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Unmerciful Good Fortune

Author : Edwin Sánchez
Publisher : Broadway Play Publishing In
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Unmerciful Good Fortune written by Edwin Sánchez and published by Broadway Play Publishing In. This book was released on 1996 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arrogant young Puerto Rican Fatima, who works as a counter girl at a fast-food restaurant, has been arrested for the murder of 14 people, poisoned at her workplace. Young attorney Jeremy has been assigned to defend her and asks a Latina colleague, Maritza, to be his translator. But Fatima refuses to talk to anyone but Maritza, and she's enough of a manipulator to get her way. Fatima claims she has been blessed -- or cursed -- with psychic powers. By merely clasping the hand of an individual, she says, she can immediately grasp everything about him/her including past, future, and innermost secrets. She tells Maritza that her murders were mercy killings: She "read" each of her victims and killed them because they wanted to die. Maritza is first incredulous, then indignant at Fatima's playing God. She firmly resists letting Fatima clasp her hand, but Fatima is persuasive, constantly shifting from pugnacious, foul-mouthed street girl to wise and wily seductress to gentle, compassionate young woman. Maritza finally offers up her hand, yielding her secrets and placing her fate in Fatima's grasp.

Unmerciful Good Fortune

Author : Edwin Sanchez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881456455
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Unmerciful Good Fortune written by Edwin Sanchez and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1994, Edwin Sanchez has won more fellowships and foundation grants than most playwrights receive in a lifetime. Go see UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE and you will understand why. The drama's premise is intriguing, and the action often riveting, but what really sets the play apart is the dialogue. Sanchez's characters can change moods on a dime." Virginia Gerst, Pioneer Press "Many years ago, playwright Tom Stoppard demonstrated the art of creating suspense to an audience...Playwright Edwin Sanchez probably did not attend that lecture, but he certainly knows how to create the same mood in his latest work, UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE...The audience is kept on the edge of their seats. While they cannot predict what will come next, each twist and turn of the plot seems exactly right as it unfolds. The play centers on two Latinas: Fatima, a clairvoyant, uneducated hourly wage earner-turned-murderer, and on a successful, highly educated assistant district attorney, a single parent caring for her dying mother. From this unlikely pairing, Sanchez builds a story that examines class, racial and gender conflicts, family and professional relationships, friendship, heterosexual and homosexual love, self-realization, personal worth, and the ethics of euthanasia..." Beverly Friend, Lerner"

From Macho to Mariposa

Author : Charles Rice-González
Publisher : Lethe Press
ISBN 13 : 159021241X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book From Macho to Mariposa written by Charles Rice-González and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare yourself to dance in a disco in Silver Lake, check out papis in Orchard Beach, cross the border from Guatemala to Mexico on your way to the U.S., see a puro macho bathe in a river in Puerto Rico, make love under a full moon in the Dominican Republic, sigh at a tender moment in an orange grove in Lindsay, visit a panaderia in Kansas, see a full blown birthday party in Juarez, and be seduced by a young artist in the South Bronx. These are some of the stories in this collection of thirty gay Latino writers from around the United States. There are "don't mess with me" divas, alluring bad boys, and sexy teenagers, but also empowered youth for whom being queer is not a question and a family that grows wings on their heads. The infectious rhythms of House music in New York City are adjacent to cumbia in Mexico, next to reggaeton in Puerto Rico, alongside Latin pop in L.A. and merengue in an east coast city. But the spectrum of experiences and emotions that inhabit our days gives these stories dimension and gay/queer Latinos a common ground. The stories are vibrantly varied and clearly connected in this "era of lost signals" in which we live.

A History of Latinx Performing Arts in the U.S.

