LET’S TALK is an easy mix of performance and conversation among artists, scholars, and lovers of the arts! LET’S TALK is your chance to learn something new about the making and sharing of theater, music, dance, and multimedia. LET’S TALK takes you behind the scenes and up close with the muse and the technology. LET’S…
Our recent, multi-voiced and multi-media blog series is now archived for you to read, comment, and share in conjunction with the Off-Broadway run of BETSY! —the Appalachian-Puerto Rican Musical— starting April 9 at PRTT! Thanks to our partners at Roadside Theater, the good people at Café Onda, HowlRound, and Imagining America, and the BETSY! Circle…
By ARNALDO J. LÓPEZ – Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater proudly announces its partnership with The Sol Project (Jacob G. Padrón, Artistic Director) in the inauguration of SolFest: A Latinx Theater Festival. The new mini-festival will run June 25-27 at PRTT, our Manhattan theater at 304 West 47th Street. Rosalba Rolón, our Artistic Director and member…
TAKING OUR PLACE: Dan Guerrero Does It On Stage [We asked Rosalba Rolón to share a few personal notes about artist Dan Guerrero’s impressive trajectory and his acclaimed autobiographical performance ¡Gaytino! Enjoy!] “We went to the front of the line and we took our place.” This is one of my favorite lines of Dan Guerrero’s…
…and if you don’t believe me, ask a dog! On June 29th Pregones Theater turn 36. That’s a pretty cool age. According to old wisdom, 36 is the age of ‘togetherness, elegance and generosity”. I venture to say that our ensemble practice speaks to togetherness, our collective good looks and poise speak to elegance and…
Two people observing the same event may and will probably recount it differently. Multiply that by 10 or 20 people and you’ll probably end up with just as many versions. There is a difference, though, between witnessing, perceiving or researching an event and writing about it, and rewriting history to secure a position of privilege…
What happens when a group of artists transitions from running their touring ensemble to leading it, programming venues and becoming a midsize theater institution? In the beginning… We thought we would be a touring troupe forever. In 1979, a group of like-minded Puerto Rican actors joined together in the fashion of Caribbean and Latin American…
“Look at her! She’s so beautiful!”, said Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to have flown space, as the space shuttle took her and fellow astronauts hundreds of miles away. Ms. Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut, was referring to Planet Earth. Earth was a female. It always has been. I remember that day in 1969 when Neil…
WE STAND FOR SOCIETY AND SAFE HAVEN: Regarding Events of 12 June 2016, Latin Night at LGBTQ Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL PREGONES THEATER and PUERTO RICAN TRAVELING THEATER stand with all persons who refuse to allow fear to deter the vibrancy of our cultures and silence the voices of our brethren. We celebrate, support,…
Each year for the past 37 years, the end of our theater season coincides with Pregones Theater’s birthday. Thirty seven years ago (1979) three friends reached across a dining room table and shook hands to seal our agreement. “Are we now a theater company?” we asked, staring at each other. “We are”—I can’t remember who…