Comedy / 3m, 3f / Areas La Gringa is about a young woman's search
for her identity. Maria Elena Garcia goes to visit her family in
Puerto Rico during the Christmas holidays and arrives with plans to
connect with her homeland. Although this is her first trip to
Puerto Rico, she has had an intense love for the island and even
majored in Puerto Rican Studies in college. Once Maria is in Puerto
Rico, she realizes that Puerto Rico does not welcome her with open
arms. The majority of the Puerto Ricans on the island consider her
an American - a gringa -- and Maria considers this a betrayal. If
she's a Puerto Rican in the United States and an American in Puerto
Rico - Maria concludes that she is nobody everywhere. Her uncle,
Manolo, spiritually teaches her that identity isn't based on
superficial and external definitions, but rather is an essence that
she has had all along in her heart. This play is published in a
bilingual edition, if you are applying for licensing rights please
state which version (English or Spanish) you wish to produce. "90
minutes of laughter...Carmen Rivera has captured the spirit of the
Puerto Rican experience."- D.J.R. Bruckner, The New York Times
"Carmen Rivera's deft playwriting delivers Maria from her
personality crisis with spiritual transcendence."- Ed Morales, The
Village Voice "Carmen Rivera has suceeded in giving voice to the
cultural search of Puerto Ricans raised in the Tower of Babel."-
Juan Mendez, El Diario - La Presa
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