48 Hours In… El Bronx

The subway is the main public transportation system in New York City, and one of the oldest and largest in the world. Its trains provide mobility to millions of riders, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Those who know will say that to see the real New York you must ride the train. The legendary elevated and subway rails of the Boogie Down are brimming with stories waiting to be told. For Pregones/PRTT‘s third-time partnership with the award-winning producers of Harlem9’s 48 Hours In… El Bronx series, we’re calling on 6 playwrights, 6 directors, and 18 actors to give us just that: Get On The Train! Bronx Stories.

A phenomenal roster of Latinx artists will convene for this intensive, weekend-long, theater-making marathon. A curated selection of photographs and poems depicting Bronx trains and train stations will serve as their inspiration. Activities culminate in performance of six brand-new 10-minute plays before a live audience!

This Year’s 6 PLAYWRIGHTS:
Peggy Robles-Alvarado
Beto O’ Byrne
Guadalís Del Carmen
Christin Eve Cato
Pablo García Gámez
Modesto “Flako” Jimenez

This Year’s 6 DIRECTORS:
Gineiris Garcia
Laura Gómez
Louis DeVaughn Nelson
Janilka Romero
Gama Valle
Fernando Vieira

This Year’s 18 ACTORS:
Jorge William Donoso
Kimberly Gómez
Luis Herrera
Sofia Klimovsky
Nicolle Marquez
Rebecca Murillo
Zahydé Pietri
Luis Ponce
Diana Pou
Krystal Pou
Daniel Prado
Arisael Rivera
Joaquín M. Rosa
Camila Pérez Santiago
Jacob Sebastián
Carlos Valencia
Yaraní del Valle
Igor Correa Wetter

ABOUT HARLEM9:
Harlem9 is an arts organization comprised of 6 producing entities that have come together in Harlem to explore the past, present and future of black culture and celebrate the rich history of storytelling within the African Diaspora. Garlia Cornelia Jones-Ly, Bryan E. Glover, E. Michael Lockley, Jonathan McCrory, and Liberation Theatre Company (Sandra A. Daley-Sharif and Spencer Scott Barros) are the producers that comprise Harlem9. www.harlem9.org