In September 2024, Siglo Latinx had the opportunity to visit Los Ángeles, California, to participate in the congress organized by AHCT in collaboration with AITENSO and LaEscena. This visit to LA involved daily presentations by diverse artists, conversations, and discussions with academics and researchers, as well as a theater festival that assembled a series of Golden Age plays staged by Diversifying the Classics and some Mexican theater companies. 

Our project director, Glenda Nieto-Cuebas, with our research assistants Lorena Rojas and Natalia Soracipa, presented "Collaboración interdisciplinaria para un teatro de siglo de oro vigente. " In their presentation, they mentioned the different takeaways from working in a collaborative environment and how connecting with artists from various backgrounds has nurtured their careers and research interests. On the one hand, Lorena highlighted the work of Ana Zambrano in La traición en la amistad and how the use of reggaeton in the narrative intertwines contemporary audiences with those of the past. On the other hand, Natalia expressed that the work she carried out in 2024 with the Mexican non-binary actor Mariano Ruiz helped her understand her role as an artist in academia, which aims to create a "third space" where the arts and academia work concurrently. This and other conferences by colleagues such as John Slater, Bruce Burningham, Carmela Mattza, and many others exposed the fantastic work that it is being done to keep Golden Age text alive in the classroom and on stage. 

But this congress not only brought together academics but also actors and directors, who, by the end of the day, showed their plays at the iconic Nimoy Theater at UCLA. Some of those we had the chance to watch were Diálogos entre el Amor y un Viejo, staged by Los Colochos theater company, Amar por ver Amar by Grumelot, and Put a Spell on You by Rosie Narasaki as part of her work in Diversifying the Classics. 

This trip to Los Angeles undoubtedly enriched the Siglo Latinx perspectives on what others are doing in their fields and how Golden Age texts are being presented to different audiences and levels.