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Event Details
Pregones Theater
575 Walton Ave, Bronx, NY 10451
(b/w 149 & 150 Streets)
Subway #2, 4, 5 to
149 Street & Grand Concourse
Just one block from the station!
Questions? Call us at 718-585-1202
December 1-12, 2026
Dec 1-3
Tue. – Thu: 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM
Dec 7-12
Mon. – Wed: 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM
Fri. 7:00 PM
Sat: 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Written by:
Alejandra Ramos Riera
Directed by:
Jorge B. Merced
The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. This Theater operates under an Actors’ Equity Association Off-Broadway NYC-LOA.
JORGE B. MERCED is an acclaimed actor, director, dramaturg, songwriter, and arts educator. As Associate Artistic Director of Pregones/PRTT he plays a key role in the development of the company’s acting and music ensemble, creative methodology, and original repertory, and also leads its lifelong arts learning programs. He studied piano and composition at Escuela Libre de Música in Puerto Rico, theatre at City College-CUNY and EITALC/International Theater School in Cuba, dance/choreography at Alvin Ailey School, and forum theater technique with Augusto Boal. Distinctions include the Dewar’s Young Artist Award, BRIO Award of The Bronx Council on the Arts, and multiple recognitions for his groundbreaking LGBTQ-themed Asunción Playwrights Project and juried play competition.
ALEJANDRA RAMOS RIERA is a Puerto Rican published and award-winning playwright, actress, and director based in NYC. Winner of The Miranda Family Voces Latinx National Playwriting Competition (2020). Her published work includes her book En la azotea, 10 piezas cortas de teatro (Ed. Callejón 2016), Times of Fire (Vice Versa Magazine, 2020), among others. Recent playwriting credits: “Burned”(Pregones/PRTT); “Cuarto Adentro” (Regional Tour,); Off-Broadway: Malas Mañas (Repertorio Español, 2023). Co-founder and Artistic Director of former theater company Teatro la azotea, Inc., pioneers in bringing the concept of Micro-Theater to Puerto Rico. Ramos holds a B.A in Dance and Theater, from the University of Puerto Rico (Magna Cum Laude), and a M.A. in Scenic Arts from the University of Murcia, Spain. Ig: @aleramosriera
This program is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Governor’s Office and the New York State Legislature. Pregones/PRTT is proud grantee of the National Latinx Theater Initiative of The Latino Theater Company. For a full list of our funders, click here.
