{"id":138,"date":"2019-01-04T17:41:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T22:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2019-04-18T01:07:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T05:07:08","slug":"pregones-prtt-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/pregones-prtt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre and the Community: Pregones\/PRTT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pregones\/Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (PRTT) is a recognized bilingual performing ensemble with a multidisciplinary scope in the arts. With two facilities in The Bronx and Manhattan, Pregones\/PRTT champions a legacy of Puerto Rican and Latino theatre with universal value by creating and performing original plays and musicals, developing strong artistic partnerships across disciplines and cultures, and engaging a diverse theatre-going community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_200\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Pregones-in-1988-Migrants-Tours-US-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Pregones-in-1988-Migrants-Tours-US-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Pregones-in-1988-Migrants-Tours-US-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Pregones-in-1988-Migrants-Tours-US.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pregones (1988) &#8211; &#8220;Migrants&#8221; tours the U.S<\/p><\/div>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-138-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-2.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-2.m4a\">https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-2.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cDoing what we do\u201d: Discussing theatre and its purpose.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_201\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-201\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Pregones-moves-to-St-Anns-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Pregones-moves-to-St-Anns-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Pregones-moves-to-St-Anns.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pregones moves to St. Ann&#8217;s<\/p><\/div>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-138-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ROLE-OF-PREGONES-IN-COMMUNITY.m4a?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ROLE-OF-PREGONES-IN-COMMUNITY.m4a\">https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ROLE-OF-PREGONES-IN-COMMUNITY.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>The role of Pregones\/PRTT in the surrounding community.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_203\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-203\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Medeas-Last-Rosary-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Medeas-Last-Rosary-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Medeas-Last-Rosary-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Medeas-Last-Rosary.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scene from &#8220;Medea&#8217;s Last Rosary&#8221;, directed by Alvan Col\u00f3n-Lespier<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As Associate Artistic Director, Alvan has played an important role in creating a space for Latino theatre to gain a strong foothold in the artistic community. Pregones\/PRTT takes this mission a step further by reaching out to a diversity of theatrical traditions. Their projects are anything but insular \u2013 Pregones\/PRTT fosters intercultural narratives and connection, while maintaining strongly planted roots in the Latino theatre tradition.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-138-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-10.m4a?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-10.m4a\">https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-10.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>Reflecting on the challenges Latinos face in the New York theatre scene.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_202\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-202\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Migrants-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Migrants-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/Migrants.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alvan performs in &#8220;Migrants&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Part of Pregones\/PRTT\u2019s repertoire incorporates adaptations of popular Latin American literary works, as well as the creation of original cultural tales. <em>La Caravana <\/em>is a bilingual children\u2019s play authored by Alvan and performed by the Pregones\/PRTT ensemble. Below, Alvan tells us more about the workings of <em>La Caravana.<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-138-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-3.m4a?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-3.m4a\">https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2019\/04\/ALVAN-QUESTION-3.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: inherit\">LEARN MORE<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"> at: https:\/\/pregonesprtt.org\/<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pregones\/Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (PRTT) is a recognized bilingual performing ensemble with a multidisciplinary scope in the arts. With two facilities in The Bronx and Manhattan, Pregones\/PRTT champions a legacy of Puerto Rican and Latino theatre with universal value by creating and performing original plays and musicals, developing strong artistic partnerships across disciplines and cultures, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-138","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"metadata":{"_edit_last":["106"],"_wpac_members_redirect_to":[""],"_wpac_show_in_search":["0"],"_wpac_show_excerpt_in_search":["0"],"_wpac_nonmembers_redirect_to":[""],"_edit_lock":["1555564024:106"],"_wp_page_template":["default"],"ase_map_component_start_point":["a:2:{s:3:\"lat\";d:29.76;s:3:\"lng\";d:-95.38;}"]},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Theatre and the Community: Pregones\/PRTT - Alvan Col\u00f3n Lespier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/colonlespier\/pregones-prtt-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Theatre and the Community: Pregones\/PRTT - Alvan Col\u00f3n Lespier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pregones\/Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (PRTT) is a recognized bilingual performing ensemble with a multidisciplinary scope in the arts. 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