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I Wanna Fuck Like Romeo and Juliet
by Andrew Rincón
Highlights
120 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy
Synopsis
2024 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Drama!
Snow in July, comets falling from the sky… the world is thrown into chaos as Cupid (a Latine god) rips off her wings and gives up on love.
But her old flame Saint Valentine has a plan to bring her spirits back up, and it involves reigniting the flame between Alejandro and Benny, two queer folk who are going through a breakup.
Moving from the heavens to Hackensack, I Wanna Fuck like Romeo and Juliet is a love story of epic proportions that captures the many flavors of queer love.
Press Reviews
"Andrew Rincón puts together a story that is at once on the far-out fringes of reality, and at the same time resonates the truth about how people feel in their hearts and in their minds when love is at stake."
— Hi! Drama
"Genuine charm, wit, enjoyable characters, and often clever dialog that crosses easily between English and Spanish... Altogether, a real treat for romcom fans (and who isn't one?)."
— Talkin’ Broadway
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| CUPID God of love. Appears as a Latinx woman in her 20s-30s. Puts on a bitter, hard exterior. Incredibly heartbroken and tired. Fierce and ferocious. Speaks Spanish and English. |
| VALENTINE Patron saint of love. Male presenting. Appears as any ethnicity, slightly younger than Cupid. Joyous, a rascal – more of a trickster than a saint. Believer in love, completely and indefinitely. |
| THE POET God, or something like it. A voice. Also voices |
| ALEXA, SCRUFF VOICES and |
| REPORTER . |
| BENNY RANDLE mid-20s Black queer man. Avoids the difficult questions by putting on a façade of ridiculousness and fabulousness. Lover to Alejandro. Mortal. |
| ALEJANDRO DIAZ Mid-30s Latinx queer man. Runs from anything that can hurt him. Sedate and steady like water, and just as stubborn. Lover to Benny. Mortal. Speaks Spanish and English. |
| BETTI A woman of color (any ethnicity but white). A child of immigrants and a dental hygienist. In her 30s. Incredibly sad, incredibly eager. Looking for something new in her life. Mortal, with untapped potential for the Divine. |
Videos
Playwright Andrew Rincón: What is I Wanna Fuck Like Romeo and Juliet?
Publication
I Wanna Fuck Like Romeo and Juliet is a comedy play written by Andrew Rincón and published by Samuel French .
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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