"These guys are funny daredevils of performance, totally fearless as they skewer convention and lazy thinking. Cool."—Eric Bogosian"Important social satire for these urgent times."—Dolores Huerta, Vice President, United Farm Workers Union"Keep kicking them in the cojones."—George CarlinThe newest work by the ever-outrageous comic trio, Culture Clash (Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza) collects ...
This collection includes Lynn Nottage’s best known work, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, which has been produced widely since its premiere in May 1995 and which the Chicago Tribune hailed as «a complex and thought provoking new play.» Also included are Mud, River, Stone, Poof, Por’Knockers and her latest work, Las Meninas, inspired by the playwright’s research into the African presence in 17th century Europe.Lynn Nott ...
Culture Clash performs nationally throughout the year, including numerous university appearances. L.A.-based, they are currently performing for a month in San Francisco after 3 weeks in Dallas. ...
A founding member of the acclaimed New York-based company Mabou Mines, Breuer's gifts as a writer and director have have made him a mainstay of the theatrical avant-garde. ...
“Extraordinary and evocative, the stellar Anna in the Tropics is a work of art.”—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald This lush romantic drama depicts a family of cigar makers whose loves and lives are played out against the backdrop of America in the midst of the Depression. Set in Ybor City (Tampa) in 1930, Cruz imagines the catalytic effect of the arrival of a new “lector” (who reads Tolstoy& ...
"The words of Nilo Cruz waft from the stage like a scented breeze. They sparkle and prickle and swirl, enveloping those who listen in both specific place and time . . . and in timeless passions that touch us all."—The Miami Herald One of the United States' most-produced Cuban American writers, Nilo Cruz employs his signature poetic imagery and vivid language to tender and humorous effect in this pair of his newest works. The ...
“Midway through Water & Power comes a scene so perfectly written, so chilling and yet so hilarious [it] encapsulates all the anger and social criticism fueling [the play], beginning with the agonizing realization (also central to Culture Clash’s smash Chavez Ravine) that the fates of the L.A. many are held in the hands of the often capricious and heartless few.”— Variety For Zorro in Hell : & ...
“Bold, unguarded work . . . that resists pat definition. [Young Jean] Lee has penned profane lampoons of motivational bromides ( Pullman, WA ) and the Romantic poets ( The Appeal ). Now she piles her deconstructive scorn upon ethnic stereotypes in Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven , a sweet-and-sour parade of Asian minstrelsy.”— Time Out New York “A perverse, provocative, and very funny festival of ...
“The existential pain of exile, the confusions of sexual identity and the complex legacies of the Cuban revolution are predominant [in] Mr. Machado’s writing,” –The New York Times Eduardo Machado explores his lifelong themes with humor and passion in Havana Is Waiting (a writer returns to Cuba after thirty years), Kissing Fidel (a comedy set in Miami funeral parlor), The Cook (chronicling Cuban history), ...
