Teresa María Rojas is a Cuban writer, educator, director, and actress born in Havana, Cuba.

Biography

Rojas graduated from the University of Havana in 1957 and studied acting at Sala Prometeo, a small theater located in the city. After leaving Cuba in 1960, she went to Venezuela and then to Miami in 1963. Rojas began working as a professor of theater and acting at

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(MDC, also formerly known as Miami Dade Community College) in 1972. In 1985, Rojas founded the Prometeo Theater, a bilingual theater group at MDC, serving as its artistic director. More than four hundred students worked in the Prometeo Theater each year. During her teaching career, Rojas has performed, produced, and directed over ninety plays. In recognition of her teaching, she has been endowed with three teaching chairs. One of her former students,

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, wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning play in the drama category, ''

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''. Rojas performed in the play when it returned to Miami after its Broadway debut.

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* Th
Teresa María Rojas papers
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Cuban Heritage CollectionUniversity of Miami Libraries
This collection documents the activities of Teresa María Rojas in her capacity as a theater actress, theater professor at

, and founder of the Prometeo Student Theater Group. The majority of the materials document Rojas's role as artistic director of the Prometeo Theater and the success of the students who performed in it. Portfolios and reviews contain information regarding her teaching at MDC. The papers contain scrapbooks chronicling her work as director of the Prometeo Theater from 1985. The collection also documents her professional work as an actress in Miami, as well as Cuba and other Latin American countries. Her performances in various acclaimed productions are documented by clippings and photographs. * Selected photographs, playbills, programs, letters, and clippings from th
Teresa María Rojas papers
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University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections
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