Karen Zacarias - (Oberon Modern Playwrights) (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This first collection of plays from Zacarias, one of the most produced playwrights in America, contains <i>Native Gardens, The Book Club Play, <i> and <i>Destiny of Desires.<i><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This collection includes the plays <em>Native Gardens, The Book Club play</em> and <em>Destiny of Desires</em> <strong>The Book Club Play</strong> "Book Club is like Lord of the Flies with Wine and Dip" A hit comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary filmmaker and accept a provocative new member, their long-standing group dynamics take a hilarious turn. Sprinkled with wit, joy and novels galore. "A delightful, fresh comedy." Talkin' Broadway <strong>Destiny of Desires</strong> "An unapologetic and subversive Telenovela for the Stage" On a stormy night in Bellarica, Mexico, two baby girls are born -- one into a life of privilege and one into a life of poverty. When the newborns are swapped by a former beauty queen with an insatiable lust for power the stage is set for two outrageous misfortunes to grow into one remarkable destiny. "A writer of comedic skill" (Variety), Karen Zacarías infuses the Mexican telenovela genre with music, high drama and burning passion to make for a fast-paced modern comedy. "Terrifically entertaining theatrical roller-coaster "Destiny of Desire...is a zany, funny delight" - LA Times - Charles McNulty <strong>Native Gardens</strong> A hilarious hot-button comedy You can't choose your neighbors. In this brilliant new comedy, cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies. Pablo, a rising attorney, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, have just purchased a home next to Frank and Virginia, a well-established D.C. couple with a prize-worthy English garden. But an impending barbeque for Pablo's colleagues and a delicate disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out border dispute, exposing both couples' notions of race, taste, class and privilege. "Native Gardens is a true breath of comic fresh air. It's a biting, perceptive, and ultimately hopeful sendup to our fraught relationships with those around us - even right next door. Beyond snappy one-liners and garden hose fights, the play challenges audiences to look beyond petty differences and rediscover our shared decency." - DC Theatre Scene</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A delightful, fresh comedy." --<i>Talkin' Broadway</i> <p/>"Terrifically entertaining theatrical roller-coaster...a zany, funny delight." --<i>- LA Times</i> <p/>"A true breath of comic fresh air." --<i>- DC Theatre Scene</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Karen Zacarías </b>is one of the most produced playwrights in the America. She is one of the inaugural Resident Playwrights at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, and is a core founder of the LATINX THEATRE COMMONS. She is the founder of Young Playwrights' Theater, an award winning theater company that teaches playwriting in local public schools in Washington, DC. Her awards include: New Voices Award, 2010 Steinberg Citation-Best New Play, Paul Aneillo Award, National Francesca Primus Prize, New Voices Award, National Latino Play Award, Finalist Susan Blackburn, Helen Hayes for Outstanding New Play. Karen lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and three children.
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