{"product_id":"9781559367288","title":"Boleros for the Disenchanted and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for José Rivera:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Even if you've never seen Puerto Rico or grown old, you sit there ruminating on love, sacrifice, and betrayal.\"—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eBoleros for the Disenchanted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Teasingly engrossing. . . . Vividly written. . . . An intriguing and evocative drama.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, on\u003ci\u003e Brainpeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Rivera's intimate play . . . uses historical fact as a frame to pose intriguing questions about what might have happened.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eSchool of the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree new works from José Rivera, a writer known for his lush language, open heart, and stylistic flirting with the surreal. \u003ci\u003eBoleros for the Disenchanted \u003c\/i\u003eis the moving story of the playwrights own parents: their sweet courtship in 1950s Puerto Rico, and then forty years later in more difficult times in America. With \u003ci\u003eBrainpeople\u003c\/i\u003e, Rivera explores the troubled minds of three women in a post-apocalyptic setting who feast on a freshly slaughtered tiger. In \u003ci\u003eSchool of the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e, he imagines Che Guevara's encounter—more passionate than political—with a young schoolteacher in Bolivia. Also included is his one-act penned in protest of California's Proposition 8, \u003ci\u003ePablo and Andrew at the Altar of Words\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosé Rivera\u003c\/b\u003e's works include the plays \u003ci\u003eReferences to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarisol\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCloud Tectonics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSueno\u003c\/i\u003e (an adaptation of \u003ci\u003eLife Is a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as the Oscar-nominated screenplay to \u003ci\u003eThe Motorcycle Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132893053168,"sku":"9781559367288","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559367288_p0.jpg?v=1763758242","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559367288","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}