Yale Alumni Lunch & Show Meet Up at DC's GALA Hispanic Theatre

Yale alums in the Washington, DC, area enjoyed a Sunday afternoon out on June 23, with lunch at Tequila Y Mezcal Cocina followed by a performance of Zavala Zavala at the GALA Hispanic Theatre in DC.

Zavala Zavala is a “chamber opera in five cuts [that] delves into the moving story of Natividad Zavala-Zavala, a Honduran woman torn apart from her seven-year-old grandson after their treacherous crossing of the Río Grande in 2017. Experience her heart-wrenching journey as the riveting narrative unfolds and explores the fragility of judicial systems in the face of Trump’s Zero Tolerance directive.”

GALA (Grupo de Artistas LatinoAmericanos) Hispanic Theatre is a National Center for Latino Performing Arts in the nation’s capital. Since 1976, GALA has been promoting and sharing the Latino arts and cultures with a diverse audience, creating work that speaks to communities today, and preserving the rich Hispanic heritage for generations that follow.…