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ROBERTO RAMOS-PEREA (1959 - ) |
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Nationality: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Roberto Ramos-Perea was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico in 1959. He is a playwright, actor, director, journalist, researcher and Theatre critic. He is one of the most active spokesmen for his generation of playwrights, and has worked as a reporter for El Reportero and El Mundo while contributing weekly columns for Puerto Rico Ilustrado. Currently, he is the Executive Director of the National Archives for the Puertorican Theater and Cinema of the Ateneo Puertorriqueno and the Director of the Conservatorio de Arte Dramatico. He has premiered more than 80 plays in Puerto Rico, the U.S.A., Japan, Spain, Brasil, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and the Dominican Republic. Several of his plays have been translated to japanese, English, check and portuguese. Roberto Ramos-Perea's work has been awarded numerous prizes including the Premio de Teatro Rene Marques del Ateneo Puertorriqueno in 1983 for Modulo 104 and in 1984 for Cueva de Ladrones. In addition he received the Premio Nacional de Teatro given by the PEN Club in 1987, and the Premio Nacional de Periodismo (premio Bolivar Pagan) (National Award for Journalism) in 1987 and 1992. In December of 1992 it was announced that Ramos-Perea was named winner of the highly esteemed Premio Tirso de Molina by the Instituto de Cooperacion IberoAmericana de Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores in Madrid, Spain for his play Mienteme mas (Lie to Me Some More). the play was published by the Instituto and was premiered in Cadiz. Ramos-Perea's Morir de Noche (To Die By Night) was also was among the final group of six plays which were considered for the award. the author's publications and/or productions include the following works: Revolucion en el Infierno (1982); Modulo 104 Revolucion en el Purgatorio (1983); Cueva de Ladrones-Revolucion en el Paraiso (1984); El sueno vicioso (1979); Ese punto de vista (1981); La Mueca de Pandora (1981); Los 200 No (1983); Crimen y Castigo (1984); Camandula (1985); Malasangre la nueva emigracion (1987); Golpe de Rejas (1987); Censurado (1987); Obsesion (1988); A puro bolero (1989); Yalta (1989); Llanto de Luna (1989); Las amantes pasan el ano nuevo solas (1990); Mistiblu (1991); Mienteme mas (1991); Melodia Salvaje (1992); Motel (1992); Morir de Noche (1992); Tuya Siempre, Julita (1992), Callando Amores (1994), El Narcicista (1995), Besos de Fuego (1996), Vida de un poeta romantico (1996), Quimera (1998), Miles: la otra historia del 98 (1998) Avatar (1999), Las chicas del Beauty (2000), Don Juan Tenorio: Drama latinoAmericano (2003), Fausto Rave (2002), Inferno (2005), Despues de la Muerte (2004), La vida en Marte (2007), and many adaptations and short plays. In addition to the works mentioned above, Ramos-Perea has written screenplays that have been produced like Callando Amores (1996), Revolucion en el Inferno (2003) an Despues de la Muerte (2005), books of short stories, Sangre de nino (1976) and El Mensaje del extrano (1986), and a book of essays, Perspectiva de la Nueva Dramaturgia Puertorriqueno (1989) and Teatro Puertorriqueno contemporaneo (1983-2003). He also has written the books Historia General del Teatro en Puerto Rico, and Diccionario de la literature dranmatica Puetorriquena del Siglo XIX.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Roberto Ramos-Perea
Avatar: the unknown life of Yeshua from Nazareth | ||
| 1st Produced: | Teatro del Ateneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Teatro el angel | |||||
| 1st Published: | Ediciones Gallo Galante, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69376 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on what happens in the unknown years of the life of Jesus, his travels to India, and the possibility that he did not die on the cross. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bad Blood--Malasangre | ||
| 1st Produced: | 47th Street Theatre, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #65208 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea | |||||
Synopsis: | In "Bad Blood"Malasangre, Ramos Perea examines the relationship of a young Puerto Rican couple, both professionals, who face the dilemma of her accepting a dream job in El Paso, Texas, or letting their marriage collapse | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Badblod/Malasangre | ||
| 1st Produced: | Puertorican Traveling Theater, 47th Street Theatre, NY | 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Ediciones Gallo Galante, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69372 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea. Translated and published into English | |||||
Synopsis: | In Malasangre, Ramos Perea examines the relationship of a young Puerto Rican couple, both professionals, who face the dilemma of her accepting a dream job in El Paso, Texas, or letting their marriage collapse. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Besos de fuego | ||
| 1st Produced: | Teatro del Ateneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Teatro El Angel | |||||
| 1st Published: | Editorial LEA, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69374 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea. Also presented in Minas Gerais, Brasil. Translated to Portuguese. Translated into English, Chech and Portuguese. | |||||
