Casa Hechale’s International Artist Residency is a residential platform for theatre, performance, and new work in Mexico City. Designed for performing artists, it welcomes individuals, duos, and collaborations working across acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, translation, dance, movement, sound, and interdisciplinary performance.
Selected artists spend two or four weeks researching, writing, rehearsing, experimenting, or advancing a project. The residency is process-centered: no finished production or public outcome is required. Residents live and work under one roof, with accommodation, scheduled rehearsal and creation space, and the option to request Casa Hechale’s Black Box Theatre, subject to availability and prior agreement.
Each residency begins with orientation and includes a Community Manager, a project conversation with the creative team, and an advisory session offering feedback, dramaturgical exchange, mentoring, or professional dialogue. Residents may join performances, readings, workshops, talks, salons, and community gatherings while retaining independence. Each cycle includes an informal Open House, and relevant introductions may be arranged with artists and cultural organizations across Mexico City.
Open worldwide and operating in English and Spanish, the program fosters exchange among Mexican, Chicano, U.S., Latin American, Spanish, European, and international artists. Limited partial scholarships are available for four-week residents.
Residency Eligibility
Residency Experience Summary
Application Information
- Application type：Rolling / Ongoing
- Location：Mexico City, Mexico
- Eligible disciplines：Theatre、Performance、Dance、Playwriting、Dramaturgy、Sound、Interdisciplinary Arts
- Residency duration：Two weeks or four weeks
2 weeks:
Shared Room USD 1,300 per person
Private Room USD 1,900 per person
Duration: 14 nights
4 weeks:
Shared Room USD 2,100 per person
Private Room USD 2,800 per person
Duration: 28 nights
- A limited number of Casa Hechale Residency Scholarships are awarded to outstanding artists selected for the Four-Week Residency.
Each scholarship provides a fee reduction of up to USD 700.
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of
- The artistic quality and clarity of the proposal
- The strength of the applicant’s artistic practice
- The relevance of the residency to the development of the work
- The relationship between the proposal, Casa Hechale and the context of Mexico City
- The applicant’s potential contribution to artistic dialogue and exchange
The scholarship is not available for the Two-Week Residency.
2. Outstanding applicants who were born in Latin America and currently live and maintain their artistic practice in Latin America may also be considered for an additional award of up to USD 500.
The Latin America Residency Award may be combined with the Casa Hechale Residency Scholarship, providing a maximum total fee reduction of USD 1,200.
3.Artists may use personal funds, institutional support, external grants or a combination of funding sources to cover the residency fee and related expenses.
Following selection and provisional confirmation of the residency period, Casa Hechale can provide an official letter of selection for applications to arts councils, cultural ministries, universities, foundations and other funding bodies.