Mi Corazon
Soon to be published in Palabras del Cielo anthology of Latinx plays (Dramatic Publishing); Reading, Seattle Children's Theatre, 2020; Finalist for the Anna Zornio Children's Theatre Playwriting Award, 2017; Developmental reading, Missoula Colony, 2010; Reading, University of Idaho, 2010; excerpted in Scenes from a Diverse World, International Center for Women Playwrights, 2013. AVAILABLE FOR WORLD PREMIERE.
Teenager Gabriella is dying of a congenital heart defect and is on the waiting list for a transplant when her best friend, Skye, has a premonition that she will die so that Gabriella can have her heart. A play suitable for all ages as well as for a school tour to middle schools and high schools, MI CORAZON explores how it feels to lose the people we love and the things we do to try to save them. Play style is spare, non-realistic, magical. Approx. one hour.
Cast: 4 F, 1 M.
Photo by Jim R. Bounds, AP