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...
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 ...
Comedy / 3m, 3f / Areas La Gringa es la busqueda de identidad de una joven de origen puertorriqueno nacida en los Estados Unidos. Maria Elena decide visitar a su familia borinquena durante las navidades y llega a Puerto Rico con gran ilusion de conectarse con ellos y con la madre patria. Aunque es su primer viaje a Puerto Rico, ella siempre ha tenido un gran amor por la isla y hasta ha estudiado la historia del pais en la Universidad. Sin embargo a su llegada se da cuenta de que la isla no le da la bienvenida. La mayoria de los puertorriquenos la consideran americana - una gringa - y Maria...
Comedy / 3m, 3f / Areas La Gringa es la busqueda de identidad de una joven de origen puertorriqueno nacida en los Estados Unidos. Maria Elena decide v...
Author of The House on Mango Street, which has sold more than two million copies in English alone, activist, MacArthur grant genius, figure of inspiration and controversy, Sandra Cisneros is unequivocally one of America's most important and much discussed contemporary literary figures. In a writing career that has spanned more than three decades, Cisneros has written acclaimed poetry and prose, including, My Wicked, Wicked Ways, Loose Woman, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, and Caramelo, or, Puro Cuenta.
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Author of The House on Mango Street, which has sold more than two million copies in English alone, activist, MacArthur grant genius, figure ...
JULIA DE BURGOS is one of Puerto Rico's most illustrious poets whose work has earned a place among the best Latin American and Caribbean literature of the 20th century. In JULIA DE BURGOS: CHILD OF WATER, Carmen Rivera takes us on a journey through de Burgos' life capturing her passions and inner turmoil to come to terms with herself and her times. De Burgos died tragically in New York City in 1953 when she was just 39 years old. De Burgos challenged the major historical problems of her times: colonialism, racism, and sexism. She was a feminist and activist with the Puerto Rican Nationalist...
JULIA DE BURGOS is one of Puerto Rico's most illustrious poets whose work has earned a place among the best Latin American and Caribbean literature of...
TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING and THE DOWNFALL OF RAFAEL TRUJILLO - two plays by award-winning playwright Carmen Rivera - that chronicle with roaring energy, power and theatricality the lives of Dominican dictator Trujillo, and a family torn apart by forces beyond their control. With an introduction by scholar Jason Ramirez.
TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING and THE DOWNFALL OF RAFAEL TRUJILLO - two plays by award-winning playwright Carmen Rivera - that chronicle with roaring energy,...
This coming of age play follows Lena, a 12-year-old tomboy, who has been sent to live with her strict, superstitious grandmother in the mountains of Puerto Rico following her parents' divorce. She spends her days playing basketball with the local kids and unravelling the mystery of the poisoned mango tree on her grandmother's property. As Lena uncovers clues to the decades-old local myth, she comes to realize the truth cuts deeper than she could ever know. Featuring an entirely Latino cast, "Under the Mango Tree" employs magical realism to expertly explore family, history, and adolescence.
This coming of age play follows Lena, a 12-year-old tomboy, who has been sent to live with her strict, superstitious grandmother in the mountains of P...
