LUIS ALFARO
| Nationality: | USA Chicano |
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Plays by Luis Alfaro
Black Butterfly, Super Chela, Pinata Woman And Other Super Hero Girls Like Me |
| 1st Produced: | Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA | pre 1998 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Inc | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | short comedy drama | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | adapted by Luis Alfaro and Lisa Peterson; based on the writings of Alma Elene Cervantes, Sandra C. Munoz and Marisela Norte | |||||
| Synopsis: | For five girls living in gritty east L.A., growing up takes place in a world where parents refuse to speak ingles, girls in magazines never resemble the girl in the mirror, and boys only want to get some other girl's number. Told through monologues, vignettes, and poetic interludes, Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman and Other Superhero Girls, Like Me gives an honest and compelling voice to the painful, wistful, and amusing experiences of their urban adolescence. | |||||
Body of Faith |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 8 to 19 cast | |||||
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| Synopsis: | An exploration of faith in the LGBT community based on true stories | |||||
Deep In The Crotch Of My Latino Psyche |
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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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | written by Luis Alfaro,Albeto A. Araiza and Monica Palacios | |||||
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Diva La |
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | - |
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| Notes: | written by Luis Alfaro and Diane Rodriguez | |||||
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Downtown |
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | 1 | Female | - |
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Electricidad |
| 1st Produced: | Merle Reskin Theater, Chicago | 14 Apr 2010 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Based on "Elektra" by Sophocles | |||||
| Synopsis: | Electricidad mourns the death of her father the leader of a Los Angeles crime gang. She persuades her brother Orestes to get revenge | |||||
Neighbours, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Luis Alfaro and Diane Rodriguez | |||||
| Synopsis: | A retelling of the Medieval Mystery play of the Shepherds placing it in modern times. But Satan is still abroad but luckily there is a young angel around to save the day | |||||
Oedipus El Rey |
| 1st Produced: | Magic Theatre, San Francisco | 2010 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | - |
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| Synopsis: | MacArthur Genius Grant winner Luis Alfaro adapts the mother of all tragedies and the ultimate story of forbidden love. Amid the sizzling rhythms of the LA barrio, a juvenile delinquent rises to be a king. . .but his passion for one woman will violate our most sacred law | |||||
Politicized Body |
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | 1 | Female | - |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A look at American consumption through the eyes of a person who must justify his body | |||||
Spirits Rising: A Dia De Los Muertos (A Day Of The Dead Celebration) |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Luis Alfaro and Diane Rodriguez | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Straight As A Line |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Paulie, a consumptive is travelling through America with his English mother as they search for family and forgiveness | |||||