• Urban Theatre Movement of Los Angeles kicks off the XXVII International Hispanic Theatre Festival with its production of Miguel Pinero's 'Short Eyes.' Federico Mata

  • In 'La flor de la Chukirawa' from Equador, a TV reporter interviews a rural mother about her son's death in Iraq.

  • Teatro Avante's 'El no,' an adaptation of a play by Virgilio Pinera, closes out the XXVII International Hispanic Theatre Festival.

  • 'Infieles' ('Unfaithful') launches the professional La Compania Prometeo at the XXVII International Hispanic Theatre Festival. Sara McCranie

  • 'Solitude' by the Latino Theater Company of Los Angeles explores love, death, destiny and family.

  • 'Nada del amor me produce envidia' ('I Don't Envy Love') is a musical melodrama about Argentine seamstresses of the 1930s.

  • 'Malinche/Malinches,' a play exploring the Mexican soul, is part of the XXVII International Hispanic Theatre Festival.

  • Diana Chery-Ramirez's 'Aviones de papel' ('Paper Airplanes'), by New York's Zerocompania, explores misunderstandings and domestic violence. Mery Johann

  • 'Andre y Dorine' by Spain's Kulunka Teatro explores the effect of Alzheimer's disease on an elderly couple.

  • Mario Ernesto Sanchez, the founder of Teatro Avante, has been the man at the head of Miami's International Hispanic Theatre Festival for 27 years.