By ARNALDO J. LÓPEZ – One year after Hurricane María and following its successful Relief Drive for Artists in Puerto Rico, Pregones/PRTT announces MásPorPuertoRico, a new multi-platform initiative to support the ongoing recovery of the arts community on the island. With leadership and contributions by all of its ensemble artists and staff, the initiative harbors a mix of multi-discipline…
WORK WITH US: NOW HIRING — Development Director — Apply by June 10, 2019 The roar of applause is a great satisfaction! On stage, backstage, or in the audience, it’s proof that we’re doing something fantastic, heroic even, something that brings people together. At Pregones/PRTT we know that satisfaction often, and it’s always tied to…
By ARNALDO J. LÓPEZ – The first thing to catch your eye in our Bronx theater lobby this month is a selection of oversize photographs of fishermen as they go about their daily business. It’s an unexpected view, briefly disorienting, and an effective reminder that in New York City we’re never far from the ocean.…
By ARNALDO J. LÓPEZ – In light of damages and sustained duress resulting from seismic activity in the area, Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater has reignited a new round of emergency micro-grants to affected artists in Puerto Rico starting January 2020. The initiative is modeled on the success of our theater’s prior Hurricane María Relief Drive…
By ARNALDO J. LÓPEZ We have always known that the joy of live arts doesn’t exist only within the walls of the theater. And yet, the hard facts of pandemic and physical distancing put our knowledge, feelings and experience to the test. How to balance the conflicting mandates of “Stay home, save lives!” and “The…
Solidarity is a life value and a life practice. Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater joins thousands of diverse voices rising against the ongoing abuse of power and racial injustices resulting in the assassinations of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Mubarak Soulemane. Tragically, they are only some of the many African American lives erased…
Anchor Arts Organizations in NYC Unite to Form New “Latinx/POC Arts Legacy Consortium” Eight institutions challenge historical austerity and funding inequity when serving underrepresented communities NEW YORK, NY, June 15, 2020 – Spurred by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, eight esteemed arts organizations with deep roots in local communities of…
From our earliest beginnings as itinerant performers, through years of focused activity devoted to establishing brick and mortar theaters in The Bronx and Manhattan, down to present day web and cable television broadcasts, Pregones/PRTT always draws its energy from the live current that connects artists and audiences. This unrelenting spark animates a robust multi-generational legacy.…
By ARNALDO J. LÓPEZ I choose to lead from a place of learning and generosity. This idea was first impressed upon me by my mother, who was a teacher in Puerto Rico’s urban public school system, and by my grandmother on my father’s side, with whom I lived formative years in the rural mountainside town…
By ROSALBA ROLÓN There is a connection between those who make art and those who witness it. There are countless ways in which we make art happen —as we have learned over the past months—and countless ways to witness it. And in many instances, to participate in it. It is no secret that the output…