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| 2024 -- H 7501 Enacted 02/06/2024 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY'S PREMIERE OF "LA BROA' (BROAD STREET)", A PLAY INSPIRED BY THE LATINO HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Diaz, Chippendale, Batista, Shallcross Smith, Tanzi, McNamara, and Fellela |
| Date Introduced: February 06, 2024 |
| WHEREAS, "La Broa' (Broad Street)", Trinity Repertory Company's new production |
| currently premiering at the Dowling Theater, is a play inspired by the seminal work of oral |
| histories compiled by author Marta V. Martinez's book, "Latino History of Rhode Island: |
| Nuestras Raices." The play tells the real-life stories of Providence's Latinx community over the |
| last sixty years, with many of these stories taking place at Dona Rosa's Market at La Broa' (Broad |
| Street); and |
| WHEREAS, The brilliantly creative team that brought "La Broa' (Broad Street)" to the |
| Providence public includes the talented playwright Orlando Hernandez, who is an accomplished |
| Choreographer and Musician, and gifted Puerto Rican Director Tatyana-Marie Carlo, whose |
| previous work includes directing three past productions at Trinity Repertory and directing Pride |
| and Prejudice for the Hartford Stage. Other production artists include Assistant Director Diego |
| Alejandro Gonzalez, Music Director Matthew Requintina, Set Designer Patrick Lynch, Costume |
| Designer Amanda Downing Carney, Lighting Designer Christina Watanabe, Sound Designer |
| German Martinez, Video Designer Peter Sasha Hurowitz, Dialect Coach Cynthia Santos DeCure, |
| Stage Manager Buzz Cohen, and Assistant Stage Manager Anais Bustos; and |
| WHEREAS, The talented cast of "La Broa' (Broad Street)", includes guest artist Alina |
| Alcantara, playing a character inspired by Dona Fefa, known as the "Mother of Providence's |
| Hispanic Community", and the founder of Providence's first Latina-owned business. Additional |
| performers include Rosalyn Tavarez, a second-year student in the Brown/Trinity Repertory MFA |
| program and Jen Anaya, Jeff Ararat, Rudy Cabrera, Alexander Crespo-Rosario II, Arturo |
| Puentes, Marina Tejada, David Bertoldi and Madeleine Russell; and |
| WHEREAS, La Broa' has drawn positive reviews across the critical spectrum with |
| Boston Globe correspondent Bob Abelman proclaiming that it "delivers a love letter to the |
| founding families of Las Comunidad Latina of Providence." Mr. Abelman goes on to make the |
| important point that plays like La Broa' "provide a voice for ordinary, often underrepresented |
| people who have lived through extraordinary circumstances, but do so with creative |
| embellishment and dramatic flair. And so they have the great potential to break stereotypes, |
| enhance understanding, and foster empathy by being entertaining as well as informative"; now, |
| therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| joyously celebrates Trinity Repertory Company's premiere of the play "La Broa' (Broad Street)", |
| a play inspired by the Latino history of Rhode Island; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copies of this resolution to Orlando Hernandez and Tatyana-Marie Carlo. |
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