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Where Art meets community
Where Art meets community
The mission of ID Studio Theater is to advance the artistic and social empowerment of immigrant communities through innovative work in the performing arts.
Formed in 2001 and incorporated in 2005, ID Studio has developed over 25 original bilingual theater productions and dozens of workshop programs within immigrant communities. We promote the performing arts as a means of building community knowledge, catalyzing collective action, encouraging inter-community dialogue and celebrating our common humanity.
ID Studio’s projects have been shown at a wide range of venues, from international theater festivals to schools and community spaces. ID Studio fosters exchanges with cultural organizations in Latin America, Europe and Africa while also partnering with community-based organizations such as CaringKind, Urban Health, Make the Road NY and Dreamyard in New York, and Unidad Latina en Acción in New Haven, CT.
ID Studio is a proud member of the Alliance of Teatros Latinos NY and LxNY: Latinx Arts Consortium of New York.
Building Partnerships
We've collaborated with mission-aligned organizations across art, service, immigrant rights, health, and education, including Make the Road New York, Bregamos Theater, BronxArtSpace, Théâtre du Bout du Monde, Unidad Latina en Acción, CaringKind, and the Hispanic Federation to create original programming that combines social justice with art, theater, music, dance, and film.
Recognized for OUR BOLD Artistic Vision
ID Studio's productions at the intersection of social and artistic empowerment have received awards from HOLA, ACE, ATI, and the Festival de Teatro Hispano del Comisionado.
International engagement
ID Studio’s productions regularly tour internationally, including the International Theater Festival in Bogotá, Colombia (2012), Festival de Teatro Hispano del Comisionado (2013, 2017), Yale University Latin American Theater Series (2014), Festival Internacional de Teatro sin Fronteras in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico (2018), and most recently the XIV Simposio Internacional Jorge Isaacs: Manuel Zapata Olivella Vuelve a África at Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal (2024), featuring performances of Hotel de Vagabundos and ¡Arsenio!
Innovative Programs
ID Studio fosters creativity and inclusion by offering bilingual workshops, performances, and community engagement initiatives that bridge cultures and amplify diverse voices.
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Lost Children / Los Niños Perdidos
South Bronx, New York October 2 · 3 · 9, 2026 · 7:30pm
Fresh from its presentation at the Decolonizing Frames Festival in Turin, Italy, Lost Children: A Play in 20 Questions returns home to ID Studio Theater as part of our 25th anniversary season, Latinx Heritage Month, and Fall of Freedom 2026.
The production weaves live performance with video, animation, and pre-recorded testimonies, the young migrants themselves answering the questions that define their cases, their faces on screen as performer Sandra Gumuzzio bears witness alongside them onstage. A new short film epilogue, produced by Somondoco Films in collaboration with Unidad Latina en Acción, reflects the ongoing immigration crisis.
Based on Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli
Adapted by Linn Cary Mehta
Directed by Germán Jaramillo
Performed by Sandra Gumuzzio
Original music by Pablo Mayor and Carlos Durán
Produced by ID Studio Theater
Poster art design by Montserrat Vargas
Los Niños Perdidos
South Bronx, Nueva York
2 · 3 · 9 de octubre, 2026 · 7:30pm
Recién llegada de su presentación en el Festival Decolonizing Frames en Turín, Italia, Los Niños Perdidos: una pieza en 20 preguntas regresa a casa en ID Studio Theater como parte de nuestra temporada del 25 aniversario, el Mes de la Herencia Latinx y Fall of Freedom 2026.
La producción entrelaza actuación en vivo con video, animación y testimonios pregrabados, los propios jóvenes migrantes respondiendo las preguntas que definen sus casos, sus rostros en pantalla mientras la actriz Sandra Gumuzzio da testimonio junto a ellos en el escenario. Un nuevo epílogo en cortometraje, producido por Somondoco Films en colaboración con Unidad Latina en Acción, refleja la crisis migratoria en curso.
Basada en Dime cómo termina de Valeria Luiselli
Adaptación: Linn Cary Mehta
Dirección: Germán Jaramillo
Actuación: Sandra Gumuzzio
Música original: Pablo Mayor y Carlos Durán
Producción: ID Studio Theater
Diseño del afiche: Montserrat Vargas
JOIN US IN THE THEATER
In this 25th Anniversary message, Founder and Artistic Director Germán Jaramillo reflects on the journey of ID Studio Theater and the community that has carried it forward. Our 2026 season is already in motion. We invite you to be part of it, bring someone with you. Help us continue amplifying immigrant and Latin voices and keeping bold, storytelling alive in the Bronx.
Past Projects
ARSENIO
A play that pays tribute to the life and music of Arsenio Rodríguez, the visionary Afro Cuban composer known as El Ciego Maravilloso or The Wondrous Blind Man.
His innovations in the son genre transformed tropical music in the 1950s and laid the groundwork for new musical forms, including the emergence of salsa in the South Bronx. This production is the third installment of the Entre Dos Mundos trilogy, which explores cultural and spiritual themes rooted in Latin American music. The first installment centers on Colombian cumbia, and the second on the songs of Mexico’s Pedro Infante.
EL PESEBRE
Every December, a group gathers to create a nativity play. They arrive with memories, doubts, hopes, and a shared desire to keep a tradition alive. What begins as a simple reenactment becomes a lively meditation on the stories we inherit and the ones we choose to pass on. El Pesebre is an immersive and joyful “play within a play” that draws from the centuries old tradition begun in 1223 and reimagines it through the lens of Latin American cultural memory.
This year’s production welcomes performers from New York’s Latinx theater communities, artists who bring their own questions and creative spirit to the ensemble. Their presence infuses the work with new life, transforming a beloved annual tradition into a reflection on continuity, belonging, and the quiet power of gathering.
December 20, 2025
Written by: Jorge Plata Saray
Directors: Germán Jaramillo and Leyma López
DOS HERMANAS
Petra returns to New York for her father’s funeral — but what begins as a short visit becomes a life-changing decision. Searching for direction, she accepts a job at a juvenile correctional facility, unaware of how the emotional toll will unravel her sense of self and strain her relationship with Diego, her partner.
The genesis of this play emerged from ID Studio Theater’s research into the now-shuttered Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in Hunts Point. The play draws from that history to examine the personal impact of structural violence, institutional silence, and the emotional aftermath of bearing witness.
As silence grows between them, Petra spirals into depression — and yet, in the middle of chaos, she begins to find small ways to save herself. Meanwhile, Diego struggles to find his way out of his own abyss of unexpressed emotions. Petra is a moving portrait of love, loss, and the quiet, radical act of choosing to stay alive.
May 22-23, 2025
Playwright: Camilo Vergara
Director: Germán Jaramillo