Author : Beatriz J. Rizk
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000959643
Total Pages : 621 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A History of Latinx Performing Arts in the U.S. written by Beatriz J. Rizk and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Latinx Performing Arts in the U.S. provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the Latinx performing arts in what is now the U.S. since the sixteenth century. This book combines theories and philosophical thought developed in a wide spectrum of disciplines—such as anthropology, sociology, gender studies, feminism, and linguistics, among others—and productions’ reviews, historical context, and political implications. Split into two volumes, these books offer interpretations and representations of a wide range of Latinxs’ lived experiences in the U.S. Volume I provides a chronological overview of the evolution of the Latinx community within the U.S., spanning from the 1500s to today, with an emphasis on the Chicano artistic renaissance initiated by Luis Valdez and the Teatro Campesino in the 1960s. Volume II continues, looking more in depth at the experiences of Latinx individuals on theatre and performance, including Miguel Piñero, Lin-Manuel Miranda, María Irene Fornés, Nilo Cruz, and John Leguizamo, as well as the important role of transnational migration in Latinx communities and identities across the U.S. A History of Latinx Performing Arts in the U.S. offers an accessible and comprehensive understanding of the field and is ideal for students, researchers, and instructors of theatre studies with an interest in the diverse and complex history of Latinx theatre and performance.

Monologues for Actors of Color

Author : Roberta Uno
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135859256
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Monologues for Actors of Color written by Roberta Uno and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Embodied Economies

Author : Israel Reyes
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978827857
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Embodied Economies written by Israel Reyes and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embodied Economies compares works of Latinx Caribbean fiction and theater that explore the pitfalls and successes of economic upward mobility in diasporic communities. Each chapter compares two works in a counterpoint analysis that reveals the contradictions of using Latinx Caribbean culture to get ahead in the competitive fields of education, business, entertainment, and finance.

Stages of Life

Author : Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816552371
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Stages of Life written by Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latina theater and solo performance emerged in the 1990s as vibrant, energetic new genres found on stages from New York to Los Angeles. Many women now work in all aspects of Latina theater—often as playwrights or solo performers—with practitioners ranging from teenagers to grandmothers. Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez and Nancy Saporta Sternbach have previously published a groundbreaking anthology of Latina theater, Puro Teatro. They now offer a critical analysis of theatrical works, presenting a theoretical perspective from which to examine, understand, and contextualize Latina theater as a genre in its own right. This is the first in-depth study of the entire corpus of Latina theater, based on close readings of works both published and in manuscript. It considers a large body of productions and performances, including works by such internationally known authors as Dolores Prida, Cherríe Moraga, and Janis Astor del Valle. Applying feminist and postcolonial theory as well as theories of transculturation, Sandoval-Sánchez and Sternbach show how, despite cultural differences among Latinas, their works share a common poetics by building upon the politics of representation, identity, and location. In addition to covering theater, this study also shows that solo performance has its own history, properties, structure, and poetics. It examines performances of Carmelita Tropicana, Monica Palacios, and Marga Gomez—artists whose hybrid identities as Latina lesbians constitute living examples of transculturation in the making—to show how solo performance has roots in and digresses from more traditional modes of theater. With their Latina heritage as a unifying link, these women reflect common traits, patterns, dramatic structures, and properties that overcome regional differences. Stages of Life reads these eclectic cultural productions as a unified body of work that contributes to the formation of Latina identity in America today.

River of Words

Author : Nina Shengold
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438434278
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book River of Words written by Nina Shengold and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate group portrait of contemporary Hudson Valley writers.

Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World

Author : Chinua Thelwell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317398807
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World written by Chinua Thelwell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World presents a radical re-examination of the ways in which demographic shifts will impact theater and performance culture in the twenty-first century. Editor Chinua Thelwell brings together the revealing insights of artists, scholars, and organizers to produce a unique intersectional conversation about the transformative potential of theater. Opening with a case study of the New WORLD Theater and moving on to a fascinating range of essays, the book looks at five main themes: Changing demographics Future aesthetics Making institutional space Critical multiculturalism Polyculturalism

José, Can You See?

Author : Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299162047
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book José, Can You See? written by Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez is among the most interesting and original minds at work in performance studies and American studies. José, Can You See? is a landmark achievement, an important contribution to 20th century American cultural history. Quite simply, there is no other critic of Latino popular culture who speaks with so much wisdom and wit, so much eloquence and expertise."--David Roman, University of Southern California

The Color of Theater

Author : Roberta Uno
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826456380
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book The Color of Theater written by Roberta Uno and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Color of Theater presents a range of essays, interviews and performance texts that illustrate and examine the process, evolution and dynamics of making theater in the dawning moments of the 21st century. It brings together writings by artists, intellectuals and art activists exploring contemporary practices within multicultural, intercultural and ethnically specific theaters. This provocative and dynamic resource brings forth critical issues of cultural aesthetics engaging theater as a crucial site for examining the intricate intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality and national and global politics.Contributors include: Rustom Bharucha, Thulani Davis, Harry Elam, Guillermo Gomez-Pea, Velina Hasu Huston, Cherrfe Moraga, David Romn, Sekou Sundiata, Diana Taylor, Una Chaudhuri, Alberto Sandoval-Snchez and lO thi diem thy.

