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Title
Interview with Miriam Cruz
Additional title: Miriam Cruz 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)
Cruz, Miriam (Interviewee)
Espejo, Ramón, 1969- (Interviewer)
García Gámez, Pablo, 1960- (Interviewer)
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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 2025
Place: New York
Library locations
Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Shelf locator: NCOW 444
Topics
Cruz, Miriam
Hispanic American Arts Center (New York, N.Y.)
Actresses
Hispanic American theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
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 Dr. Pablo García Gámez.
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 4, 2025.
Funding: Recorded with the financial assistance of the Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
Language: The interview is conducted in Spanish, without translation.
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) (96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Miriam Cruz, longtime stage actor, discusses her life and career with Ramón Espejo and Pablo García Gámez. Originally from Puerto Rico, Cruz came to New York in the late 1950s, and was acting professionally while still in her teens. After a well-reviewed performance in Jane Bowles's drama "In the summer house," her career path was set. In the years that followed, she played roles of all kinds in both Latino and mainstream theater companies, acting in both Spanish and English. She discusses colleagues, and productions in which she has appeared.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
Spanish, Castilian
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1527913343
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23678530
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23780317
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7757d840-5ab8-013e-e8f8-0242ac110002
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 Miriam Cruz" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2025. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03aae1d0-5b72-013e-d8d1-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Miriam Cruz" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 4, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03aae1d0-5b72-013e-d8d1-0242ac110003

APA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. (2025). Interview with Miriam Cruz Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03aae1d0-5b72-013e-d8d1-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Miriam Cruz