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.
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.
NEW PRODUCTIONs
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.
Playwright: Camilo Vergara
Director: Germán Jaramillo
A production of ID Studio Theater
Laura stayed. Octavia left. One sacrificed everything for her family, the other pursued her dreams. Now, time forces them to look at each other face to face, to count the years of distance and the reproaches never said.
And you, what would you do? How do you measure sacrifice within a family? Who decides what weighs more: dedication or dreams?
Dos Hermanas is a mirror of what we leave behind and what haunts us. It is a story of memory, emotional debts, and unanswered questions.
Discover this theatrical experience that will make you question what you think you know about love, family, and sacrifice.
Playwright: Camilo Vergara
Director: Leyma López
A production of ID Studio Theater