LORELEI

by Tlaloc Rivas

A new 'version' of Durrenmätt's THE VISIT - retaining most of it's psychosexual themes and reframing it in a dystopian small town in America.

Lorelei Cruz has return to the town where her parents were deported on the steps of a courthouse. Now a media-mogul, Lorelei offers Maypearl (the town) an offer of one billion dollars in exchange for the life of the man who wronged her and her family.

Note: LORELEI...

A new 'version' of Durrenmätt's THE VISIT - retaining most of it's psychosexual themes and reframing it in a dystopian small town in America.

Lorelei Cruz has return to the town where her parents were deported on the steps of a courthouse. Now a media-mogul, Lorelei offers Maypearl (the town) an offer of one billion dollars in exchange for the life of the man who wronged her and her family.

Note: LORELEI differs from MAYPEARL (which was crafted for a college ensemble). This play plays lives in a 'Dark Mirror' world and contains sexual themes and violence. Professional inquires only.

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LORELEI

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  • Playwrights Foundation: LORELEI by Tlaloc Rivas
    “

    The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends LORELEI as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of the writer's skill with absurdism. We're compelled by the play's promise, as it explores the eccentricities of what our society considers to be justice. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

    The community of national & local readers for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival enthusiastically recommends LORELEI as a Semi-Finalist this season at Playwrights Foundation out of 755 plays. We were deeply moved by the artistic merits of the writer's skill with absurdism. We're compelled by the play's promise, as it explores the eccentricities of what our society considers to be justice. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2021

    ”
CHARACTERS (in order of appearance w/doubling:)

(F1) ZOOEY, a young painter and dander | [any ethnicity] ---

(F2) SMITH, train station manager | also plays:
CECILIA, a former Texas State Justice [any ethnicity] ---

(M1) LESTER, Mayor of Maypearl [White or Latinx] ---

(F3) Ms. LORRAINE, Principal of Maypearl High School [White or Asian] ---

(M2) Rev. HUNT, a Baptist minister [any ethnicity, preferably Black] ---

(M3) BEAU WILLIAMS III, owner of Johnson’s General Store [White] ---

(F4) LORELEI CRUZ, billionairess and media-mogul [Latinx actor*]
[*Ethnicity may be modified with playwright’s permission] ---

(F5) SAM, a train conductor | also plays:
KRISSY, BEAU’s teenage daughter [White] ---

(F6) NO. 1, Lorelei’s personal assistant [Biracial] ---

(M4) SEVEN, Lorelei’s attractive seventh spouse | also plays:
JARED WILLIAMS, Beau’s teenage son [White] ---

(M5) Dep. VIC, a sheriff’s deputy [White or Latinx] ---

(M6) CLYDE, personal security for Lorelei | also plays:
WILLIE, a Maypearler, and JACKSON, a cameraman [any ethnicity] ---

(F7) BONNIE, personal security for Lorelei | also plays:
CHELSEA, a Maypearler, and JUSTINE, a reporter [any ethnicity] ---

(M7) HATFIELD, blind valet for Lorelei | also plays:
and GEORGE, a Maypearler [any ethnicity] ---

(F8) MCCOY, blind valet for Lorelei | also plays:
THORA, A Maypearler [any ethnicity] ---

(F9) BECKY JOHNSON-WILLIAMS, BEAU’s wife [White] ---

(F10) Dr. ROXANNE, town physician [White, Asian, or Latinx] ---

A CHOIR (student singers of Maypearl, puppets)

Awards

  • Semi-Finalist Play
    Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Semi-Finalist
    2021