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Title
Interview with Carmelita Tropicana
Additional title: Interview with Alina Troyano
Additional title: Alina Troyano interview
Additional title: Carmelita Tropicana interview
Names
Estate of Felipe Gorostiza (Funder)
Parker/Hodges Productions (Production company)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (Producer)
Troyano, Alina (Interviewee)
Tropicana, Carmelita (Interviewee)
Espejo, Ramón, 1969- (Interviewer)
González, Javier Antonio (Interviewer)
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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 2025
Place: New York
Library locations
Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Shelf locator: NCOW 450
Topics
Troyano, Alina
Troyano, Alina -- Friends and associates
Tropicana, Carmelita
Fornés, María Irene -- Friends and associates
Ferra, Max -- Friends and associates
Machado, Eduardo, 1953- -- Friends and associates
Fornés, María Irene
Machado, Eduardo, 1953-
WOW Café Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Hispanic American Arts Center (New York, N.Y.)
Hispanic American theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Friends and associates
Actresses
Hispanic American theater
Theater
New York (State) -- New York
United States
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Billy Rose Theatre Division, Douglas Reside, curator.
Content: Title from opening credits.
Performers: Interviewed by Dr. Ramón Espejo and Javier Antonio González.
Venue: Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., February 7, 2025.
Funding: Recorded with the financial assistance of the Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
Language: The interview is conducted primarily in English. For the first six minutes, the conversation is in Spanish.
Content: Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Content: Closed captioning for this video was created using an automatic speech recognition system.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 videodisc (DVD) (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Performer Alina Troyano, best known for playing a larger-than-life persona known as Carmelita Tropicana, discusses her work with Ramón Espejo and Javier Antonio González. Troyano discusses her move in childhood from Cuba to New York City, her early theater work, and the creation of Carmelita Tropicana, as well as other characters she has portrayed. She speaks of the theater venues where she has performed her work, especially the WOW Café and INTAR, and several of her mentors, including María Irene Fornés, Max Ferra, and Eduardo Machado.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Spanish, Castilian
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1525427382
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23666608
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23761719
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 43cd2910-5ab8-013e-bf37-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2025: Issued
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Carmelita Tropicana" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2025. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0340afa0-5b72-013e-96ab-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Carmelita Tropicana" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0340afa0-5b72-013e-96ab-0242ac110003

APA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. (2025). Interview with Carmelita Tropicana Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0340afa0-5b72-013e-96ab-0242ac110003

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Interview with Carmelita Tropicana