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REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DAL MAKE ME HOT

AND OTHER PLAYS

For Adena and Teo

Art is the conversation between lovers.
Art offers an opening for the heart.
True art makes the divine silence in the soul
Break into applause.

Art is, at last, the knowledge of
Where we are standing
Where we are standing
In this Wonderland
When we rip off all our clothes...

HAFIZ

REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALMAKE ME HOT

This play is dedicated to my soldier-brothers:
Julio, Charlie, Tony and Hector

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Julia Edwards, Jo Bonney, John Ortiz, Camilia Sanes, Jeff Storer, Jessica Hecht, Jerry Patch, John Dias, Mervin P. Antonio, Zannie Voss, Michele Vazquez, Maricela Ochoa, Iona Brindle, Ruth Livier, Oscar Arguello, Rachel Malkenhorst, Wendy Johnson, Jesus Mendoza, Stefan Olmsted, Adam Rosenblatt, Dana Parker Bennison, Imoh Ime Essien, Adam Saunders, Joel McCauley Jr., Chris Schussler, Laura K. Lewis, Julio Monge, Tony Torn, Danyon Davis, Carlo Alban, Timothy Huang, Shirley Fishman, Richard Coca, Sol Castillo, Sue Karutz, John Iacovelli, Doc Ballard, Nephelie Andonyadis and Megan Monaghan

PRODUCTION HISTORY

References to Salvador Dal Make Me Hot was developed with the assistance of the Mark Taper Forum (Gordon Davidson, Artistic Director), the Ensemble Studio Theatre West (Garrett Brown, Artistic Director), The Joseph Papp Public Theater/ New York Shakespeare Festival (George C. Wolfe, Producer), the Relentless Theatre Company (Olivia Honegger, Artistic Director), Duke University, South Coast Repertory (David Emmes, Producing Artistic Director; Martin Benson, Artistic Director) and The Playwrights Center (Polly Carl, Exectutive Director).

References to Salvador Dal Make Me Hot received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory (David Emmes, Producing Artistic Director; Martin Benson, Artistic Director) in Costa Mesa, California, on January 28, 2000. Pacific Life Foundation was the Honorary Associate Producer. It was directed by Juliette Carrillo; scenic design was by Monica Raya, costume design was by Meg Neville, lighting design was by Geoff Korf, the composer and sound designer was Mitch Greenhill, the dramaturg was John Glore, the stage manager was Randall K. Lum and the production manager was Jeff Gifford. The cast was as follows:

MOON	Robert Montano
COYOTE	Victor Mack
CAT	Svetlana Efremova
GABRIELA	Ana Ortiz
MARTN	Wells Rosales
BENITO	Robert Montano

References to Salvador Dal Make Me Hot received its New York premiere at The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival (George C. Wolfe, Producer; Fran Reiter, Executive Director; Rosemarie Tichler, Artistic Producer) on April 11, 2001. It was directed by Jo Bonney; scenic design was by Neil Patel, costume design was by Clint E. B. Ramos, lighting design was by David Weiner, sound design was by Donald DiNicola and Obadiah Eaves, original music was by Carlos Valdez, the dramaturg was John Dias and the production stage manager was Mike Schleifer. The cast was as follows:

MOON	Michael Lombard
COYOTE	Kevin Jackson
CAT	Kristine Nielsen
GABRIELA	Rosie Perez
MARTN	Carlo Alban
BENITO	John Ortiz

CHARACTERS

MOON, the moon in the sky, Gabrielas friend.
COYOTE, a wild one.
CAT, a fat one, Gabrielas pet.
MARTN, a Latino of fourteen, Gabrielas neighbor.
GABRIELA, a Latina, twenty-seven, an army housewife.
BENITO, a Latino, twenty-nine, Gabrielas husband,
a soldier.

SETTING

TIME: Shortly after the first Persian Gulf War.
PLACE: Barstow, California.

PROLOGUE
Gabrielas backyard. Night.

ACT ONE
Gabrielas backyard. Night.

ACT TWO
Gabrielas kitchen. 7:00 A.M.

ACT THREE
Gabrielas bedroom. Night.

ACT FOUR
Gabrielas backyard. 7:00 A.M.

And Ill sleep at your feet,
to watch over your dreams.

FEDERICO GARCA LORCA
BLOOD WEDDING

PROLOGUE

Barstow, California. Night.

A cement-covered backyard. Cactus. Birds-of-paradise. Large spiny-edge aloe.

A wooden fence upstage. Beyond is the desert surrounded by low, barren mountains.

The Moon, standing on an old refrigerator, plays the violin: something lush and sentimental.

Lying on the ground, staring at the night sky, is Gabriela, a Latina of twenty-seven, wearing a T-shirt and tight cutoffs.

She talks to the Moon.

The Moon looks at her hungrily.

GABRIELA:

Before youre born, I wonder,
as you looked around
and took inventory of the womb...
did it look like this?
Did you see the moon and stars in there?
Did you see floating bits of fire in there?
Maybe you saw the food and air from your
mothers bloodstream
looking like constellations
against the deep, deep black
of your mothers night sky.
Like tonight.
Ay! I havent had a lovers eyes
to look into for months.
Ive been looking up
at the night sky instead...
watching the watchful moon.
Hey! What do you say, Moon?
Whats the good word tonight?
I know youyes, I do.
Ive known you a long time.
Ive felt your invisible fingers
tugging the liquids inside.
Ive seen you eclipsed and moody.
And now youre so old, dear Moon,
youve outlived all your friends but me.
But thats okay because someday
were going to shuffle off
to the gravetogether
wrinkled and slow:
two old companions
still in love,
still pinching each others butts...

(Gabriela falls asleep as lights go down on her.)

ACT ONE

Lights up on the backyard. Gabriela is gone.

A female Cat and a male Coyote regard each other warily. Coyote howls.

COYOTE:

You dont trust me.

CAT:

Youre transparent.

COYOTE:

You smell like soap.

CAT:

You smell like shit.

COYOTE:

Shits natural. Remember natural?

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