ABSTRACT
The afterword to Performance, Trauma and Puerto Rico in Musical Theatre gives the reader insight into the Fiesta Centinela in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, a collaboration between Y no había luz and their community outreach arm, Arte y Maña and the community in Orocovis. The afterword also considers more recent efforts at mobilization by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a meeting between Miranda and Y no había luz founder Yari Helfeld at the Google Arts and Culture summit in August 2022. Finally, the afterword comments on the potential for island-based and stateside artists to continue working in dialogue and in solidarity as they enact performances of care that resist and transform trauma and speak to the future of Puerto Rican artists as responders.
