"Even if you've never seen Puerto Rico or grown old, you sit there ruminating on love, sacrifice, and betrayal."— , on "Teasingly engrossing. . . . Vividly written. . . . An intriguing and evocative drama."— "Mr. Rivera's intimate play . . . uses historical fact as a frame to pose intriguing questions about what might have happened."— Three new works from José Rivera, a writer known for his lush language, open heart, and stylistic flirting with the surreal. is the moving story of the playwrights own parents: their sweet courtship in 1950s Puerto Rico, and then forty years later in more difficult times in America. With , Rivera explores the troubled minds of three women in a post-apocalyptic setting who feast on a freshly slaughtered tiger. In , he imagines Che Guevara's encounter—more passionate than political—with a young schoolteacher in Bolivia. Also included is his one-act penned in protest of California's Proposition 8, . 's works include the plays , , and (an adaptation of ), as well as the Oscar-nominated screenplay to