Company Workshop José Zayas: Play Laboratory Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding Wednesday and Friday Afternoons Dates & Times Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – 12:30pm-4:30pm Friday, February 20, 2026 – 1:00pm-5:00pm Wednesday, February 25, 2026 – 12:30pm-4:30pm Friday, February 27, 2026 – 1:00pm-5:00pm Houghton Hall, 20 East 30th Street, 2nd Floor Ballroom This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend. Observers may attend for any portion of the workshop. About the Workshop Director and educator José Zayas joins The Actors Center for first time for a four-day play laboratory exploring the world of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding. A lyrical and visceral work of poetic theater, José will lead a collaborative investigation of Lorca’s language, rhythm, and mythic landscape through rehearsal and text work. Engaging with the emotional and poetic extremes of the piece: desire and repression, fate and freedom, ritual and rupture—the group will examine how Lorca’s heightened theatricality ignites contemporary performance, while asking how the body, voice, and imagination unlock the play’s emotional and physical stakes. » Read the Play About José Zayas José Zayas is an award-winning director. He has directed over 100 productions in New York, regionally, and internationally. His credits include: El Perro del Hortelano (Gala Theatre), Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (En Garde Arts), The Queen of Basel (Studio Theatre, DC), Exquisita Agonía (Repertorio Espanol), The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (BAM, MASS MoCA, US & European Tours), A Nonesuch Celebration (BAM), Washed Up on the Potomac (San Francisco Playhouse, The Flea Theater), Undocumented (Joe's Pub), Pinkolandia and El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom (Two River Theater), The House of the Spirits (Teatro Espressivo, Gala Theatre, Denver Center, ACE, HOLA, and Ovation Awards for Best Production and Direction), Your Name Will Follow You Home, La Nena Se Casa, Love in the Time of Cholera, In the Time of the Butterflies, In The Name of Salome, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Burundanga (Repertorio Español, ACE and HOLA Awards for Best Production and Direction for the latter two), Corazon Eterno, (Mixed Blood), Southern Promises and Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist (PS 122, The Brick), Useless (IRT), Father of Lies and Vengeance Can Wait (PS 122); P.S. Jones and the Frozen City, Feeder: A Love Story (TerraNOVA Collective); Privilege, Okay, Mrs. Jones and the Man From Dixieland (EST), The Idea of Me (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Queen Bees (Queens Theatre...

Company Workshop José Zayas: Play Laboratory Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding Wednesday and Friday Afternoons Dates & Times Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – 12:30pm-4:30pm Friday, February 20, 2026 – 1:00pm-5:00pm Wednesday, February 25, 2026 – 12:30pm-4:30pm Friday, February 27, 2026 – 1:00pm-5:00pm Houghton Hall, 20 East 30th Street, 2nd Floor Ballroom This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend. Observers may attend for any portion of the workshop. About the Workshop Director and educator José Zayas joins The Actors Center for first time for a four-day play laboratory exploring the world of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding. A lyrical and visceral work of poetic theater, José will lead a collaborative investigation of Lorca’s language, rhythm, and mythic landscape through rehearsal and text work. Engaging with the emotional and poetic extremes of the piece: desire and repression, fate and freedom, ritual and rupture—the group will examine how Lorca’s heightened theatricality ignites contemporary performance, while asking how the body, voice, and imagination unlock the play’s emotional and physical stakes. » Read the Play About José Zayas José Zayas is an award-winning director. He has directed over 100 productions in New York, regionally, and internationally. His credits include: El Perro del Hortelano (Gala Theatre), Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (En Garde Arts), The Queen of Basel (Studio Theatre, DC), Exquisita Agonía (Repertorio Espanol), The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (BAM, MASS MoCA, US & European Tours), A Nonesuch Celebration (BAM), Washed Up on the Potomac (San Francisco Playhouse, The Flea Theater), Undocumented (Joe's Pub), Pinkolandia and El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom (Two River Theater), The House of the Spirits (Teatro Espressivo, Gala Theatre, Denver Center, ACE, HOLA, and Ovation Awards for Best Production and Direction), Your Name Will Follow You Home, La Nena Se Casa, Love in the Time of Cholera, In the Time of the Butterflies, In The Name of Salome, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Burundanga (Repertorio Español, ACE and HOLA Awards for Best Production and Direction for the latter two), Corazon Eterno, (Mixed Blood), Southern Promises and Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist (PS 122, The Brick), Useless (IRT), Father of Lies and Vengeance Can Wait (PS 122); P.S. Jones and the Frozen City, Feeder: A Love Story (TerraNOVA Collective); Privilege, Okay, Mrs. Jones and the Man From Dixieland (EST), The Idea of Me (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Queen Bees (Queens Theatre...

