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Title
Interview with Rosalba Rolón
Additional title: Rosalba Rolón interview
Names
Parker/Hodges Productions (Production company)
Estate of Felipe Gorostiza (Funder)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (Producer)
Rolón, Rosalba (Interviewee)
Espejo, Ramón, 1969- (Interviewer)
López, Arnaldo (Interviewer)
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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 2025
Place: New York
Library locations
Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Shelf locator: NCOW 460
Topics
Rolón, Rosalba
Rolón, Rosalba -- Friends and associates
Colon, Miriam -- Friends and associates
Colon, Miriam
Pregones Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
Actresses
Theatrical producers and directors
Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Friends and associates
Musical theater
Theater
New York (State) -- New York
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 Arnaldo López.
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 14, 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) (127 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Director and performer Rosalba Rolón discusses her life and career with Ramón Espejo and Arnaldo López. Originally from Puerto Rico, Rolón was active in theater from an early age. She came to New York City as a young adult, and acted in theater, film and television. In 1979, she co-founded the Pregones Theater, a Latinx musical theater company. She worked closely with noted actress/producer Miriam Colon, founder of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (PRTT). In 2013, the Pregones Theater merged with the PRTT.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1529937299
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23686221
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23802567
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1bbcb2f0-5ab9-013e-4a64-0242ac110002
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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 Rosalba Rolón" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2025. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/05033dd0-5b72-013e-636b-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Rosalba Rolón" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 24, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/05033dd0-5b72-013e-636b-0242ac110003

APA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. (2025). Interview with Rosalba Rolón Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/05033dd0-5b72-013e-636b-0242ac110003

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Interview with Rosalba Rolón