plays

Rane Arroyo's plays have been well received and have been featured in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and other cities. They have been anthologized and published in such major magazines as Bellingham Review, Kenyon Review and Xavier Review. His plays have been showcased in many festivals including the New Works Festivals in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and New York City. He has completed a new work called Blood Never Rusts which was funded by the Greater Toledo Arts Council. He is currently working on the play manuscript Miss Lola Plans Her Funeral.

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Full-length Play Synopses
One Act & Short Synopses
Robot Ranger (Script)

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Published Plays

Bellingham Review (Fall 1994) p.79-87
"Spanish Moon" Full-Length.
Evergreen Chronicles (Spring 1995) p.76-88
"Bed But No Breakfast" Excerpt
Kenyon Review (Fall 1993) p.161-191
"Sex With the Man-in-the-Moon" One-Act
Puck! (Fall 1995) p.61-64
"Fade to White" Experimental play written with poets Glenn Sheldon and Diane Williams.
Tough Acts to Follow (Alamo Square Press, 1992) p.34-47
Anthology edited by Noreen C. Barnes and Nicholas Deutch.
"Buddha and the Seņorita."
Whirligig (Spring 2000)
"Honeymoon Rehearsals"
Xavier Review (1993, archived)
"The Amateur Virgin" One-act

Plays Performed by Theater Companies

Amateur Virgin
New Immigrants Theater Festival, Lower East Side Museum. December 1998
Rites and Reason Theater, Brown University. Spring 1993
Buddha and the Seņorita
New Perspective Theater, NYC. In the program "Love Bites". Feb. 14-24, 1996. Directed by Melody Brooks.
Pittsburgh's AIDS Task Force Benefit. Spring 1991
American Performing Arts New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, 1991
Emily Dickinson in Bandages
14th Annual New Plays Festival. Cleveland Public Theater. Jan. 13-4, 1996. Directed by Dale R. Van Niel
Baliwick's 6th Director's Festival: Chicago, IL. Oct. 2, 1994. Directed by Robin Chaplik.
A Family in Figleaves
New Works Theater, Washington D.C. Fall 1992
Honeymoon Rehearsals
First Stage Theater, Los Angeles. Fall 1993
House With Black Windows (Co-written with the poet Glenn Sheldon)
Two Different: Polaris North, NYC. July 21-23, 1996. Directed by William-Kevin Young
Quest 1996, YSU. April 17, 1996. Stage reading.
Lunch With Satan
Moving Arts Festival, Los Angeles. Summer 1994.
Outtakes from West Side Story II (One-man Show)
Oakland Center for the Arts, Youngstown, OH. Nov. 3-4, 1995
Prayers for a Go-Go Boy
Carousel Theatre Company, NYC. December 15-19, 1993. Directed by William-Kevin Young
Red House on Fire
Ohio Latino Arts Association 5th Annual Access and Equity Conference.
The University of Toledo, April 17, 1997. Opening Event. Directed by Eden Kelly.
Tiara Tango
Upstairs Theater. New Works Festival, Pittsburgh. Fall 1992
Love Creek Productions/Theater Row, NYC. Fall 1992.