Rane Arroyo/Full-length Plays

Anita Frank

A young Puerto Rican girl becomes convinced that she is the reincarnation of Anne Frank. Will history repeat itself when Anita's sister brings home a Neo-Nazi? This play dares to find brief joy in dark times. 3 Females 3 Males. Running Time: 100 minutes +

Blood Never Rusts: Voices From America's Secret Civil War

The improbable friendship between two factory workers is played against issues of race, sexual orientation and class. Leo is shocked when a hate crime reveals his own participation in stereotypes while his new friend Jorge's blood stains the city. This surreal drama offers an epic view of what happens when citizens reclaim their power. 1 Female 7 Males along with supporting characters. Running Time: 100 minutes. Prize: Arts Council of Greater Toledo Playwriting Grant.

A Family In Figleaves

Luz takes in laundry to care for her odd family. This wry commentary on the "kitchen-sink" drama also focuses on familial links that survive the outside pressures of race, money & history. 3 Females 3 Males. Running Time: 110 minutes. Published: Monologue, in Decade II: An Anniversary Anthology for The Americas Review. Last Production: New Works Theater, D.C.

Honeymoon Rehearsals

Based on a brief NY Times story, this play invents Alejandro who becomes a hustler to raise his wedding money for a future with his beloved Flora. Allergic to clichés, this magic realism comedy charts the paths toward self-worth and what happens after taking the first steps on a journey. 1 Females 2 Males. Running Time: 90-100 minutes. Published: Whirligig 2000, in entirety. Last Production: First Stage, Los Angeles.

Prayers For a Go-Go Boy

Blue, a go-go boy has been murdered as the play begins. One of the monologists murdered him. Each speaker claims different versions of the young man until contradictions must yield the murderer's identity. 1 Female 6 Males. Running Time: 100-110 minutes. Published: Scene Six in Poor Tom. Last Production: Carousel Theater Company, New York.

Spanish Moon

A dying artist, Patricio, finds comfort that his daughter falls in love with a stranger in their magical garden. With cameos of Spanish ghosts, the play confirms that one generation prepares the next generation's struggles. 1 Female 2 Males with a chorus representing Cervantes, Queen Isabella and Franco. Running Time: 100 minutes. Published: Bellingham Review.

Sky Crazy

Even as two young men try to deal and wheel in their poor neighborhood, two old women return to school hoping to become role models. This dark comedy is named after the hope that the sky will one day be filled with UFOs and that human history may soon stop being about individual, and often, secret pain. 2 Females, 3 Males with a supporting cast Running Time: 120 minutes.

Wet Dream With Cameo By Fidel Castro

The suicide of Ian's neighbor launches him towards his own identity as a Gay man who must escape a loveless marriage. When the ghost of the Cuban writer visits him, Ian has to decide on which world in which to exist. 1 Female 5 Males. Running Time: 90-100 minutes.