Presented in collaboration with Caicedo Productions and Teatro Círculo April 26 to May 1st Multiple showtimes! Click HERE for a complete schedule at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan [tab:ABOUT] New York City’s premier solo theater festival comes back for a second year, joining the roster of events at Pregones/PRTT. In collaboration with Caicedo…
World Premiere November 11-22, 2015 Pregones Ensemble’s latest production! In its latest “Repertory Remix”, our ensemble braids timeless tales and songs of love, war, and resistance. Directed by Jorge B. Merced. Musical Director Desmar Guevara. A featured event of PregonesPRTT’s PLATAFORMA project – The Bronx-Broadway Showcase for Latino Theater. [tab: ABOUT] The production is inspired by…
Friday, September 25, 2015 at 8PM Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 3PM Directly from CUBA – Teatro de las Estaciones! The life of Cuban musical icon Bola de Nieve told by the internationally acclaimed Cuban Puppet theater company. In Spanish, yet equally enjoyable by non-Spanish speakers! A featured project of PregonesPRTT’s PLATAFORMA – The Bronx-Broadway…
Saturday, June 6 @ 8pm Sunday, June 7 @ 3pm Anniversary Concert featuring Danny Rivera! This historic musical inaugurated our company’s acclaimed Bronx stage in 2005 and is based on the life and times of Puerto Rican writer and activist JESÚS COLÓN. [tab:ABOUT] The Red Rose’ narrates the meeting of Puerto Rican activist writer Jesús…
Saturday, May 9th, 2015 @ 8PM Dan Guerrero’s acclaimed solo show! “A lovable wit. A delightful emcee of his own journey. Infectious lunacy” LOS ANGELES TIMES “A disarming twist on the triumph-of-the-human-spirit theme” THE WASHINGTON POST “A riveting piece of social and political history” SAN DIEGO G&L TIMES [tab:ABOUT] ¡GAYTINO! is a remarkable life journey…
Caborca Theater in Zoetrope A bilingual play in two parts Written and Directed by Javier Antonio González Jan 15-25, 2015 @ 7:30pm [tab: ABOUT]Zoetrope tells the story of an underdog military postal officer with a dream. Until he dies. Then it tells the story of his ex-wife, her sister, his lover, her friend, his son,…
The 22-23 Season has begun for the theater community across the country. A cautious beyond-pandemic atmosphere is sparking the creative energies of all spheres of artistic expressions. At Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, the ignition is on! And the Bronx Manhattan Theater Express is abuzz with events in both our theaters. Creativity abounds as…
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Annouces 2022-23 Season with Plays Exploring Latiné Experience Through History — New stagings of original productions “Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat,” “Aloha Boricua,” “Quarter Rican” and “Torched!” to take place at Puerto Rican Traveling Theater on West 47th Street. New York – August 31, 2022 – Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s 2022-23…
The Marchers / Los manifestantes (2015), a joyous cabaret theater assemblage of protest songs and visionary poems from around the world. The segment shown, “A mi me gustaría” (I Would Like It If), is a musical setting of Cambridge-based puertorriqueña Yara Liceaga Rojas’ poem “No es el final, yet”—done in the style of a new Puerto Rican danza.
¡Guaracha! (2019) is our fresh musical adaptation of one of the most enduring works of contemporary Puerto Rican literature: La guaracha del Macho Camacho (Macho Camacho’s Beat) by maestro Luis Rafael Sánchez. “Politics, protest and pleasure in a disco swirl,” raved The New York Times. In the segment shown, “La vida es una cosa fenomenal” (Life Is A Phenomenal Thing), a colossal afternoon traffic jam turns into celebration when the hit song of the moment shakes everyone out of their daily worries.