The Merit System

Edwin Sรกnchez
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Description

Ray Rivers is a young Puerto Rican man on the way up. Everything is going great for him except he doesnโ€™t believe he deserves it. Struggling with the cost of assimilation, he walks a tightrope both at the factory, where he has been recently promoted to management, and with his fiancรฉe. When a recently divorced Cuca joins the assembly line, with the sole purpose of making enough money to return to her beloved Puerto Rico, an unexpected friendship between Ray and Cuca develops and finally allows him to accept the part of himself that he’s long denied.

Production Info

Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
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About the Author

Author

  • Edwin Sรกnchez

    Winner of the National Latino Playwriting Award for LA BELLA FAMILIA, recent productions include UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE and TRAFFICKING IN BROKEN HEARTS, both in Los Angeles as well as the world premiere of the romantic comedy I'LL TAKE ROMANCE at the Evolution Theatre in Ohio. Other productions include: DIOSA, produced by Hartford Stage after a successful workshop by New York Stage and Film, TRAFFICKING IN BROKEN HEARTS at the Bank Street Theater in New York, UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE at the Intar Theater in New York, for which he received the Princess Grace Playwriting Award in 1994, and BAREFOOT BOY WITH SHOES On at Primary Stages in New York. This play was selected by the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference to represent the National Playwrights Conference at the Schelykovo Playwrights Seminar in Russia; ICARUS produced by Fourth Unity, Actors Theater of Louisville as part of their Humana Festival, San Jose Rep and regionally throughout the U.S.; and TRAFFICKING IN BROKEN HEARTS, Atlantic Theater in New York, and productions in Brazil and Switzerland. He was also among the playwrights involved with Brave New World, an organization commemorating the events surrounding September 11th. Edwin is on the playwriting faculty at Wesleyan University.

About the Book

Book Information

Publisher BPPI
Publication Date 1/19/2017
Pages 52
ISBN 9780881456691

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Productions

Upcoming and Recent Productions

Professional

10/29/2021 โ€“ 11/13/2021
Teatro Hispano De Dallas
Dallas, TX