CARE TO DANCE?
BLOG POST- THE LITTLE PARROT – Hear from Artistic Director Rosalba Rolón muse about El Cotorrito in anticipation of the workshop production of Parrots at The Pagoda.
THE LITTLE PARROT ♫♫♫
BLOG POST- THE LITTLE PARROT – Hear from Artistic Director Rosalba Rolón muse about El Cotorrito in anticipation of the workshop production of Parrots at The Pagoda.
…I WANTED TO FLY!
BY ROSALBA ROLÓN Our Puerto Rican Traveling Theater is abuzz with energy, action, music, technology, and fun. The occasion? We are embarking on a new journey with the Off-Broadway launch of a new theater rocket! That is, with a powerful cast and creative team under the direction of Leyma López, we are in full rehearsal…
MARCHING ONWARD
BY ROSALBA ROLÓN “Marching onward, marching onward, marching to that lovely tune”. These lyrics from the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin (1868 – 1917), kept pulling me in as I sat to listen to the first concert of March Is Music at our Pregones Theater. Radio Pirata hit the stage with a rich repertoire of…
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND!
BY ROSALBA ROLÓN “Raise your right hand! Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” This is how the first courtroom scene in Pregones/PRTT’s The Red Rose begins. The occasion? Puerto Rican activist Jesús Colón is called to testify,…
BUCKLE UP for 2023-2024!!
BY ROSALBA ROLÓN Let’s party! Pregones/PRTT’s 23-24 Season has arrived, bringing in-person theater, music, dance, exhibits, films, outdoors events, and multiple collaborations to our Bronx and Manhattan theaters and neighborhood public spaces. Our cable TV and online offerings will continue, as will our artists’ participation in a range of streamed interviews and events. A new…
Latinx Theatre Leaders: Rosalba Rolón
Pregones/PRTT’s co-Founder and Artistic Director, Rosalba Rolón, collaborates with Eric Swartz for a memorable entry on HowlRound.
The Path to “TORCHED!”
BY ROSALBA ROLÓN During one of the many international engagements that our Pregones Ensemble has been involved in, we found ourselves in beautiful Slovakia, surrounded by its mountains, it’s people and our local creative partners of Divadlo z Pasáže. One morning, during breakfast at the hotel, the waiter, who knew we were in town for…
A Quarter in All of Us
BY ROSALBA ROLÓN I confess. I’m not a math genius. But I’m not so bad either. Yet when I sit to write about PregonesPRTT’s upcoming production of QUARTER RICAN, I’m haunted by ongoing resistance and yet curiosity about my DNA. Convinced that all humans have a fraction of someone else’s history living within us, I…
Ahhh… The Sound of March Is Music
BY ROSALBA ROLÓN Ahhh… The Sound of March Is Music! Music has been central to the creative life of our theater company for more than four decades. Music stars, emerging musicians, theater composers, lyricists. They have all played a role in creating a musical vibe at our Bronx theater on Walton Avenue and in our…