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September 9, 2025

Almazan honored by New Georges Benefit

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Raquel Almazan honored at the 2025 New Georges Benefit! “Thank you Susan, Jayne and Deadria, and the board of directors of...

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Raquel Almazan is an interdisciplinary performer, writer, director and educator. Her eclectic career as artist-activist spans original multi-media solo performances, playwriting, devising-dramaturgy and filmmaking.

She is the Executive Artistic Director of La Lucha Arts and the creator – facilitator of arts programs for intergenerational communities, with a focus on social justice and is a practitioner of Butoh Dance. Their work has been presented in New York City- including Off-Broadway, throughout the United States and internationally in Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Canada and Sweden; including several of her plays within her lifelong project on writing bi-lingual plays in dedication to Latin American countries (Latin is America play cycle).

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6 Feb

Attend Feb 27th and Feb 28th, 2026 @ 7pm, workshop reading of El Odio de un Pais @pregonesprtt Free General Admission!

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17 Dec

Contributing producer of doc premiere: Youth Project 2025: Re-Defining America through Identity by The Urban Explorers 2025 Summer Cohort. View here!

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