Edwin Sanchez: The Short Plays

by Edwin Sanchez

This collection includes 15 short and very short plays. BEA AND Bea does not want her beloved, May, to marry Jerry, but Jerry's rich, and May has a plan. Lou's ex, Celeste, shows up at his wedding. Three people sit in a waiting room waiting for the bell to go ding! ERNESTO THE Tonight Ernesto the Failure will become Ernesto the Magnificent. ETHAN’S GOT Ethan's going to be a millionaire by the time's he twenty-one. Hijo is leaving his family to pursue being an actor in New York. Danny's rough trade, Jimmy, might be more than he bargained for. JODY’S Jody has made a terrible mistake, and Jody's mother is paying for it. LILI Lili Marlene knows what's wrong with this country, the lack of glamour. Tomas's father was a busboy at Windows on the World. SILENCE 1: Robin is not speaking to Sandy, and it's driving Robin crazy. SILENCE 2: Sandy's not speaking to Robin, and Robin makes a meal out of it. Ernest can't wipe the smile off his face. SPEED DATING FOR THE LATINO A group of actors rediscover hope in their chosen profession. THE This substitute teacher has had enough, and he's going to make sure his students think twice about ever bullying anyone again.

Here are a few things that reviewers have said about some of Edwin Sánchez's other

On
"Sánchez's lyrical, often soaring portrait of dreamers is one of the sweetest, most affirming plays … " —Mark de la Viña, San Jose Mercury News

On THE
"Sánchez's excellent, compelling drama … the heart-rending text …" —Robert Kent, Next Magazine

On UNMERCIFUL GOOD
"Since graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1994, Edwin Sánchez has won more fellowships and foundation grants than most playwrights receive in a lifetime. Go see UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE and you will understand why. The drama's premise is intriguing, and the action often riveting, but what really sets the play apart is the dialogue." —Virginia Gerst, Pioneer Press

Genres: Plays

90 pages, Paperback

Published April 21, 2022