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The House of Ramon Iglesia

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 5m

"It's a play about a bright, Americanized son's tortured efforts to break away from his immigrant parents, a break that can't be made until the assimilated hero learns to accept the ethnic heritage that he has spent his life trying to suppress."

The House of Ramon Iglesia

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 5m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Jose Rivera is the 1992 recipient of the Whiting Award for Drama

Details

Summary
This probing drama by a very talented new Hispanic playwright was a co winner of a very prestigious national playwrighting contest sponsored by CBS, and was produced successfully in NYC by the excellent Ensemble Studio Theatre.
History
The House of Ramon Iglesia premiered at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City in March of 1983 under the direction of Jack Gelber.
Cast Attributes
DOLORES IGLESIA
CAROLINE
JULIO IGLESIA
CHARLIE IGLESIA
RAMON IGLESIA
JAVIER IGLESIA
NICK CALLA
  • Time Period 1980s
  • Setting Holbrook, Long Island, NY
    February 1980
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

REVIEWS

"It's a play about a bright, Americanized son's tortured efforts to break away from his immigrant parents, a break that can't be made until the assimilated hero learns to accept the ethnic heritage that he has spent his life trying to suppress. The play's vigor derives from the firm delineation of the daily life of the Iglesias, who live in a dilapidated house bereft of a phone, water and a working furnace. In the hands of a less assured writer these squabbles could easily look like ridiculous Latin caricature. Here they become entirely credible articulations of the conflicts within a family that no longer shares a common tongue." - New York Times

"A fine ... sensitively written ethnic drama." - Other Stages

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

José Rivera

The first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Academy Award, for The Motorcycle Diaries, José Rivera is also the author of 26 full-length plays, including the Obie Award-winning Marisol and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, both produced at the Public Thea ...

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