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“El Pesebre” is a Classic Nativity Play

El Pesebre (The Manger) is a Christmas nativity shepherd’s play produced by the Colombian creative team at ID Studio Theater and performed for free at community centers that serve New York City’s Latin communities.


El Pesebre 2019

The show is a nativity presentation with eight actors and a three-piece band singing Christmas carols. It’s a black box theatre type of presentation

El Pesebre is written by Jorge Plata Saray. It is directed by Jamie Vanegas with the help of Colombian telenovela star Germán Jaramillo. Pablo Mayor did the sound. Daniel Fetecua did the choreography.

Mayor, Fetecua and Jaramillo are among the leading Colombians working in New York City in music, dance and theatre.

Performances are free.

Comisiando Dominicano de Cultura

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 ~ Washington Heights, NYC. FREE

Family Life Academy Charter School II

Friday, December 13, 2019 ~ Mott Haven, The Bronx at 5pm. FREE

St. Luke’s Catholic Church

Sunday, December 15 ~ St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Mott Haven, The Bronx at 12:30pm. FREE

BronxWorks Betances Community Center

Saturday, December 21 ~ With BronxArtSpace in Mott Haven, The Bronx at 2pm. FREE

BronxWorks
547 East 146th St, The Bronx, NY 10455
Near St. Mary’s Park
Mott Haven, The Bronx

Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center

January ~ in Norwood, The Bronx. FREE

3225 Reservoir Oval East, The Bronx, NY 10467


Home nativity scenes are a Colombian tradition

In Colombia, a corner of every grandmother’s house turns into a manger around Christmas. People go crazy like they do with the Christmas house decorations in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.

There is a friendly competition for who sets up the most beautiful nativity in their home. If you want to have the best nativity scene, hire a Colombian grandmother.

Colombians also celebrate La Novena, the nine-day prayer cycle leading up to Christmas, so there is a lot of visiting. It’s similar to the Mexican posada and the Puerto Rican parranda, but more religious in the Colombian way.

Shephard’s plays are a vestige of religious theatre from the Middle Ages that was a pre-literate teaching method.

Nativity scenes celebrate the family which is the heart of Latin culture. We also welcome strangers from afar, because that’s the kind of people we are.


For more information, visit idstudiotheater.org


Published December 21, 2019 | Updated March 18, 2023.

Filed Under: Bronx, Christmas, christmas shows, Colombian, ID Studio Theater, LATIN THEATRE

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