Jump To
Program Guide
January 19, 2024 - February 18, 2024

La Broa’ (Broad Street)

By Orlando Hernández
Inspired by "Latino History of Rhode Island: Nuestras Raíces" by Marta V. Martínez
Directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo
January 19 – February 18, 2024

Please Note: This production’s run has ended.

Local stories, local communities 

Doña Rosa’s Market on La Broa’ (Providence’s Broad Street) is where Rhode Islanders of “la comunidad Latina” have gathered for decades. It is there that they share their stories – from the experience of recent immigration to those of Americans whose threads stretch much further back. These real-life stories are heartbreaking, heartwarming, and hilarious. La Broa’ (Broad Street) draws from the true tales of Latina/Latino Rhode Islanders who have made this place their home, as documented by Marta V. Martínez in the oral history “Nuestras Raíces (Our Roots).” This world premiere speaks to what connects us at our core, and what keeps us going each day. 

See this production’s content advisories

Buzz

Cast & Creative

Cast
Alina Alcántara
Doña Rosa
Jen Anaya
Yolanda et. al
Jeff Ararat
Matías et. al
David Bertoldi
Dr. Freitas et. al
Rudy Cabrera
Pedro et. al
Alexander Crespo-Rosario II
Carlos et. al
Arturo Puentes
Don Pacheco et. al
Madeleine Russell '23
Susan et. al
Rosalyn Tavarez
Ana
Marina Tejada
Lucrecia et. al
Ramon Hernández
Understudy for Pedro/Toño et. al
Victor Machado
Understudy for Carlos/Pacheco/Dr. Freitas et. al
Magnolia Pèrez
Understudy for Doña Rosa/Lucrecia et. al
Ahtziri Ulloa
Understudy for Ana/Yolanda/Susan et. al

Creative

Orlando Hernández
Playwright
Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Director
Diego Alejandro González
Assistant Director
Matthew Requintina
Music Director
Patrick Lynch
Set Designer
Amanda Downing Carney
Costume Designer
Christina Watanabe
Lighting Designer
Germán Martínez
Sound Designer
Peter Sasha Hurowitz
Video Designer
Cynthia Santos DeCure
Voice and Dialect Coach
Leandro Kufa Castro
Music Arrangement, “Yo soy de aquí” (an adaptation of “Rhode Island’s It For Me”)
Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager
Anaïs Bustos
Assistant Stage Manager

Sponsors

This production is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.