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MIGUEL PINERO (1946 - 1988) |
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Nationality: Puerto Rican Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Miguel was born on December 19th 1946 in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. After his family moved to New York his father abandoned them. Miguel took to crime joined a street gang and at 14 he was a rent boy. His first criminal conviction was at the age of 11 and at age 25 he was sent to Sing Sing for armed robbery. It was whilst he was there that he wrote his first play "Short Eyes". The play was nominated for six Tony Awards. Once out of prison he continued writing and also took up acting. He founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe with other writers and artists. It was a venue for Puerto Rican performance poets. He died on June 16th 1988.
Plays by Miguel Pinero
All Junkies | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1973 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27883 | |||
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Cold Beer | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1979 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27884 | |||
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Eulogy For A Small-Time Thief | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1977 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Arte Publico Press, Houston, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27885 | |||
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Guntower, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1976 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27886 | |||
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Midnight Moon At The Greasy Spoon | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1981 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Arte Publico Press, Houston, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27887 | |||
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Nuyorican Nights At The Stanton Street Social Club | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1980 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27888 | |||
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Paper Toilet | ||
| 1st Produced: | Los Angeles | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27889 | |||
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Payland Blues | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1980 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27890 | |||
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Short Eyes | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1974 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Hill and Wang, New York, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0374521479 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27891 | |||
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Genre: | Protest Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 4 BM, 5 WM,3 Latins | |||||
Notes: | film: produced by Lewis Harris; entry in New York Film Festival, Sept 1977 | |||||
| young convicts in a prison fight, insult and entertain one another in an attempt to preserve their sanity and create a semblance of community | |||||
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Sideshow | ||
| 1st Produced: | Space Theatre, New York | 1975 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28029 | |||
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Genre: | Protest Play One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | Portrays a day in the life of ghetto youths on New York's Lower East Side | |||||
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Straight From The Ghetto | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Family, a Street Theatre, New York | 1976 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27892 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Revue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 BM, 2 BF, musicians | |||||
Notes: | written with Neil Harris | |||||
Synopsis: | Songs, sketches, poems, and mimes about Harlem street life | |||||
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Sun Always Shines For The Cool, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1975 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Arte Publico Press, Houston, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27893 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | A High Noon confrontation at the Hustlers and Players bar, where loss of pride is worse than death | |||||
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