River Bride, The
- Full Length Play, Drama
- 3M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573708961
Three days before a wedding, a handsome and mysterious man is fished from the Amazon River. Set once upon a time in a small Brazilian fishing village, The River Bride is a tale of true love, regret and two sisters who struggle to be true to each other and their hearts.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 90 minutes
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! National Latino Playwriting Award (Arizona Theatre Company - 2013)
Runner Up! KCACTF Latinidad Playwriting Award (The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival - 2016)
Brazilian folklore and lyric storytelling blend into a heartrending tale of true love, regret, transformation, and the struggle to stay true to your family while staying true to yourself.
REVIEWS:
"An incredibly original and affecting night at the theater… nuanced and well-crafted, and peppered with poetic lyricism."
Houston Press
"A haunting and beautifully constructed theatrical experience... A work of striking originality… Orta has a wonderful ear for dialogue, and paints complex characters that we care about, and has come up with a modern fable set deep in the heart of the Amazon."
The Siskiyou Daily News
"A bittersweet dream of love… It’s a simple tale, well told, that invites the viewer to ponder the mysteries of romance. Are there such things as true love, as soulmates, as fate? And where does human choice fit into the equation?"
AZ Central
"A story of folklore, love, resentment and regret... as delightfully entertaining as it fascinating."
Latin Life Denver
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 3F
- Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Latino Actor(s)
- Casting Notes: Ages of characters should not be strictly adhered to when casting roles. Feel free to cast older actors who embody the sense of youth needed for each role.
BELMIRA - 16, beautiful, frivolous and a bit vain, but charming and adored by the entire village. She is the bride-to-be and has an appetite for adventure.
MOISES - 20-25, charming, handsome and mysterious. Earnest and sympathetic, he's been searching for love for a long time. Wears a bandage over his forehead, which he never removes. Dressed like a man of property.
DUARTE - 20-25, a good man from a respected family. He is the groom-to-be.
SR. COSTA - Late 40s, Belmira and Helena's father. A fisherman.
SRA. COSTA - Late 40s, Belmira and Helena's mother.
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Once upon a time, in a fishing village along the Amazon, there lived two sisters struggling to find their "happily ever after". Helena is dreading her sister Belmira's wedding. The groom, Duarte, should have been hers. And she knows that her sister only wants to escape their sleepy Brazilian town for an exciting new life in the city. But three days before the wedding, fisherman pull a mysterious stranger out of the river - a man with no past who offers both sisters an alluring, possibly dangerous future. |
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