Baya Con Dios

Cyril Amanfo (playwright) is a multi-hyphenated artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He earned his B.A. in Theater (Highest Honors) and Neuroscience from Oberlin College. Recent written works include his original musical Olympus, and Baya con Dios, a play with dance. Cyril also spends his time as an actor, director, choreographer, and musician. You can connect with Cyril @cnamanfo or at @theblackberrypoets on social media.

Mitch Weiss is currently the Producing Artistic Director of The Farm (We Grow Theater!) which commissions and develops new, original plays and musicals with a team of Broadway professionals. His previous career history includes Off-Broadway directing and musical directing, managing Broadway shows (A Chorus Line, The Grapes of Wrath, and more), senior management at the NY Shakespeare Festival, Disney Theatricals International, Barrington Stage Company and Carnegie Hall and personal management for disco icons Village People. He taught at NYU and SUNY-Plattsburgh and is the author of 2 nonfiction books including The Business of Broadway (Allworth Press).  Website: MWEntGroup.com

The Farm (We Grow Theater!) is a project of MW Entertainment Group, dedicated to developing the work and careers of playwrights and theater composers since 2019 with a team of theater professionals. Website: WeGrowTheater.com.

Pregones /PRTT’s STEP UP Artist Residency Program provides emerging and early career artists the opportunity to develop their original work at our venues. Residencies are selected on the basis of artistic merit and/or promise. All requests are BY INVITATION ONLY and must be in tune with our organization’s mission and longstanding commitment to provide stability and professional development to underrepresented artists.

Our STEP UP program accepts applications from individual emerging artists looking to develop new works; advance existing works to the next stage in production; showcase and/or engage a live audience. Selected artists receive a $2,500 project support fee to be used in any way they deem necessary, toward the development of their work at Pregones/PRTT.

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This program is also made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Governor’s Office and the New York State Legislature. For a full list of our funders, visit www.pregonesprtt.org.

Pregones Theater
575 Walton Avenue (b/w 149th & 150th Streets)
The Bronx, NY 10451

Trains # 2, 4, 5 to 149th Street & Grand Concourse

For more information call us at 718-585-1202