SHORT PLAYS
Desert Longing or Las Aventureras
Desert Longing | South Coast Repertory | Photo by Cristopher Gross SCR
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In a desert clearing on the outskirts of 1850s Los Angeles, Luisa and Elena Pico await a nocturnal rendezvous with Tiburcio Vasquez, the last Mexican bandit to roam California. Unbeknownst to them, the amorous bandit has also planned to meet two other society matrons. After the four women discover each other, they encounter several townsmen masquerading as the bandit. Amidst sighs, desires and fake mustaches, the women soon learn to seek adventure for themselves.
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Comedy (4W,4M)
Produced: South Coast Repertory Developed: South Coast Repertory, Emory University Commissioned: South Coast Repertory Published: Playscripts Deseo en el Desierto o Las Aventureras, Spanish translation by Georgina L. Escobar, also available. |
PRESS
- “None of the women knows about the others, but they're soon tripping over each other under the stars, waiting for Vasquez as if he were a more romantic precursor to Godot.” - Don Shirley, Los Angeles Times - Read Review
Land of Benjamin Franklin
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In 1976 New York City, Marta, a Spanish-American singer, carries on an affair with Joaquin, a married jewelry salesman from an unnamed Latin American country. On the eve of the U.S. bicentennial, the couple confronts the personal and political histories challenging their relationship.
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Drama (1W, 1M)
Awards: Finalist, Actors Theater of Louisville Ten-Minute Play Contest Produced: East L.A. Repertory Developed: New Georges Published: NoPassport Press |
Painting Velazquez
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In present day Madrid, on a visit to the Prado Museum, an American college student encounters the Velázquez portrait of the Count Duke of Olivares and she strikes up a friendship with a Spanish man who copies the painting. In Madrid of 1630, a Common Woman schemes her way into the studio of Diego Velázquez to have her portrait painted by the Baroque master. Alternating between the present and the past, Painting Velazquez explores one woman's search for solace within the world of Diego Velázquez.
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Drama (1W, 1M)
Produced: Yale Cabaret, UC Santa Barbara One Act Festival |
No More Maids
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In Los Angeles, two Latina actors meet in the waiting room as they prepare to audition for roles as maids on a new television comedy. Together, they fantasize about playing biologists or nineteenth century poets…anything but maids. While in the audition room, they confront the Latina casting associate and the three hatch a plan to start their own production company.
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Comedy (3W)
Developed and Produced: Broken Nose Theatre’s Bechdel Fest 3, Chicago, IL Awards: Finalist, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Ten-Minute Play Contest Published: 2016 Best Ten-Minute Plays, Smith & Kraus |