ELZA ZAGREDA
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Plays by Elza Zagreda
Corn Bread & Feta Cheese |
| 1st Produced: | Sage Theater, NY | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | Rocky from the Bronx Productions & teatro oscuro | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | Growing Up FAT & Albanian, a solo show written and performed by Elza Zagreda. This autobiographical piece tells the author's story, "a fiery, outspoken eldest daughter of four girls who grows up in a strict Albanian household where womens contributions are dismissed and their hopes and dreams ignored. With her coming of age, see Elza grapple with body image issues, acne, bad '80s music, mullets, and having to hide shotguns in your underwear for special occasions nytheatre.com | |||||
DIVORCE! Albanian Style |
| 1st Produced: | Producers Club, NY | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | Rocky from the Bronx Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Join Elza Zagreda, writer and performer of the wildly successful Corn Bread & Feta Cheese: Growing up FAT & Albanian, as she unravels the one the last mysteries of the oldest people of the Balkans. In DIVORCE! Albanian Style, Elza explores the unique cultural institution of an 'Albanian Arranged Marriages' and the creative ways Albanians choose to end them. What EXACTLY are grounds for an Albanian Divorce? Can I really divorce my wife if I think shes too ugly? Can I divorce my husband for having too many handguns in the house? Can I have my wifes underwear tested for DNA to make sure she's not sleeping with someone else? Can I divorce my husband if he lied about having his working papers/green card? How do you make rules from 12th century work in the 21st century marriage? In this controversial play, Elza sheds light on the current marital problems facing young Albanians that their forefathers never dreamt of - press release | |||||