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References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot and Other
About This Book
Surrealism, magic realism and expressionism are the hallmarks of Jose Rivera’s influential body of work. This new volume collects the author’s plays written in the past five years, including References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot ("effortlessly melds otherworldly fantasy with gritty realism to make sparks fly onstage."— The Journal News ), Sueño (a reworking for Pedro Calderón’s Life is a Dream ) and Sonnets for an Old Century, the author’s most recent work, which recently premiered in Los Angeles.
Puerto Rican-born playwright José Rivera plays have been produced all over the world and his work has been translated into seven languages. His best known work includes Marisol and Each Day Dies with Sleep. "Rivera has a messianic mission to replace old and dying creeds with vibrant new visions."—Robert Brustein, New Republic
Also available by José Rivera
Marisol and Other Plays
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Julio, Charlie, Tony and Hector
SPECIAL THANKS TO
PRODUCTION HISTORY
MOON | Robert Montano |
COYOTE | Victor Mack |
CAT | Svetlana Efremova |
GABRIELA | Ana Ortiz |
MARTÍN | Wells Rosales |
BENITO | Robert Montano |
MOON | Michael Lombard |
COYOTE | Kevin Jackson |
CAT | Kristine Nielsen |
GABRIELA | Rosie Perez |
MARTÍN | Carlo Alban |
BENITO | John Ortiz |
CHARACTERS
COYOTE, a wild one.
CAT, a fat one, Gabriela’s pet.
MARTÍN, a Latino of fourteen, Gabriela’s neighbor.
GABRIELA, a Latina, twenty-seven, an army housewife.
BENITO, a Latino, twenty-nine, Gabriela’s husband,
a soldier.
SETTING
PLACE: Barstow, California.
Gabriela’s backyard. Night.
Gabriela’s backyard. Night.
Gabriela’s kitchen. 7:00 A.M.
Gabriela’s bedroom. Night.
Gabriela’s backyard. 7:00 A.M.
to watch over your dreams.
BLOOD WEDDING
as you looked around
and took inventory of the womb . . .
did it look like this?
Did you see the moon and stars in there?
Did you see floating bits of fire in there?
Maybe you saw the food and air from your
mother’s bloodstream
looking like constellations
against the deep, deep black
of your mother’s night sky.
Like tonigh...
Table of contents
- REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALÍ MAKE ME HOT
- Title Page
- REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALÍ MAKE ME HOT
- SUEÑO
- SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY
- 36 ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WRITING PLAYS
- Credit information, continued from the copyright page
- Copyright Page