8Hours in… ™ El Bronx, April 8 & 9, 2018

Obie Award Winning “48HOURS IN… ™HARLEM” collaborates with Pregones Theater PRTT for “48HOURS IN… ™ EL BRONX”Sunday, April 8, 2018 and Monday, April 9, 2018 7PM

**TWO LOCATIONS** 
Pregones Theater - BronxPuerto Rican Traveling Theater – Manhattan

6 Playwrights. 6 Directors. 18 Actors
unite in six 10-minute raw impressions of 6 memorable dance clubs in Bronx History. The short plays will be created over the span of 48 hours and performed live on Sunday and Monday, April 8 -9, 2018

After 7 years, the producing collaborative Harlem9 has played to packed houses, picking up an OBIE award along the way in 2014. This April, Harlem9 collaborates with Pregones Theater PRTT, a Latino arts organization in the Bronx for the 2nd time to present “48HOURS IN…™ EL BRONX”. The two organizations first collaborated in December 2016. This year, the theme takes a tour of some of the most memorable dance clubs in Bronx history.

Two performances will take place over two days.

The 1st performance will take place on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at Pregones Theater in the Bronx.

The 2nd performance will take place on Monday, April 9, 2018 at Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan.

Both shows at 7pm.

Latino Artists from the Pregones Theater PRTT community will be participating in the April weekend.

The evening will feature the work of playwrights: Aravind Enrique Adyanthaya, Georgina Escobar, Pablo García Gámez, Virginia Grise, Modesto Flako Jimenez and Christina Quintana.

Directors participating in the weekend: Diego Chiri, Diana Chery, Sol Crespo, Gineiris Garcia, Daniel Irizarry and Fernando Vieira.

Actors included in the weekend: Nicole Betancourt, Chad Carstarphen, Christin Eve Cato, Christopher Cancel-Pomales, Oneké Cummings, Gabriel Diego Hernandez, Felix Hiciano, Ashley N. Hildreth, Cecilia Howard, Cedric Leiba, Jr., Alejandra Maldonado, Chérie Celeste Malone, Nicolle Marquez, Jesus E. Martinez, Eric-Dominique Perez, Andres Pina, Arisael Rivera, Desiree Rodriguez.

Following years of enterprising activity on stage and in the community, Pregones Theater and Puerto Rican Traveling Theater recently merged into a single Latino arts organization with performance venues in The Bronx and Manhattan. The transformation builds upon congruence of mission, values, and programs, and sustained engagement of a growing network of diverse artists and audiences throughout and beyond New York City. Moving forward, Pregones/PRTT champions a cultural legacy of broad impact through (1) creation and performance of original musical theater and plays rooted in Puerto Rican/Latino cultures, and (2) presentation of other artists who share our twin commitment to the arts and civic enrichment.

Harlem9 is an arts organization comprised of 6 producing entities that have come together in Harlem to explore the past, present and future of black culture and celebrate the rich history of storytelling within the African Diaspora. Garlia Cornelia Jones-Ly, Bryan E. Glover, E. Michael Lockley, Jonathan McCrory, and Liberation Theatre Company (Sandra A. Daley-Sharif and Spencer Scott Barros) are the producers that comprise Harlem9.

For more information, please visit www.harlem9.org