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Bethlehem

  • Octavio Solis
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 2M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9780573698224

Lee, accompanied by his photographer girlfriend Dru, arrives in El Paso to interview Mateo, (a convicted murderer recently released), over a period of…

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Strong Language, Intense Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 2003 National Latino Playwriting Award
A dark work about self-knowledge and the nature of evil, where the devil lives in a godless world. Lee, accompanied by his photographer girlfriend Dru, arrives in El Paso to interview Mateo, (a convicted murderer recently released), over a period of a few days.

During the intense interview process, Lee so empathizes with his subject's life in the past that he merges his own past with it in order to reenact it. The bloody conclusion draws upon the dangers of defining the nature of evil.
REVIEWS:

"What starts very slowly... builds to an effective and chilling climax, with Solis pulling out every stop in a terrific, contrapuntal quartet of memories and murder."

 San Antonio Current

Premiere Production: Bethlehem was first produced by Campo Santo + Intersection in San Franhcisco, CA in July 2003 under the direction of Octavio Solis.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Latino Actor(s)
  • Casting Notes: SHANNON and SONIA are played by the same actress. The part of the MEDICAL EXAMINER can be played by DRU or a disembodied recorded voice. BARRY's voice should be recorded using the voice of the actor playing MATEO.

  • LEE ROSENBLUM (LEANDRO GUERRA)
    MATEO BUENAVENTURA
    MRS. BUENAVENTURA
    MRS. MIRANDA DEWEY
    DRU
    SHANNON TRIMBLE
    SONIA
    MEDICAL EXAMINER
    BARRY'S VOICE

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    A dark work about self-knowledge and the nature of evil, where the devil lives in a godless world. Lee, accompanied by his photographer girlfriend Dru, arrives in El Paso to interview Mateo, (a convicted murderer recently released), over a period of a few days. During the intense interview process, Lee so empathizes with his subject's life in the past that he merges his own past with it in order to reenact it. The bloody conclusion draws upon the dangers of defining the nature of evil.

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