- Additional Authors
- Series Statement
- Latine Oral History Project videos
- Alternative Title
- Rosalba Rolón interview
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Note
- Title from opening credits.
- Event (note)
- 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 (note)
- Recorded with the financial assistance of the Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
- Source (note)
- O#PAMI; Inventoried 2025/07/30; myt_ncow460_ao; NCOW460_em.mov; NCOW460_sc.mp4
- Language (note)
- The interview is conducted in Spanish, without translation.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
- Call Number
- NCOW 460
- OCLC
- 1564173195
- Title
Interview with Rosalba Rolón / conducted by Dr. Ramón Espejo and Arnaldo López ; February 14, 2025 ; Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. ; [video production company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Billy Rose Theatre Division, Douglas Reside, curator.
- Production
New York : Billy Rose Theatre Division, [2025]
- Copyright Date
©2025
- Description
1 streaming video (127 min.) : sound, color.
- Type of Content
spoken word
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
video
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Series
Latine Oral History Project videos
- Event
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.
- Summary
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.
- Funding
Recorded with the financial assistance of the Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
- Language
The interview is conducted in Spanish, without translation.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Rolón, Rosalba, interviewee.
Espejo, Ramón, 1969- interviewer.
López, Arnaldo, interviewer.
Reside, Doug (Douglas Larue), 1978-
Parker/Hodges Productions.
Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- Other Form:
digital transfer of (videodisc): 1 videodisc; 4 3/4 in. (OCoLC)b236862212 Interview with Rosalba Rolón. New York:2025
- Research Call Number
NCOW 460