Pregones
+ Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, in collaboration with Roadside Theater of
Kentucky, announce the Off-Broadway premiere of the new inter-cultural musical
play BETSY! in strictly limited
engagement, April 9th through the 26th, at PRTT, 304 West
47th Street, Manhattan. Tickets on sale at www.pregonesprtt.org or
by phone at 718-585-1202. Buy early for best prices!
SYNOPSIS: BETSY! tells the story of a
Nuyorican singer and performer uncovering secrets of her maternal family’s history
and twin Spanish-Caribbean/Scots-Irish roots. Her dilemma stirs up the ghosts
of six generations of American women, and musical currents spanning four
continents. Soulful and funny, BETSY!
grapples with a surprising, many-layered narrative that links an orphaned
teenager tricked into leaving Ireland in the 18th century, her seducer, and
their descendants, all the way down to Betsy, our sassy protagonist, finding
her bearings in the rhythmic pulse of 21st century New York
BETSY! is
alive with the fire of Jazz, Bluegrass, and Latin music compositions delivered
by three powerful vocalists —poet/performer Caridad De
La Luz “La Bruja”, Broadway veteran Elise Santora, and big voiced Pat D. Robinson— plus a mighty
five-piece Appalachian-Puerto Rican band on piano, fiddle, guitar,
banjo, mandolin, bass, drums, and percussion. Directed
by Dudley Cocke and Rosalba Rolón. Book by Dudley Cocke and Ron Short with Rosalba Rolón and Beegie Adair. Music by Ron Short, Beegie Adair, and Desmar Guevara. Book by Dudley Cocke and Ron Short with Rosalba
Rolón and Beegie Adair.
The
latest creation in 21 years of creative relay between Pregones and Roadside, BETSY! is also subject of Beyond Cliché, a multi-voiced journal
series about American identity, published by Café Onda and HowlRound, and viewable
for free via pregonesprtt.org/beyond-cliche/.
An extraordinary
evening of live theater and music for everyone! Performed in English and
Spanish with dual-language supertitles.
90 minutes.
DATES: April 9-26, 2015
Nights
— Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00pm
Matinees–Wednesdays at 1:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00pm
Artist-Led
Conversation on Sunday, April 12th
LOCATION: Puerto
Rican Traveling Theater, 304 West 47th Street, Manhattan
TICKETS: $24 Advance, $40 Door
— Group Discounts Available
Online at WWW.PREGONES.ORG
By phone at
718-585-1202
SAVINGS:
$15 for groups of 10 or more; $12 Zip Tickets for residents of select zip codes
in The Bronx, East Harlem, Washington Heights, and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen: 10451, 10452, 10454, 10455, 10474, 10029,
10031, 10032, 10033, 10034, 10035, 10040 — advance, in-person purchase with
proof of residence, limit 4 per household; Members, Seniors, and Students call
for special pricing; other restrictions apply.
PREGONES/PRTT
Now one and the same great company, Pregones Theater and Puerto Rican Traveling Theater champions
a cultural legacy of universal relevance through creation and performance of
original musical theater and plays rooted in Puerto Rican/Latino cultures, and
presentation of other artists who share our twin commitment to the arts and
civic enrichment. With a combined 200 theater premieres, 400 guest artists, and
more than 500 travel credits to date, Pregones/PRTT’s artists are known for mining connections between theater and popular
culture, creating plays of dynamic visual and rhythmic character, galvanizing
multiple generations of art makers and art lovers, and securing a home for
Latino performing arts in The Bronx and in Manhattan.
www.pregonesprtt.org
ROADSIDE THEATER
Based in the
mountains of Kentucky and boasting deep roots in the local culture, Roadside
Theater has created the single largest existing body of drama about
Appalachia. With 60 new plays to its
credit, the ensemble has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe, performing in
small towns and big cities alike since 1975.
Mastery of the Appalachian storytelling craft and musical traditions,
involvement with audiences of diverse cultural background, and a distinct call
for social justice distinguish Roadside's art and ensures its popularity.
www.roadside.org
For more information contact
Priscilla Aguilar: 718-585-1202, paguilar@pregones.org
THANK YOUS:
Creative development for the Off-Broadway
premiere of BETSY! was supported, in part, by an Exchange
Grant from the Network of Ensemble Theaters NET/TEN Program, and by a travel
grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/New York Theater Program,
administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.
This program also made
possible, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, a
federal agency; the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of
Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature; and the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the NYC Council. Southwest
Airlines is the Official Airline of Pregones/PRTT.
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