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Drama Canadian

ALTAR and Urn

Two Plays by Santiago Guzman

by (author) Santiago Guzmán

Publisher
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
Initial publish date
Oct 2024
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781990738647
    Publish Date
    Oct 2024
    List Price
    $18.95

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Description

In ALTAR, Eugenio, a young Mexican immigrant living in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, experiences heartbreak when Benjamin, his new boyfriend, inexplicably "ghosts" him. Looking to the traditional Mexican holiday Dia de Muertos, Eugenio decides to build an altar in the hopes that he will be able to summon his boyfriend's "ghost" and gain the closure he so desperately desires.

In Urn, siblings Esteban and Mariana reconnect at their mother's funeral after years of being estranged. Guzman explores the concept of "home" from the perspective of two immigrants who have to deal with the consequences of what happens when the only person who has grounded them in their cultural identity is gone.

About the author

Santiago Guzman (he/they) is an award-winning playwright, dramaturge, performer, and director originally from Metepec, Mexico, now based in St. John's, NL. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of TODOS Productions, and Artistic Director for Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. Their work has been supported, developed and/or produced by theatre companies and festivals such as TODOS Productions (NL), Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company (NL), White Rooster Theatre (NL), Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland (NL), Poverty Cove Theatre Company (NL), Rising Tide Theatre (NL), Neighbourhood Dance Works (NL), Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Eastern Front Theatre (NS), PARC (pan-Atlantic), Ship's Company Theatre (NS), Theatre New Brunswick (NB), Boca Del Lupo (BC), Paprika Festival (ON), Stratford Festival (ON), Lemontree Creations (ON), Banff Playwrights Lab (AB) and the National Theatre School of Canada's Art Apart Program (QC). Santiago's work is very gay, very brown, and very real.

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Editorial Reviews

"There's a flood of human warmth and compassion in anything Tara Beagan creates." -NOW Magazine

"The Ministry of Grace is a force to be reckoned with--it will reach across the stage, grab your heart in its hands, and make off with it. See it happen. I dare you." -NEXUS

"Highly original...a layered, nuanced drama with comic touches." -Times-Colonist

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