Staging Latinx Shakespeares with Dr. Carla Della Gatta

A conversation with Dr. Carla Della Gatta, author of Latinx Shakespeares: Staging U.S. Intracultural Theater

“There are no Latinx characters in Shakespeare. Not one.” That’s the observation with which Dr. Carla Della Gatta begins her book Latinx Shakespeares: Staging U.S. Intracultural Theater. Despite this fact, there have been many fascinating and challenging productions and adaptations of Shakespeare’s works by Latinx artists and performers in recent decades — a phenomenon which Carla explores in her book, and which she’s now documenting through a new online archive.