Biography on milcha sanchez scott dog lady

  • Egged on by a dogged

    • THE STORIES: In Dog Lady, the setting is a barrio street in Los Angeles, where a young Hispanic woman is in training for a marathon sponsored by a local church. Egged on by a dogged suitor, she is unable to achieve her best until the local curandera, or faith healer, a loony old woman who lives amid a horde of dogs, endows her with magic powers—which enable her to run swiftly on all fours and easily out distance her fellow competitors. (2 men, 5 women.)

    The Cuban Swimmer deals with another instance in which Hispanic-Americans use athletic skills to propel themselves into the mainstream of middle-class life. Here the action involves a young woman endurance swimmer who races from San Pedro to Catalina Island while her family follows her in a leaky boat. As they bicker and exhort her, she begins to weary and stray off course—until a spiritual and magical intervention reinvigorates her and she resolves to "dive into the Milky Way and wash my hands in the stars." (2 men, 3 women.)

    Successfully produced in both New York and London, these two colorful and highly imaginative plays marked the debut of one of our theatre’s most exciting and resourceful writers. Dealing with two aspects of the spirit of Santeria—a lively synthesis of European and African elements peculiar to Cuban culture, the plays are both fabulist in nature and filled with a sense of ritual and lyricism.

    “…imaginative and inspiring one-act plays.” —New York Post.

    “…both playlets reveal a humorous insight into Hispanic family life which is colorful, devout and histrionic.” —Time Out London.

    “Though both plays are family dramas, and ethnic ones to boot, Sanchez-Scott’s deft infusion of magical realism raises them high above the kitchen sink.” —Village Voice.

  • In DOG LADY, the setting is

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    "I don't see theatre as an entertainment form as much as I see it as a ritualistic form. We can learn by stories and rituals. They move people! I think the theatre should impassion peopletheatre's strength really is that it's personal: people are there, people are alive on stage. With those kinds of strengths it, hopefully, will impassion and empower people."

    Born in Bali, Indonesia to a Colombian-Mexican father and a Dutch Indonesian-Chinese mother. Her father was an agronomist for the UN, so she was educated in Europe before spending time in Colombia and Mexico before moving to La Jolla, California permanently at age fourteen. Her eight years in Europe affected her and made her appreciate her latin heritage. She graduated from the University of San Diego where she earned a degree in literature, philosophy, and theater. After earning her degree, she began working with comedians and writing jokes while also working at an employment agency for maids in Beverly Hills. At this job, she began collecting stories of immigrant women applying for work which inspired her to write her first play, Latina. After her first play premiered in Los Angeles, CA in , she became a member of INTAR Theater’s Hispanic Playwrights-in-Residence Laboratory where she studied under María Irene Fornés from to where she developed various scripts. Sanchez-Scott currently resides in Texas, having taught at various universities while developing future work. She holds a First Level Award for American playwrights from the Rockefeller Foundation for and also won a Vesta Award, Le Compte de Noüy Foundation Award and seven Drama-Logue awards.

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    “The term ‘Hispanic,’ to me, encompasses everybody that has a history, a background with the Spanish LanguageAs for what I feel, I feel I'm an American writer who has been influenced by the pl

    Dog Lady and The Cuban Swimmer.

    May 8,
    How many times have we let our mind take over our actions and important decisions to make in life? Every day isn't it? From something very simple as thinking that we are not capable of going through a complicated situation to something more complex as making a dream come true. We know the power that our brain has over our lives but sometimes we don't stop to think about it and let its power govern our activities.
    This story narrates what a nineteen-year-old swimmer and her family had to go through in order to win a long distance race from San Pedro to Santa Catalina Island in the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean. Margarita, the swimmer, was always supported by her dad and coach, Eduardo. Her brother, Simon and her mom and grandmother, Aida and Cecilia, make appearance in the story too. In my opinion, the characters that have an important role are Margarita's dad and Margarita along with the press. This is a very good story that makes us think about how sometimes we need to force our mind into positive thoughts to accomplish our goals. Throughout the whole story Margarita's father was always trying to keep her focus to overcome the tiredness of her body for being swimming a long distance. In contrast the other family members and the press were being negative and tried to put her down even before trying. Aida, Simon and Cecilia were constantly asking Eduardo to stop Margarita and take her out of the race, but Eduardo never listened to them. The press even said she was not going to make it and called her "amateur". To me this is the important role of the press, even though they only appear twice in the story, their comments gave courage to Margarita and made her stronger than she was before. Towards the end of the story something happened that caught up my attention. Margarita lost her concentration after listening to an argument between her family and (apparently) started to surrender. Nobody knew what happened to her and the

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    The daughter of a Colombian father and an Indonesian mother, Milcha Sanchez-Scott was born on the island of Bali in She was educated in England until her early teens, when her family emigrated to California. A graduate of the University of San Diego, Sanchez-Scott lives in Los Angeles. Her first play, LATINA, premiered by L.A. Theatre Works in , won seven Drama-Logue awards. DOG LADY and THE CUBAN SWIMMER, a pair of one-acts written in , were produced in by INTAR in New York, and selected for TCGs Plays in Process series. DOG LADY was subsequently published in Best Plays of  Other works include CITY OF ANGELS, a trio of one-acts; EVENING STAR, produced by New Yorks Theatre for a New Audience; and ROOSTERS, produced in New York by INTAR and the New York Shakespeare Festival. Sanchez-Scott has received the Vesta Award, given each year to a West Coast woman artist, and the Le Compte du Nuoy Foundation Award, which goes to a young writer with a unique voice. She also holds a First Level Award for American playwrights from the Rockefeller Foundation for

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