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Earthquake Chica
Play Description
In present day Los Angeles, Esmeralda, feisty with a capital “F” and frustrated, desperately wants out of her secretarial job. The escape act begins when Sam, a shy, literary accountant, asks her out. Amidst the poetry of Latin American and Spanish romantics and, well, mathematical equations, a comedic “marriage of the minds” ensues catapulting them out of their work-a-day lives and into an unforgettable lesson in how to love.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
“García-Romero’s witty, fast-paced play does give the (mismatched lovers) situation a new twist, focusing on two very individual and well-drawn characters in a particular cultural stratum that American theater hasn’t handled often or well.” —James Reel, Tucson Weekly
“García-Romero has a writing style that comfortably contains the literary spirit of Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and others … The conversations in this two-person play flow back and forth in gentle shapes. Even when there is much shouting, the words never feel jagged or abrupt. Like boxers they thrust and parry, shifting from offense to defense and back again, hoping to find an advantage.” —Chuck Graham, Tucson Citizen
“… García-Romero’s voice is a vibrant one that has a love of language and storytelling … there are some wonderful verbal images in this play — one, a blue bucket by a bed to catch tears, is particularly poignant. And García-Romero has an ear for rhythmic dialogue.” —Kathleen Allen, Arizona Daily Star
Author(s)
Anne García-RomeroAnne García-Romero's plays include EARTHQUAKE CHICA, DESERT LONGING, JUANITA'S STATUE, MARY DOMINGO, MARY PEABODY IN CUBA, NO MORE MAIDS, PROVENANCE, and SANTA CONCEPCIÓN. Her plays have been developed and produced most notably at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater, The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, The Goodman Theatre, Summer Play Festival (Off-Broadway), The Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, Borderlands Theater, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Repertorio Español, the Kitchen Theatre, the Orchard Project, the New Harmony Project and South Coast Repertory. She has also written for Peninsula Films, Elysian Films and Disney Creative Entertainment. She's been a Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis as well as a MacDowell Colony fellow. She has received commissions from the Denver Center Theatre Company, the NYSF/Public Theatre, South Coast Repertory and The Mark Taper Forum. She's an Associate Professor in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. She's an alumna of New Dramatists and the Goodman Theatre Playwrights Unit. She's currently a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. www.annegarciaromero.com
Special Notes
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World premiere at Borderlands Theater
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
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