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Marisol and Other Plays by Jose Rivera
Call Number: Print Books (PS3568.I8294 M37 1997 )
ISBN: 1559361360
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
Marisol, an apocalyptic urban fantasy which urges society to "wake up" and somehow find a way to recover the long-lost and much-needed compassion for our fellow man, as this is the only way to save our world.

Jose Rivera

Rivera, José. "On Artistry." American Theatre 28, no. 6 (Jul, 2011): 10-11.

Simons, Tad. "Jose Rivera: we all think magically in our sleep." American Theatre July-Aug. 1993: 46+.

Playwrights Voice by David Savran (Editor); Edward Albee (Contribution by); Jon R. Baitz (Contribution by); Holly D. Hughes (Contribution by); Tony Kushner (Contribution by); Jose Rivera (Contribution by); Ntozake Shange (Contribution by); Nicky Silver (Contribution by); Anna
Call Number: Print Books (PS352 .P575 1999 )
ISBN: 1559361638
Publication Date: 1999-04-01
This new volume of interviews with contemporary playwrights attests to the fact the dramatic art is alive and well in America and celebrates the art and talent of fifteen of the theatre's most important artists. In extensive interviews, they discuss their work, influences and their craft and how the art form relates to our cultural heritage, as well as the state of theatre-its-meaning and purposes as we approach the 21st Century. David Savran lays out their remarkable achievements and provides telling insights to their work in his substantial introductions to each interview. Interviews with: Edward Albee Jon Robin Baitz Philip Kan Gotanda Holly Hughes Tony Kushner Terrence McNally Suzan-Lori Parks José Rivera Ntozake Shange Nicky Silver Anna Deavere Smith Paula Vogel Wendy Wasserstein Mac Wellman and George C. Wolfe.

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American Decades Primary Sources (1900-1999)
Includes full or excerpted primary sources representing the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from each decade.

Creating the Self in the Contemporary American Theatre by Robert J. Andreach
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780809321780
Publication Date: 1998-06-25
See the chapter "On the eve of the millennium."
Labyrinth of Hybridities by Marc Maufort
Call Number: PS352 .M38 2010
ISBN: 9789052010335
Publication Date: 2010-08-06
See the chapter "Reconfigurations of Realism in Latina/o Theatre"
American Culture in The 1980s by Graham Thompson
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0748619100
Publication Date: 2007-03-13
This book looks beyond the common label of 'Ronald Reagan's America' to chart the complex intersection of cultures in the 1980s. In doing so it provides an insightful account of the major cultural forms of 1980s America - literature and drama; film and television; music and performance; art and photography - and influential texts and trends of the decade: from White Noiseto Wall Street, from Silicon Valley to MTV, and from Madonna to Cindy Sherman.

Marisol premiered in 1992 at the Actors Theater of Louisville.

Los Angeles Times
Includes reviews of the following productions:
1992, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
2002, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
London Times Digital Archive
Includes reviews of the following productions:
1998, Southwark Playhouse, London
LexisNexis Academic
Includes reviews of the following productions:
2014, Luna Stage, West Orange
1996, Eureka Theatre Company, San Francisco
1997, InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia
2008, New World Arts, Goshen
1998, Synchronicity Performance Group, Atlanta
2005, Pangaea Theatre Company, Denver
Los Angeles Times Historical Newspaper (1881-1992)
Includes reviews of the following productions:
1992, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
1992, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville
New York Times Historical Newspaper
Includes reviews of the following productions:
1993, Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York
New York Times (ProQuest)
Includes reviews of the following productions:
2014, Luna Stage, West Orange

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Westgate, J. Chris. "Toward a Rhetoric of Sociospatial Theatre: José Rivera's Marisol." Theatre Journal, vol. 59, no. 1, Mar. 2007, pp. 21-37.

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