La Gringa by Carmen Rivera
Comedy / 3m, 3f / Areas La Gringa is about a young woman's search for her identity. Maria Elena Garcia goes to visit her family in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holidays and arrives with plans to connect with her homeland. Although this is her first trip to Puerto Rico, she has had an intense love for the island and even majored in Puerto Rican Studies in college. Once Maria is in Puerto Rico, she realizes that Puerto Rico does not welcome her with open arms. The majority of the Puerto Ricans on the island consider her an American - a gringa -- and Maria considers this a betrayal. If she's a Puerto Rican in the United States and an American in Puerto Rico - Maria concludes that she is nobody everywhere. Her uncle, Manolo, spiritually teaches her that identity isn't based on superficial and external definitions, but rather is an essence that she has had all along in her heart. This play is published in a bilingual edition, if you are applying for licensing rights please state which version (English or Spanish) you wish to produce. "90 minutes of laughter...Carmen Rivera has captured the spirit of the Puerto Rican experience."- D.J.R. Bruckner, The New York Times "Carmen Rivera's deft playwriting delivers Maria from her personality crisis with spiritual transcendence."- Ed Morales, The Village Voice "Carmen Rivera has suceeded in giving voice to the cultural search of Puerto Ricans raised in the Tower of Babel."- Juan Mendez, El Diario - La Presa
Carmen Rivera is an OBIE award-winning playwright whose more than 40 plays have been performed across the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe. JULIA DE BURGOS: CHILD OF WATER was first produced at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre in 1999 and videotaped for the archives at The Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts. Among her other major works are LA GRINGA, for which she received an OBIE Award in 1996; it has been playing at Repertorio Espaü¾Œ–˜¼ol since then, making it Off-Broadway's longest running Spanish language play. LA LUPE: MY LIFE, MY DESTINY opened Off-Broadway in 2001 and received an ACE Award (Association of Journalists and Writers) for Best Production. TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING produced at the PRTT in 1997 was nominated for an ACE Award for Best Production. Ms. Rivera co-wrote with Candido Tirado CELIA: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CELIA CRUZ, the successful off-Broadway musical that received an HOLA Award for Achievement in Playwriting and has toured Miami, Puerto Rico, Chicago and Spain. Rivera also collaborated, with director/choreographer Maria Torres on THE MAGIC OF THE SALSA KINGDOM, which was presented at the Salsa Congress in Southport, England in 2009. Ms. Rivera is co-founder with Candido Tirado of Educational Play Productions (E.P.P.), which brings plays that deal with social issues to New York City public school students and educators.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780573663352 |
| ISBN 10 | 0573663351 |
| Title | La Gringa |
| Author | Carmen Rivera |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Samuel French Inc |
| Year published | 2008-12-29 |
| Number of pages | 88 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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