. It is about a terrible idea that has become popular again: criminals taking power,” says Gustavo Ott, Producing Artistic Director at GALA. “Suddenly, thugs define our time. This work is about us, right here and right now. Do we fight these monsters or submit and define ourselves by the jaws that devour us?"
Commissioned by GALA in 2009, the book is by Gustavo Ott (Venezuela), with lyrics by Mariano Vales & Gustavo Ott, and original music composed by Mariano Vales (Argentina). Directed by Mariano Caligaris (Argentina), Momia en el clóset features choreography by Valeria Cossu (Italy) and Music Direction by Helen Hayes Awards winner Walter “Bobby” McCoy (Nicaragua).
The cast features Fran Tapia, who appeared in GALA’s On Your Feet! (2023 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Supporting Performer), as Eva Perón, and Martín Ruiz, who appeared in the original cast of The Return of Eva Perón, as Perón. Also featured are guest artists Diego Mariani, who appeared in Ay! Carmela and The Return of Eva Perón, as López Rega/General Moori, and Rodrigo Pereira, who is making his GALA debut as General Aramburu/Dr. Ara. The ensemble includes Rodolfo Santamarina, Camila Taleisnik, and Luis Armando Benitez, all who appeared in GALA’s award-winning musical On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Rachael Small who performed in our production of The Palacios Sisters this season, Luis Obed Velásquez, Oscar Antonio Rodríguez, Camila Aldet, Facundo Agustín, Ralphie Rivera, Tsaitami Duchela, Darina Eid, Jennifer Preston, and Sofía Grosso.
PERFORMANCES: The show runs from May 9 to June 9, 2024, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. All performances are in Spanish with English surtitles.
Community Night is Thursday, May 9: $20 tickets.
Noche de GALA and Press Night is Saturday, May 11: $55 tickets (includes a post-performance reception with the artists and creative team, some Latin American food and drinks).TICKETS:
Regular tickets: $48.
Senior (65+), Military, Teachers: $35.
Student Under 25: $25
Noche de GALA: $55.
Group (10+): $35 (all tickets must be bought in one transaction).
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Get 25% OFF all individual tickets through April 10 (not valid for May 9). Use code MUMMY. GET TICKETS
