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Hands-on Craft

A free and family-friendly event around Lope de Vega’s Fuente Ovejuna

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Dates Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 10:30am

Venue Great Hall

Tickets Free; Registration required

Join us in the Great Hall for a morning of crafting. Participants can choose to create their own mini-protest sign or a fashionable sheep headdress—or both!

Afterwards, bring your creation to the Reading Room at 11:30am for the world premiere of Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega, adapted by Barbara Fuchs and directed by Kelsey Mesa. This family-friendly adaptation invites young audiences to imagine what solidarity looks like, with interactive elements such as audience participation and songs.

How to attend the festival

Individual events – $20

Reading Room Festival All-Access Pass – $125

Access to all staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community celebrations included in the Festival.

Students – Free admission to readings and conversations

Admitted free one-half hour before event start time, with a valid ID.

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Fuente Ovejuna

This family-friendly adaptation of Lope de Vega’s Spanish Golden Age classic Fuente Ovejuna invites young audiences to imagine what solidarity looks like, with interactive elements such as audience participation, songs, and crafts to engage children while emphasizing themes of justice, unity, and resistance to tyranny.
Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 11:30am
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