Shorter, Faster, Funnier

Author : Eric Lane
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307743357
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Shorter, Faster, Funnier written by Eric Lane and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cornucopia of comedy showcases works by major playwrights and emerging young writers, with casts of all sizes and diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. You’ll discover such colorful characters as a businessman free-falling from a plane, an embittered sword swallower, a punkish girl skateboarder, and retirees in post-apocalyptic Siberia, alongside plays that unleash the humor in high school reunions, alien invasions, office cubicle farms, and even post-Katrina New Orleans. Perfect for actors, students, theater lovers, and comedy fans, Shorter, Faster, Funnier covers the spectrum of humor, from slyly witty to over-the-top outrageous. Rob Ackerman ● Billy Aronson ● John Augustine ● Pete Barry ● Dan Berkowitz ● Adam Bock ● Eric Coble ● Philip Dawkins ● Anton Dudley ● Christopher Durang ● Liz Ellison ● Halley Feiffer ● Peter Handy ● Jeffrey Hatcher ● Amy Herzog ● Mikhail Horowitz ● David Ives ● Caleen Sinnette Jennings ● Ean Miles Kessler ● Dan Kois ● Eric Lane ● Drew Larimore ● Warren Leight ● Mark Harvey Levine ● Elizabeth Meriwether ● Michael Mitnick ● Megan Mostyn-Brown ● Mark O’Donnell ● Nicole Quinn ● Wayne Rawley ● Theresa Rebeck ● Jacqueline Reingold ● Laura Shaine ● Nina Shengold ● Jane Shepard ● Edwin Sanchez ● Samara Siskind ● Daryl Watson ● Barbara Wiechmann ● Mary Louise Wilson ● Garth Wingfield ● Gary Winter ● Elizabeth Wong ● Dana Yeaton

A Poetically Spoken Anthology

Author : Soul Poets
Publisher : Inner Child Press
ISBN 13 : 1461095840
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book A Poetically Spoken Anthology written by Soul Poets and published by Inner Child Press. This book was released on 2011-04-25 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book is an Anthology with a collection of Poets and Artist from around the World.

Back Story

Author : Joan Ackermann
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781583420225
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Back Story written by Joan Ackermann and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Best Plays of 1993-1994

Author : Otis L. Guernsey
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879101831
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Best Plays of 1993-1994 written by Otis L. Guernsey and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Featuring scenes from the ten best plays"--Jacket.

Theatre World 1996-1997

Author : John Willis
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557833433
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Theatre World 1996-1997 written by John Willis and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Theatre World). Theatre World, the statistical and pictorial record of the Broadway and off-Broadway season, touring companies, and professional regional companies throughout the United States, has become a classic in its field. The book is complete with cast listings, replacement producers, directors, authors, composers, opening and closing dates, song titles, and much, much more. There are special sections with biographical data, obituary information, listings of annual Shakespeare festivals and major drama awards.

Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre

Author : Jimmy A. Noriega
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100063888X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre written by Jimmy A. Noriega and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether creating Broadway musicals, experimental dramas, or outrageous comedies, the performers, directors, playwrights, designers, and producers profiled in this collection have contributed to the representation of LGBTQ lives and culture in a variety of theatrical venues, both within the queer community and across the US theatrical landscape. Moving from the era of the Stonewall Riots to today, notable scholars in the field bring a wide variety of queer theatre artists into conversation with each other, exploring connections and differences in race, gender, physical ability, national origin, class, generation, aesthetic modes, and political goals, creating a diverse and inclusive study of 50 years of queer theatre. For readers seeking an introduction to or a deeper understanding of LGBTQ theatre, this volume offers thought-provoking analyses of theatre-makers both celebrated and lesser-known, mainstream and subversive, canonical and new.