October 6-10, 2024

SolFest: A Latiné Theater Festival 2024

In collaboration 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 invite the general public to the 7th Edition of SolFest: A Latiné Theatre Festival. The five-day program runs October 6-10, 2024 with both online and in-person events including four evenings of live programming.

Admission is free!

Event Details

  • Location

    Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

  • Date & Time

    October 6-10, 2024

  • Collaborators

    The Sol Project
    North Star Projects
    Pregones/PRTT

Sunday October 6

SolFest Picnic in the Park

SolFest kicks off the festival with the third annual SolFest Picnic in the Park. Join us for this communal event to celebrate seven years of artistic excellence and programming.

Monday October 7

Dolorosa
By Anne García-Romero. Direction by Laurie Woolery.
In a 1990 Boston suburb, Dolores, a bicultural Latina at midlife, struggles to be a good aunt to her troubled, teenage niece Rosa, while recovering from her own difficult past, with help from her cats, Felipe and Osvaldo.
Content Advisory: Family alcoholism, female infertility, and recovery from childhood sexual abuse.

Tuesday October 8

Three Short Works: New York Historias (titles with asterisk)
To learn more about HISTORIAS, a multi-year initiative of The Clemente and LxNY Latinx Arts Consortium of New York, visit lxnyarts.org/networkbuilding.

* Te quiero en South Street Seaport
By Peter Pasco. Direction by Katherine George.
Alfredo proposes to his long time girlfriend Yolanda at one of the most romantic spots in the city, South Street Seaport. What could go wrong?

Wednesday October 9

Dead Girl’s Quinceañera
By Phanésia Pharel
Being 15 is even more complicated when your best friend goes missing. Maria’s besties are in a race against the clock to find out what happened to her and bring her home alive. A dark comedic thriller about secrets, sisterhood, and crime solving; Dead Girl’s Quinceañera asks what it means to come of age in a messed-up world and what we need to do to survive.
Content advisory: Violence, guns, and sexual abuse.

Thursday October 10

The Brunch Crowd
By Dillon Yruegas. Direction by Rula A. Muñoz.
Always wanted to know how transgender people of color go about their daily lives? Spoiler alert: they don’t just talk about hormones, surgery, or anything else that The Cis seem to be so obsessed about; they go to brunch and drink too many mimosas, just like you! In The Brunch Crowd, follow the lives of four twenty-something queer trans friends who often meet at their favorite Mexican brunch spot in rapidly gentrifying Austin, Texas.

Don’t miss the 7th edition of SolFest:
A Latiné Theater Festival 2024!

Photos of SolFest 2023 by Krystal Pagán

“We are honored to partner with Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and North Star Projects to continue bringing bold and exciting new Latiné work to our vibrant community and to continue working with community partners like PlayPenn to help amplify the work of Latiné playwrights,” shared Co-Artistic Director of The Sol Project and SolFest Producer Adriana Gaviria. “Each year, SolFest brings us all together in community, dialogue and celebration of Latiné work. Curated within a culture of care framework, this year’s programming explores calling upon our ancestors and to our own inner self to find healing, nourishment and forward momentum.”

More About SolFest 2024 Partners – Click to Open

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

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

The Sol Project is a national theater initiative dedicated to producing the work of Latinx playwrights in New York City and beyond. Founded by Artistic Director, Jacob G. Padrón and driven by an artistic collective, The Sol Project works in partnership with leading theaters around the country to amplify Latinx voices and build artistic homes for artists of color. Through the writers we champion, Sol aims to create a bold, powerful, and kaleidoscopic body of work for the new American theater. The Sol Project launched in December 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 Playwrights Theater) and Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro(The Public Theater). The founding artistic collective is: Claudia Acosta, Elena Araoz, Adriana Gaviria, David Mendizábal, Kyoung Park, and Laurie Woolery. Brian Herrera is the Resident Scholar. Stephanie Ybarra is the Resident Dramaturg. Our partners include: Atlantic Theater Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cara Mía Theatre Company, Center Theatre Group, LAByrinth Theater Company, MCC Theater, New Georges, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, The Playwrights Realm, The Public Theater, WP Theater and Yale Repertory Theatre. Our honorary board includes: Raúl Castillo (HBO’s Looking), Junot Díaz (Pulitzer Prize-winning author), Priscilla Lopez (Tony Award-winning actress), Sandra Marquez (Steppenwolf ensemble member), Edward James Olmos (Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor), John Ortiz (co-star, Silver Linings Playbook), Tony Plana (ABC’s Ugly Betty), Chita Rivera (Presidential Medal of Freedom), Diane Rodriguez (OBIE-winning actress, member of National Arts Council) Rosalba Rolón (Artistic Director of Pregones/PRTT) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (Tony nominated-actress, original company of Rent). Lead support for The Sol Project comes from the Howard Gilman Foundation. www.solproject.org

COVID-19 Visitor Safety Info – Click to Open

PLEASE NOTE: Face masks are suggested but not required for this event. By purchasing a ticket or asking for entry to our events, you agree to abide by this rule.
If you have a sore throat, are feeling sick in any other way, or have been recently exposed to COVID-19, we kindly ask that you stay home. We will gladly exchange your tickets to a different date, pending availability.

Our Esteemed Funders – Click to Open

This free arts 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 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. For a full list of our funders, visit www.pregonesprtt.org.

Directions to PRTT in MANHATTAN – Click to Open

For more information call us at 718-585-1202