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Santos & Santos

  • Octavio Solis
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1980s
  • 8M, 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573705748

A crime saga about the Santos Family Law Practice in El Paso of the 1980's, loosely based on the Chagra brothers' killing of Judge John Wood.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1980s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Gun Shots, Strong Language, Intense Adult Themes, Drugs

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
A crime saga about the Santos Family Law Practice in El Paso of the 1980's, loosely based on the Chagra brothers' killing of Judge John Wood.

Drugs, gambling, and trafficking fuel the law office of Santos & Santos, and the brothers are quick to incorporate the younger brother after the death of their father. He questions his relationship his relationship to his heritage as he sees his brothers so eagerly trying to live the life of the "American." When one of the brothers is tried for murder, Tomas leads an elaborate plot to assassinate the presiding judge in the trial.
REVIEWS:

"Exhilarating and provocative, Octavio Soli's Santos & Santos merits a serious look by regional and Off-Broadway stages. An ambitious, wickedly funny melodrama... Santos is epic in both plot and its tart, free-swinging perspective."

 Variety

"Shifting between hard-core pulp fiction and high-minded symbolism... Santos & Santos is a curious but compelling stage piece."

 Chicago Tribune

Premiere Production: Santos & Santos premiered in a production by Thick Description Theatre Company in San Francisco, CA in December 1993 under the direction of Tony Kelly.

Characters

  • Casting: 8M, 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Latino Actor(s)

  • TOMAS
    MIKE - One of the Santos Brothers attorneys in El Paso, Tomas' brother
    FERNIE - One of the Santos Brothers attorneys in El Paso, Tomas's brother
    VICKY - Fernie's wife
    NENA - Mike's wife
    DON MIGUEL - Family patriarch, a ghost
    CAMACHO - Biker associate of the family
    PAMELA - Secretary for Santos & Santos
    JUDGE BENTON - Federal District Court Judge of San Antonio
    GONZALEZ - US Attorney
    CASPER T. WILLIS - Professional hitman and birder
    PEGGY TOMLINSON - Casper's wife and partner
    FELICIA LEE TOMLINSON - Peggy's daughter

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    A crime saga about the Santos Family Law Practice in El Paso of the 1980's, loosely based on the Chagra brothers' killing of Judge John Wood.

    Drugs, gambling, and trafficking fuel the law office of Santos & Santos, and the brothers are quick to incorporate the younger brother after the death of their father. He questions his relationship his relationship to his heritage as he sees his brothers so eagerly trying to live the life of the "American." When one of the brothers is tried for murder, Tomas leads an elaborate plot to assassinate the presiding judge in the trial.

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