Zorro X 2
Play Description
Bernardo Solano updates the classic tale of Zorro to the 21st century, complete with immigrant laborers, a sadistic chief of security, and an ineffective computer geek who’s taken in by a homeless man who claims to be the original Zorro.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
“The new ZORRO is one of the most delightful plays you’ll see … Bernardo Solano’s witty reimagining of the Zorro story hardly touches the ground as it navigates the treacherous straits between camp and seriousness … Solano also excels at uninhibited, campy dialogue …” —Mark Arnest, The Gazette, Colorado Springs
“… [A] charmingly raw new ZORRO. TheatreWorks commissioned a fresh take on the swashbuckling, romantic Mexican superhero as a magnificent gift to a Southern Colorado audience where Latinos comprise the largest minority. He also hired an acclaimed Latino creative team, including playwright Bernardo Solano … this is no standard retelling of the unknown caped avenger who served as a modern precursor to everyone from Batman to Spiderman by defending the undefended and leaving behind his signature ‘Z’ as his calling card. Rather, Solano’s original script … bend[s] the theatrical form in ways both brilliant and bizarre.” —John Moore, Denver Post
Author(s)
Bernardo SolanoA graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Bernardo Solano is a recipient of the Fulbright and McKnight Fellowships as well as an AT&T OnStage and two Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest grants. Productions include LOS FAUSTINOS at the Cornerstone Theater; SCIENCE AND THE PRIMITIVES at Towne Street Theatre; EL GRECO, an opera (librettist), at Intar Theatre in NYC and broadcast by the National Public Radio; BUENAVISTA at Mixed Blood Theatre; FRONTERAS at Los Angeles Theatre Center; JUNGLE TOONS at Cucaracha Theatre (NYC); and SPEAK SPANISH FOR ME at the Yale Cabaret, Macalester College, and Buckness University. THE DEATH AND LIFE OF LUIS RODRIGUEZ, BUENAVISTA, and SCARLET MACAW have been presented at South Coast Repertory's Hispanic Playwrights' Project. ENTRIES premiered at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 9/1/2010 |
| Pages | 80 |
| ISBN | 9780881454390 |
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
Originally produced by TheatreWorks, Colorado Springs
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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