Marisol
by José Rivera

Name: Marisol
Brand: José Rivera
SKU: 9780822213741
Rating: 3.75 (583 reviews)

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Role(s) for Latine Actor(s) Expandable Casting Flexible Cast Size Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle) Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Awards & Recognition

Obie Award

Winner! 1993 Obie Award for Playwriting

Synopsis

THE STORY: Marisol Perez, a young Latino woman, is a copy editor for a Manhattan publisher.

Although she has elevated herself into the white collar class, she continues to live alone in the dangerous Bronx neighborhood of her childhood.

As the play

Themes PS3568.I8294 M37 1994

Press Reviews

"Rivera's play is angry, fearsome, fantastic, and poetically frenzied, without surrendering either its sanity or its mordant sense of humor…It’s a cry from the poet's heart.“ – Village Voice”Rivera’s cruelly slanted world view…is fascinating.“ – New York Post”The writing has the potential to tickle a bruised city audience awake with the dark absurdities of our current malaise."
— Newsday (NY)

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Actor 2 June, 2nd Voice	—	—	June, 2nd Voice
Actor 3 Angel	—	—	Angel
Actor 4 1st Voice, Woman with Furs, Homeless Person	female	—	1st Voice, Woman with Furs, Homeless Person
Actor 5 Subway Announcer, Man with Golf Club, 3rd Voice, Radio Voice, Man with Ice Cream, Lenny, Man with Scar Tissue	—	—	Subway Announcer, Man with Golf Club, 3rd Voice, Radio Voice, Man with Ice Cream, Lenny, Man with Scar Tissue
Actor 1 Marisol	—	—	Marisol