Company Workshop José Zayas: Play Laboratory Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding Wednesday and Friday Afternoons Dates & Times Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – 12:30pm-4:30pm Friday, February 20, 2026 – 1:00pm-5:00pm Wednesday, February 25, 2026 – 12:30pm-4:30pm Friday, February 27, 2026 – 1:00pm-5:00pm Houghton Hall, 20 East 30th Street, 2nd Floor Ballroom This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend. Observers may attend for any portion of the workshop. About the Workshop Director and educator José Zayas joins The Actors Center for first time for a four-day play laboratory exploring the world of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding. A lyrical and visceral work of poetic theater, José will lead a collaborative investigation of Lorca’s language, rhythm, and mythic landscape through rehearsal and text work. Engaging with the emotional and poetic extremes of the piece: desire and repression, fate and freedom, ritual and rupture—the group will examine how Lorca’s heightened theatricality ignites contemporary performance, while asking how the body, voice, and imagination unlock the play’s emotional and physical stakes. » Read the Play About José Zayas José Zayas is an award-winning director. He has directed over 100 productions in New York, regionally, and internationally. His credits include: El Perro del Hortelano (Gala Theatre), Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (En Garde Arts), The Queen of Basel (Studio Theatre, DC), Exquisita Agonía (Repertorio Espanol), The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (BAM, MASS MoCA, US & European Tours), A Nonesuch Celebration (BAM), Washed Up on the Potomac (San Francisco Playhouse, The Flea Theater), Undocumented (Joe's Pub), Pinkolandia and El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom (Two River Theater), The House of the Spirits (Teatro Espressivo, Gala Theatre, Denver Center, ACE, HOLA, and Ovation Awards for Best Production and Direction), Your Name Will Follow You Home, La Nena Se Casa, Love in the Time of Cholera, In the Time of the Butterflies, In The Name of Salome, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Burundanga (Repertorio Español, ACE and HOLA Awards for Best Production and Direction for the latter two), Corazon Eterno, (Mixed Blood), Southern Promises and Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist (PS 122, The Brick), Useless (IRT), Father of Lies and Vengeance Can Wait (PS 122); P.S. Jones and the Frozen City, Feeder: A Love Story (TerraNOVA Collective); Privilege, Okay, Mrs. Jones and the Man From Dixieland (EST), The Idea of Me (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Queen Bees (Queens Theatre...

Company Workshop José Zayas: Play Laboratory Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding Wednesday and Friday Afternoons Dates & Times Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – 12:30pm-4:30pm Friday, February 20, 2026 – 1:00pm-5:00pm Wednesday, February 25, 2026 – 12:30pm-4:30pm Friday, February 27, 2026 – 1:00pm-5:00pm Houghton Hall, 20 East 30th Street, 2nd Floor Ballroom This workshop is open to observers and all company members are invited to attend. Observers may attend for any portion of the workshop. About the Workshop Director and educator José Zayas joins The Actors Center for first time for a four-day play laboratory exploring the world of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding. A lyrical and visceral work of poetic theater, José will lead a collaborative investigation of Lorca’s language, rhythm, and mythic landscape through rehearsal and text work. Engaging with the emotional and poetic extremes of the piece: desire and repression, fate and freedom, ritual and rupture—the group will examine how Lorca’s heightened theatricality ignites contemporary performance, while asking how the body, voice, and imagination unlock the play’s emotional and physical stakes. » Read the Play About José Zayas José Zayas is an award-winning director. He has directed over 100 productions in New York, regionally, and internationally. His credits include: El Perro del Hortelano (Gala Theatre), Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (En Garde Arts), The Queen of Basel (Studio Theatre, DC), Exquisita Agonía (Repertorio Espanol), The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (BAM, MASS MoCA, US & European Tours), A Nonesuch Celebration (BAM), Washed Up on the Potomac (San Francisco Playhouse, The Flea Theater), Undocumented (Joe's Pub), Pinkolandia and El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom (Two River Theater), The House of the Spirits (Teatro Espressivo, Gala Theatre, Denver Center, ACE, HOLA, and Ovation Awards for Best Production and Direction), Your Name Will Follow You Home, La Nena Se Casa, Love in the Time of Cholera, In the Time of the Butterflies, In The Name of Salome, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Burundanga (Repertorio Español, ACE and HOLA Awards for Best Production and Direction for the latter two), Corazon Eterno, (Mixed Blood), Southern Promises and Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist (PS 122, The Brick), Useless (IRT), Father of Lies and Vengeance Can Wait (PS 122); P.S. Jones and the Frozen City, Feeder: A Love Story (TerraNOVA Collective); Privilege, Okay, Mrs. Jones and the Man From Dixieland (EST), The Idea of Me (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Queen Bees (Queens Theatre...