BroadwayWorld: Quisqueya Celebration Honoring BEES & HONEY and VÁMONOS to be Held This Month
The celebration will feature artists Crudo and Danny Peguero; the seasoning company, Pisqueya; César Peña/Comejen Prints; Ramona Ferreyra's Ojala Threads! & more.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz
May. 10, 2023
MCC Theater, in collaboration with The Sol Project, and INTAR Theatre will celebrate their productions this spring with a special street event on Saturday May 13, beginning at 1PM and running until 6PM in front of MCC Theater (511 W 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019) on 52nd Street. This event is open to the public. To learn more, please visit: mcctheater.org/quisqueya.
Celebrate the first time two Afro-Dominican playwrights, Guadalís Del Carmen (Bees & Honey, MCC Theater) and Julissa Contreras (Vámonos, INTAR Theatre), are produced off-Broadway in the same season - right across the street from each other - and experience the food, music, and shops representing the island of Quisqueya, led by local community organizations.
The celebration will feature artists Crudo and Danny Peguero; the seasoning company, Pisqueya; César Peña/Comejen Prints; Ramona Ferreyra's Ojala Threads!, Taino indigenous products sourced in the Dominican Republic (@ojalathreads); and food available for purchase by Presidente and Punto Final. Emcee Glorelys Mora and DJ Chico Bembé will join the festivities at 3:30PM with NYC 2023 Poet Laureate Stephanie Pacheco and live music from Afro Dominicano.
The event will also feature tables from MCC Theater, The Sol Project, INTAR Theatre, The New Group (Bernarda's Daughters), Translatinx Network, Violence Intervention Program, Collective for Art Music and Dance, LatinX Playwrights Circle, The Movement Theatre Company, New Georges, Dominican Artists Collective, People's Theatre Project, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and more.