Synopsis: | A University professor is looking for the author of some pornographic plays written and presented in San Juan in the 1930's. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Despues de la muerte | ||
| 1st Produced: | Teatro del Ateneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Gaspard de la Nuit | |||||
| 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 | #69371 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea | |||||
Synopsis: | A sadistic Bishop kills prostitutes for fun. One of them, look for escape, with the help of some of those women who are already dead. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gibran, la ordalia del profeta | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ateneo, San Juan | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Teatro Sol y Luna | |||||
| 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 | #69375 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea. Translated and published into English | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the life of Gibran Khalil Gibran. and his struggle to find internal peace. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Inferno | ||
| 1st Produced: | Teatro del Ateneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Gaspard de la Nuit | |||||
| 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 | #69370 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea | |||||
Synopsis: | As the first part of The Divine Comedy by Dante, this play takes the travel of a modern puertorican poet to the hell of the puertorican contemporary society in search of the absolute forgetting of the woman he loved. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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La vida en Marte y otras crueles realidades | ||
| 1st Produced: | Teatro del Ateneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Producciones en Boca | |||||
| 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 | #69369 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea | |||||
Synopsis: | A drama based on the life and struggle of Percival Lowell, the astronomer who claims that there is Life on Mars and the first Pluto researcher. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mienteme Mas | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fines Arts Center, San Juan | 1993 | ||||
Company: | Teatro El Cemi | |||||
| 1st Published: | Ediciones Gallo Galante, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69380 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea. Translated into English. Winner of the Premio Tirso de Molina Award in Spain, in 1992. | |||||
Synopsis: | The puertorrican side of the story about how the prototype of the contraceptive pill was tested in the puertorrican women. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Morir de noche | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sala Trianon, Habana, Cuba | 1995 | ||||
Company: | Teatro El Publico | |||||
| 1st Published: | Ediciones Gallo Galante, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69378 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea. Translated into English. Produced in San Juan and in Mexico. | |||||
Synopsis: | Emile Zola and Vincent Van Gogh try to find the meaning of being and artist. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Nosotras lo hacemos major / We women do it better | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fine Artes Center San Juan | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Thalia Spanish Theater, Green Point Avenue, Sunnyside New York | |||||
| 1st Published: | Ediciones Gallo Galante, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69373 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | monolgue Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea. Translated And published into English. Produced in Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Dominican Republic. | |||||
Synopsis: | Teresa Allyson Perez is telling all what she knows about how women do all things better than men. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Quimera | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fines Arts Center, San Juan | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Teatro El cemi | |||||
| 1st Published: | Editorial LEA, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69377 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea. Translated and published into english | |||||
Synopsis: | A theater company is caught in the m iddle of the Spanish American War in Puerto Rico. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tuya siempre, Julita / Forever Yours, Julita | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fines Arts Center, San Juan | 1993 | ||||
Company: | Teatro El Cemi | |||||
| 1st Published: | Ediciones Gallo Galante, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69379 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 2 extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Roberto Ramos-Perea. Translated into English. Produced in Venezuela | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the lives and loves between Julia de Burgos and Luis Llorens Torres, two puertorican poets on the first part of the 20 century. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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