New Plays from Galicia

Come celebrate the publication of New Plays from Galicia, a collection of plays in translation by Galician writers.

New Plays from Galicia highlights the dynamic world of contemporary Spanish theatre and playwriting. Galicia, located in Northwestern Spain, inherited —like Catalonia and Basque Country—a lesser known language of its own. This groundbreaking volume is the first anthology in history to present Galician plays in English translation. The volume features works by Galician playwrights Teresa Moure (A Springtime for Aldara), Ernesto Is (After the Waves), Roberto Salgueiro (Helena and María’s Memoir), and Sofía Ruvira (You Already Have!),

All plays have been edited and translated by Sofía Ruvira-Fernández, except for Moure’s A Springtime for Aldara (by Philip Krummrich.)

The event will feature an excerpted reading of You Already Have! by Sofía Ruvira-Fernández, as well as a conversation between Ruvira-Fernández and Next Generation Fellow Nurit Chinn, with an introduction by Executive Director Frank Hentschker.

"New Plays from Galicia offer a window for Cultural and Theater Studies in the US, combining local traditions with tense influences from Spain, the continental union and the globalized sphere, challenging hegemonic narratives of European identity and culture." -- Alex Gil, Yale University.

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Sofía Ruvira–Fernandez is an artist, scholar, dancer and writer born in Galicia/Spain and based in the US. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese literature at Yale University. Ruvira–Fernandez moved to New York in 2021 with a Fulbright scholarship, to further her dance studies at the José Limón Institute and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. Her works have been at the Interactive Museum of History of Lugo/Galicia, the Ao Compaz festival, Casa Vella Amiadoso Action Spring(t) action art, Torn/Page and the Tank Theater in New York. Ruvira–Fernandez has been selected as one of the upcoming young Galician artists in 2023. She has directed a multilingual adaptation of Ti Xa Tes! at YaleUniversity’s York Street Studios in 2024. She teaches dance classes at Yale, and is a corps-de-ballet member of the Yale Ballet Company. Ruvira-Fernández is the author of the poetry collections Canícula (Laiovento, 2025) and Alalá (Arteidolia Press, 2024), and the novel Os Corpos Fráxiles (Aira Editorial, 2024).