Rosalba Rolón, artistic director of the Pregones/PRTT theater company, was honored this year with the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most prestigious arts awards in the United States, which includes a grant of more than $250,000. She is the first artist connected to Puerto Rican cultural traditions to receive this distinction, which has been awarded since 1994 to individuals whose work has had a lasting impact on the arts.