Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater took the stage with a new staging of 'Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat' on West 47th Street with an ensemble cast of 6 actors and a 7-piece live music band.
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater is a multigenerational performing ensemble and multidiscipline arts presenter operating with venues in the South Bronx and Manhattan’s theater district. Its 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.
PRTT kicks off their 2022-23 Mainstage Season with “Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat,” a Latinx musical play created under the leadership of award-winning director and dramaturg Rosalba Rolón along with composer Desmar Guevara telling the inspiring story of valor and musicianship that made the 369th Infantry of the New York Army National Guard the most celebrated regiment of the World War I era. As the U.S.
Rolón said of the inspiration for the performance, “A main source for the dramatic through-line came from the memoirs written by Noble Sissle, who was James Reese Europe’s good friend. It gave me cues for a framing story and two important musical numbers. My expertise is in adaptations, and I believe that a good adaptation has to contribute something new.
The cast includes José Joaquín García who plays Puerto Rican musician and soldier Rafael Hernández, Anna Malavé who plays Victoria Hernández, Jesús E. Martínez who plays musician and soldier Rafael Duchesne, Claudia Ramos Jordán who plays Diana Yager, Pat D. Robinson who plays both Col. Hayward and Gov. Yager and Calvin M. Thompson who plays bandleader and conductor James Reese Europe.
The show runs October 6-23, 2022, at PRTT on 304 West 47th Street in Manhattan. Tickets start at only $25 and are available online at
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