Its mission is to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of Spanish and Latin American culture with unique productions of plays, musicals and dance.

Thalia Hispanic theatre are the first and only BILINGUAL Hispanic theatre in Queens, serving one of the most diverse communities in the United States, including more than one million Hispanics from every Spanish-speaking nation in the world. Every month is Hispanic Heritage Month at Thalia Spanish Theatre.

In the last four decades its more than 230 productions of the best Spanish plays, zarzuelas (Spanish operettas) and shows of music & dance, have earned national recognition as a leader in New York City’s celebrated Spanish theatre movement, have been acclaimed by audiences and critics, and received 222 AWARDS FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE including a LATIN GRAMMY, many from ACE (Association of Critics of Entertainment) –equivalent to a Latin TONY–. from HOLA (Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors) and from ATI (Artistas de Teatro Independiente), the 1997 & 1989 ENCORE Awards of the Arts & Business Council, the 1997 New York State Governor’s Arts Award, and the 2009 Mayor’s Award for Arts & Culture.  We’ve grown from a community-based theatre to a world class cultural institution, collaborating with guest artists from Spain, Uruguay, India, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina and more.

Its productions have been presented to full houses at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall; the Millennium Theatre in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; Kingsborough Community College; Bergen Community College in New Jersey; Millersville University in Pennsylvania; Merkin Concert Hall; outdoors at Untermyer State Park in Yonkers; the International Festival of Zarzuela in El Paso, Texas; and at International Theatre Festivals in Spain, Colombia, Guatemala and South Korea.