Pedro Santaliz Nuevo Teatro Pobre de America Collection
Content Description
Founded in 1963 by Pedro Santaliz, "El Nuevo Teatro Pobre de America" is a popular theater troupe that performs on the street in marginalized communities in Puerto Rico and in New York City. Until the 1980s "El Nuevo Teatro Pobre de America" traveled frequently between New York City and Puerto Rico performing plays focusing on the social and political issues of the lower and middle classes in Puerto Rico and New York. El Nuevo Teatro Pobre's focus in the 1980s was the problem of domestic violence presented through such plays as "El Castillo Interior de Medea Camuñas, 1992", based on the Greek tragedy and myth of Medea. Santaliz's interest was to express a radical position with respect to the subordinate and persecuted condition of women in Society. The collection measures 0.5 cubic feet includes flyers, correspondence, scripts, clippings, notes, programs and photographs that document the activities of the theater company. It spans the early 1970s until the mid-1980s.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
The collection was donated by Shirley Chesney.
Language of Description
English
Script of Description
Latin
Restrictions Apply
No
Use Restrictions
Copyrights held by Pedro Santaliz and Nuevo Teatro Pobre de America.
Dates
- 1960s - 1990s
- Majority of material found within 1970s - mid 1980s
Creator
- Nuevo Teatro Pobre de America (Organization)
Extent
0.50 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Notes (Cataloging) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Script Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings