TAMIU will host a series of events from November 10 - 14 that look at the history of Shakespeare in Laredo and the border region.
Date: November 10 - 14
Location: TAMIU’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Theatre Lobby
Date: November 10, 2025
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: TAMIU’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Theatre
Date: November 11, 2025
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: TAMIU’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Theatre
Lecturer(s): Katherine Gillen, Adrianna M. Santos, and Ruben Ramirez
Date: November 14, 2025
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Alamo Drafthouse
About: This talk explores the Latinx and Mexican resonances of Baz Luhrmann's hit film 1996 Romeo + Juliet, which is approaching its thirtieth anniversary. Filmed primarily in Mexico City and Boca del Reio, Veracruz, and featuring Mexican sites such as åthe Chapultepec Castle and the Templo del Purísimo Corazón de María, Romeo + Juliet translates the Catholic Italian setting of Shakespeare's play to a more Mexican and Latinx context of "Verona Beach." In addition to analyzing the significance of these artistic choices, the talk traces the broader tradition of Borderlands stage adaptations in which Romeo + Juliet is situated. We pay particular attention to Edit Villarreal's The Language of Flowers, a reimagining of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in Los Angeles in the 1990s that highlights tensions within Mexican American communities as well as the violence of deportation and the militarized border. This body of adaptations illuminates questions of race and citizenship within Shakespeare's play and within the cultures that continue to reproduce it.
The Bard is back at Texas A&M International University!
The iconic words of world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare will come to life once again with live performances and a special film screening as part of TAMIU’s Shakespeare Mini Fest 2025.
All events are free and open to the public.
The week-long festivities begin with performances by the Texas Shakespeare Festival (TSF) Roadshow at the TAMIU Center for the Fine and Performing Arts (CFPA) Theatre. This is the fourth appearance by TSF at TAMIU.
Read more at:
https://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/2025/10/tamiu-tsf25.shtml
The iconic words of world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare once again enchanted audiences at Texas A&M International University's (TAMIU) Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Theatre.
Read more at: www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/2024/09/tamiu-tsf24.shtml
The words of the world's best-known playwright, William Shakespeare, will again echo at Texas A&M International University's (TAMIU) Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Theatre.
Read more at: www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/2023/11/tamiu-tsf23.shtml
One more rare, live opportunity to see and hear the immortal words of the world's playwright, Shakespeare, was offered at Texas A&M International University's (TAMIU) Center for the Fine and Performing Arts on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m.
Read more at: www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/2022/10/tamiushakespearenov9-10.shtml
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