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Vividly written. . . . An intriguing and evocative drama.--\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, on\u003ci\u003e Brainpeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Rivera's intimate play . . . uses historical fact as a frame to pose intriguing questions about what might have happened.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eSchool of the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree new works from Jose Rivera, a writer known for his lush language, open heart, and stylistic flirting with the surreal. \u003ci\u003eBoleros for the Disenchanted \u003c\/i\u003eis the moving story of the playwrights own parents: their sweet courtship in 1950s Puerto Rico, and then forty years later in more difficult times in America. With \u003ci\u003eBrainpeople\u003c\/i\u003e, Rivera explores the troubled minds of three women in a post-apocalyptic setting who feast on a freshly slaughtered tiger. 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