Texas A&M University-San Antonio

Recasting Shakespeare for a New Generation of Students and Audiences

LocationSan Antonio, Texas, United States
Grantmaking areaHigher Learning
AuthorSara Ivry
DateOctober 16, 2024
A performer on a stage dressed in urban clothes and football pads in front of a wall covered in graffiti
Kinan Valdez as El Bravo in Herbert Siguenza’s “El Henry,” a Chicano futuristic adaptation of “Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1,” which will be published in Volume 3 of “The Bard in the Borderlands.” Photo: Jim Carmody

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The Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva

The Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva, housed at Texas A&M University‒San Antonio, was awarded a grant of $500,000 through Mellon’s Higher Learning grantmaking area.

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