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Fronteras Americanas
Fronteras Americanas
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Author: Guillermo Verdecchia Publisher: Talonbooks (cover image may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 79 Pub. Date: 1997 ISBN-10: 0889223831 ISBN-13: 9780889223837 Cast Size: 1 woman or 1 man
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About the Play:
Winner of the 1993 Governor General's Award for Drama (Canadian
equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize).
Fronteras Americanas is a full-length comedic drama by
Guillermo Verdecchia. Fueled by equal parts outrage,
intelligence, and wit, this play re-creates one person's struggle to
find a home between the borders of Latin American and Canadian
cultures, including his experiences as an immigrant in a society in
which few people can even pronounce his name. Fronteras
Americanas is a brilliant and humourous examination of immigrant
identity and exposes the raw nerve of living with one's heart in
multiple places.
Fronteras Americanas, Spanish for ''American Borders,''
is about geography, identity formation, and the significance of home.
Searching for meaning as immigrants, the two main characters explore
and challenge our ideas of Latine stereotypes and cultural
influences, while providing a historical perspective and plenty of
laughs. This multi-character solo show works through bold
juxtapositions and satiric reference points: Simón Bolívar and
Speedy Gonzales; Columbus and Fodor's travel guides; Ricky Ricardo
and the Latin Lover; La Bamba and Placido Domingo; Carlos
Fuentes and American made-for-TV drug-wars movies. Fronteras
Americanas is the author's autobiographical journey of
self-exploration to rediscover his roots. Born in Argentina, his
family immigrated to Canada when he was only two years of age. He
grew up in Kitchener, Ontario and struggled with the notion of
displacement and identity as an Argentinean-Canadian.
Fronteras Americanas premiered in 1993 at Tarragon Theatre
in Toronto. Since then it has enjoyed subsequent productions and
revivals across Canada and in the US and
has been performed in college theatre productions as a showcase of
student talent.
Cast: 1 female or 1 male
What people say:
"Among the finest one-person
shows of the past decade." — Plays International
"A fast, furious and funny
examination of Latin images in popular North American culture."
— Globe & Mail
"By turns funny and profound
and often both at once." — Toronto Star
"A witty and intelligently
lively deconstruction of the Latin American experience." —
Books in Canada
"Outrageous, funny,
devastatingly witty." — CBC
About the Playwright:
Guillermo Verdecchia is a Canadian writer of drama,
fiction, and film, as well as a director and actor. He is the
recipient of a Governor-General's Award for Drama for his play
Fronteras Americanas and a four-time winner of the Chalmers
Canadian Play Award. His work has translated into Spanish and
Italian, produced in Europe, Australia, and the US, and is studied in
Latin America, Europe, and North America. As a director and actor he
has worked at theatres across Canada, from the Stratford Festival to
the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.
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