Edwin Sanchez (playwright)

Edwin Sanchez
Born1955 (age 69–70)
OccupationPlaywright, novelist, educator
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University

Edwin Sanchez (born 1955) is a Puerto Rican-born playwright, novelist, and educator, based in New York City for many years.[1][2][3]

He is known for plays, including Diosa (2003), Unmerciful Good Fortune (1996), Clean (1995), and Trafficking in Broken Hearts (1993).[4][2][5] He is also the author of the novel Diary of a Puerto Rican Demigod (2015).[6]

A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he teaches playwriting at Wesleyan University.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Santana, Analola (2022). "Edwin Sánchez". Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre. Routledge. pp. 211–214. doi:10.4324/9781003203896-44. ISBN 9781003203896.
  2. ^ a b c Pixler, Joe (February 8, 1996). "'Unmerciful Good Fortune' Lifts Playwright's Profile". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Edwin Sanchez". Wesleyan University. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Koland, Trent J. (April 29, 2003). "Reviving Rita". The Advocate. No. 64. ProQuest 215732543. Retrieved December 14, 2024 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Ortiz, Ricardo L. (March 2000). "Clean / The Last Angry Brown Hat". Theatre Journal. Vol. 52, no. 1. Baltimore. pp. 109, 110A. ProQuest 216062081. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Reyes, Israel (Summer 2019). "Decolonizing Queer Camp in Edwin Sánchez's Diary of a Puerto Rican Demigod". College Literature. 46 (3): 517–541. doi:10.1353/lit.2019.0025. ProQuest 2267374495 – via ProQuest.