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9th Anniversary Celebration!

September 27-October 4, 2026

In Partnership with The Sol Project & North Star Projects!

Pregones/PRTT and The Sol Project, dedicated to amplifying Latiné voices and building a body of work for the new American theater, are pleased to announce the 9th Edition of SolFest: A Latiné Theater Festival. The program will run September 27-October 4 with both online and in-person events, including a Saturday afternoon picnic, Sunday block party, the North Star Projects Latiné ShortsFest film screenings at Quad Cinema, and staged readings of new theater works by seasoned and emergent playwrights at PRTT in Manhattan. Adriana Gaviria serves as Festival Director.

Event Details

September 27-October 4, 2026

Presented By:
The Sol Project
North Star Projects
Pregones/PRTT

2. SUNDAY_SolFest2026

Sunday, September 27, 2026

The Latiné Actor Roundtable

Sunday, September 27, 2026

3. MONDAY_SolFest2026

Monday, September 28, 2026
5PM–7PM

NSP Latiné Shortfest

Presented by North Star Projects
Curated by Adriana Giviria & Rachel Junquiera Spencer Hewitt

The evening will include 10 short films featuring Latiné filmmakers Jaime Fernandez, Anna Capunay, Michael Aguilar, Michael León and more. Plus filmmakers from the Relatos por Venezuela initiative.

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Monday, September 28, 2026

NSP Latiné Shortfest

Time: 5PM–7PM

Location:Quad Cinema
34 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011

4. TUESDAY_SolFest2026

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
7PM

Welcome to Clowntown

By Tanya Perez
Direction by Lorca Peress

Welcome to Clowntown is an NSFW interactive solo show where Pixie spills the wild stuff while roping consenting audience members into unhinged party games. This mad‐capped adventure blends oral storytelling, clown chaos, and the survival grind of a Latina entertainer whose alter ego says the quiet part out loud about this topsy‐turvy world. With exciting new additions to the show, Leila Ghaznavi (Sesame Street, The Turn of the Screw) will make a special appearance.

Please note that this performance is for 18+ audiences and includes sexual situations, potty-mouth language, and clowns.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Welcome to Clowntown

Time: 7PM

Location:Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
304 W 47th Street, NYC

5. WEDNESDAY_SolFest2026

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
7PM

Puerto Rico es una Cama Twin

By Ana Sophia Colón
Direction by Cándido Tirado

Puerto Rico es una Cama Twin is a one-woman tour de force set during a chaotic baby shower in Caguas, Puerto Rico, where 17-year-old Andrea returns to confront her fractured family and the secrets she’s been hiding. Through sharp humor, physical transformation, and a chorus of unforgettable Puerto Rican voices, the play explores generational trauma, womanhood, poverty, addiction, and the bittersweet cost of leaving home. Fiercely funny and deeply tender, it is a story about survival, belonging, and daring to imagine a life beyond inherited chaos.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Puerto Rico es una Cama Twin

Time: 7PM

Location:Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
304 W 47th Street, NYC

6. THURSDAY_SolFest 2026

Thursday, October 1, 2026
7PM

The Cubans

By Michael León
Direction by Jacob G. Padrón

The Cubans turns the classic American family drama into a quintessential Miami story—a poignant, humorous exploration of the fraught generational dynamics and struggle for identity in a Cuban-American family.

Christy returns home to Miami at a crossroads in her personal and professional life. As the family gathers to celebrate her brother Martin’s graduation, she clashes with her strong-willed mother, Martica, over her life choices and expectations for the future. But when a life-shattering event changes everything, the Valientes are forced to confront their relationships, reckon with where they come from, and find a way forward together.

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

The Cubans

Time: 7PM

Location:
Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
304 W 47th Street, NYC

7. FRIDAY_SolFest2026

Friday, October 2, 2026
7PM

Indigo Children

By Carl(os) Roa
Direction by Rula A. Muñoz

Perfect Mint goes on an adventure outside her sister’s apartment and meets Reynolds Wrap: her next-door neighbor who smells like popcorn! Through their wacky and wild friendship, they both transform in ways they never thought possible. Reynolds teaches Mint about science, organic chemistry, and how to cook MDMA! Mint teaches Reynolds about the importance of platonic love and how loving is not the same as dying! Join Mint and Reynolds as they discover the secrets of life, the universe, and bagels. Indigo Children is a surreal tragicomedy that can be best described as a bounce house covered in syringes.

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Friday, October 2, 2026

Indigo Children

Time: 7PM

Location:
Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
304 W 47th Street, NYC

8. SATURDAY - SOLFEST PICNIC_SolFest 2026

Saturday, October 3, 2026
3PM–5PM

SolFest Picnic in the Park

Join us for our annual community celebration at our fifth SolFest Picnic in the Park to celebrate nine years of artistic excellence and programming.

