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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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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

     Referred To: House read and passed

     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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