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Plays

FULL-LENGTHS:
  1. LA GRINGA
  2. THE LOVES OF MY LIFE
  3. RIDING THE BEAR
  4. UNDER THE MANGO TREE
  5. THE NEXT STOP
  6. LA PRÓXIMA PARADA ( Spanish Translation of THE NEXT STOP)
  7. TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING
  8. GHOSTS IN BROOKLYN
  9. PALLADIUM (Co-written with Cándido Tirado)
  10. HOUSE OF SOULS (Co-written with Cándido Tirado)

BIOGRAPHICAL / HISTORICAL PLAYS:
  1. THE DOWNFALL OF RAFAEL TRUJILLO
  2. LA CAÍDA OF RAFAEL TRUJILLO (The Spanish Translation of THE DOWNFALL OF RAFAEL TRUJILLO by Bersaida Vega)
  3. CELIA: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CELIA CRUZ (Musical co-written with Cándido Tirado)
  4. LA LUPE: MY LIFE, MY DESTINY (Play with music)
  5. JULIA de BURGOS: CHILD OF WATER

ONE-ACTS:
  1. BETTY’S GARAGE
  2. LAW 136
  3. DELIA’S RACE
  4. CARAVAN OF DEATH
  5. THE NEXT CYCLE
  6. WATER WARS 
  7. A KISS UNDER THE MANGO TREE (monologue)
  8. X and Y STORIES (monologue)
  9. PLASTIC FLOWERS
  10. THE POWER OF WORDS
  11. A SONG IN THE HEART
  12. ameRICAN
  13. JULIA (60-minutes)
  14. THE UNIVERSE 
  15. A STATE OF BLISS
  16. ELENA
  17. this really happened in brooklyn
  18. THE PARK (24-Hour Play Festival)
  19. THE NURSE
  20. URASHIMA
  21. REBIRTH (One-Minute Play Festival)
  22. THE RING (One-Minute Play Festival)
  23. FAMILY VACATION (One-Minute Play Festival)
  24. FECAL MATTERS (One-Minute Play Festival)
  25. ANNIE AND ALVARO (Co-written with Cándido Tirado)
  26. THE BULLY SERIES: REPORTING IS NOT SNITCHING (Educational)
  27. THE BULLY SERIES: CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE (Educational)

TRANSLATIONS:
1. POWER - TV show, produced by STARZ -- Translator (into 
    Spanish/Spanglish) and Dialect Coach, 2013 to Present;
2. ACTS OF GOD (OBRA NEGRA) by Flavio Gonzalez Mello (into English) --         LARK / US MEXICO EXCHANGE, 2014;
3. MIA: ALL MINE by Amaranta Leyva Perez Gay (into English) -- LARK / US 
    MEXICO EXCHANGE, 2013;         
4. MEMORAMA by Mario Cantu Toscano (into English) --- LARK / US MEXICO
    EXCHANGE, 2011;
5. CELIA: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CELIA CRUZ by Carmen Rivera and       Candido Tirado (into English and Spanish) -- New World Stages, 2007;
6. THE NEXT STOP by Carmen Rivera (into Spanish / Spanglish) -- Repertorio       Espanol, 1998;
7. LA GRINGA by Carmen Rivera (co-translation with Rene Buch, into Spanish)     Repertorio Espanol, 1996.
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La Gringa :: Photo by Michael Palma
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La Gringa :: Photo by Michael Palma
PictureCelia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz

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