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Saturday, October 3, 2026

SolFest Picnic in the Park

Time: 3PM–5PM

Location:
Central Park, New York, NY

9. SUNDAY - BLOCK PARTY_SolFest2026

Sunday, October 4, 2026
12PM–4PM

Grand Finale: Celebración Latina Block Party

SolFest 2026 wraps up on the Upper West Side at Ballet Hispánico’s annual Celebración Latina Block Party! The spectacular closing lineup features live performances by the Ballet Hispánico Company and School, music, and interactive dance classes. Come celebrate the end of SolFest week with the community, and be sure to stop by our booth for exclusive free giveaways!

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Sunday, October 4, 2026

Grand Finale: Celebración Latina Block Party

Time: 12PM–4PM

Location:
167 W 89th St, New York, NY 10024

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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.

The Collaborators

The Sol Project is an Obie Award-winning theater initiative dedicated to amplifying the voices of Latiné playwrights by supporting, nurturing, and advocating for fully realized productions of their work in NYC and beyond. Led by artistic directors Jacob G. Padrón and Adriana Gaviria, The Sol Project works in partnership with leading theaters to center Latiné dramatists and nurture a growing community of Latiné theater artists. With the writers we champion, The Sol Project aspires to create a bold, timeless, and kaleidoscopic body of work for the new American theater. The Sol Project launched in 2016 with the world premiere of Alligator by Hilary Bettis in collaboration with New Georges, followed by the New York premieres of Seven Spots on the Sun by Martín Zimmerman (Rattlestick Theater) and Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro (The Public Theater). In the fall of 2018, The Sol Project collaborated with Yale Repertory Theatre to produce the world premiere of El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith and in early 2020 partnered with Baltimore Center Stage and The Playwrights Realm to produce the world premiere of Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally by Noah Diaz. In 2022, The Sol Project partnered with Soho Rep for the world premiere of Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members by Mara Vélez Meléndez. In spring of 2023, The Sol Project partnered with MCC Theater for the world premiere of Bees and Honey by Guadalís Del Carmen, as well as WP Theater and Latinx Playwrights Circle for the Off-Broadway premiere of Sancocho by Christin Eve Cato. In the fall of 2025, The Sol Project will partner with WP Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, and Latinx Playwrights Circle for the Off-Broadway premiere of Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza. In addition to productions, The Sol Project advances its mission by producing a yearly new play festival, SolFest, in partnership with Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and in collaboration with North Star Projects, while also supporting writers through readings, workshops, a podcast (SolTalk), and ongoing symposia. In 2023, The Sol Project was awarded an Obie Grant, Off-Broadway’s highest honor, for their unprecedented championing and support of Latiné voices in the theater and in recognition of outstanding achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theater during the 2020-2022 season. The artistic collective includes Adriana Gaviria (Co-Artistic Director, SolFest Producer), Rebecca Martínez, David Mendizábal, Jacob G. Padrón (Co-Artistic Director), Julian Ramirez, and Laurie Woolery. Bryanna Cuthill is the Producing Assistant. Brian Herrera is the Resident Scholar. Stephanie Ybarra is the Resident Dramaturg. For more information, visit www.solproject.org

North Star Projects is a new arts initiative whose mission is to create a better world, one project at a time, by engendering experiences that empower, inspire, and build community through various platforms including live events and digital media. Founded by Producing Artistic Director Adriana Gaviria, North Star Projects works in partnership with artists, cultural leaders, organizations and leading theaters around the country to make a positive social impact in our communities on a local, regional and national level. www.northstarprojects.org

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater is a multigenerational performing ensemble, multidiscipline arts presenter, and owner/steward of bilingual arts facilities in The Bronx and Manhattan. Our mission is to champion a Puerto Rican/Latinx cultural legacy of universal value through creation and performance of original plays and musicals, exchange and partnership with other artists of merit, and engagement of diverse audiences. Pregones was founded in 1979 when a group of artists led by Rosalba Rolón set out to create and tour new works in the style of Caribbean and Latin American colectivos or performing ensembles. Established as a Bronx resident company five years later, Pregones remains in the vanguard of an arts renaissance radiating throughout and beyond The Bronx today. Spurred by stage and film icon Miriam Colón, PRTT was founded in 1967 as one of the first bilingual theater companies in all the U.S. It is credited for nurturing the development of hundreds of Latinx theater artists, legitimating creative connections throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and pioneering models for genuine and lasting community engagement. Following merger in 2014, our New York season plays a decisive role in empowering underrepresented artists and audiences to claim a place at the front of the American theater. Rosalba Rolón, Artistic Director. Alvan Colón Lespier and Jorge B. Merced, Associate Artistic Directors. www.pregonesprtt.org

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’s Mainstage is also generously funded by Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Shubert Foundation, and Scherman Foundation. For a full list of our funders, click here.

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