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Jonathan Ceniceroz

JONATHAN CENICEROZ

  
Nationality:    USA / Latino
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Jonathan Ceniceroz is an American playwright and screenwriter whose work has been produced and developed by leading regional Theaters throughout the United States. He is a native of Los Angeles, California and earned advanced degrees in writing from UCLa and Brown University. Ceniceroz's work often investigates the intersection of spiritual faith and the pragmatic needs of human desire. In addition, he explores the evolving definition of racial and sexual identity in the U.S. quite often in blunt and satiric terms. His writing provokes discussion and debate and is noted for its intrinsic honesty and high artistic quality. His most well known works in Theater are the plays, "Lupe, Now!" "the Drowning of Natalie Wood," "BIG BRO/lil bro" and "Hole in the Boy." In film he co-authored the international teen horror film, Kill Me Tomorrow and is the writer of Mousy Brown and Der Fisch. He lives in Los Angeles.

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below is a list of Jonathan Ceniceroz's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Big Bro / Lil Bro         Blessing Of the Animal, The         Blind Woman From Veracruz, The         Burning Palms         Cruise, The         Drowning Of Natalie Wood         El Secreto Pesaroso De Condeleezza Rice ("the Sorry Secret Of Condoleezza Rice")         Even the Rich Will Suffer         Fin Finale         Hole In the Boy         Lupe, Now!         Rise Up!         Strange Brew

Big Bro / Lil Bro

Synopsis:
Contemporary suburban Los Angeles, Ca: Carlos aguirre, an aging pretty boy from Montebello, leaves his elderly Caucasian lover for a younger man who is even more steely and narcissistic than himself. However, when the new relationship falters over money troubles and role play, the younger couple is lured toward desperate and lethal measures. . .

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1st Produced:
Coa Blackbox @ The Alexandria, Los Angeles, California     2009

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Genre:
Drama / comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Blessing Of the Animal, The

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part of DirectorFest 2006

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Organisations:
the Drama League

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Play One act

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Blind Woman From Veracruz, The

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-     2004

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Burning Palms

Synopsis:
In two adjoining apartments on the night of the 1992 L.a. Riots, two very different couples, one gay and college educated, the other an African American mother and son, must learn to work together for survival and later acceptance as the city burns around them.

Notes:
Produced As part of "L.a. Views V: April 29, 1992"

1st Produced:
Company Of Angels; Los Angeles     01 Apr 2012

Organisations:
Company of angels

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Genre:
Comic Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Cruise, The

Synopsis:
Latino father and son confront fractured identities on a luxury Caribbean cruise when the father's job on board is compromised by his gay past.

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles Theatre Center     Mar 2017

Organisations:
Latino Theater Company

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Drowning Of Natalie Wood

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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El Secreto Pesaroso De Condeleezza Rice ("the Sorry Secret Of Condoleezza Rice")

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1st Produced:
-     2006

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Even the Rich Will Suffer

Synopsis:
Continuing with the "Blessing of the animals" trilogy, "even the Rich Will Suffer" finds Francisco Guerrero, our modern Southern California version of St. Francis, returning to his childhood home to confront his greedy, materialistic Father and renounce his inheritance in order to better follow God. However, in the process, Francisco also learns just how powerful traditional codes such as masculinity and assimilation factor in with suburban Latinos, and what transpires is a father/son story about acceptance and the possibility of loving one another through great personal and ideological differences.

Notes:
Produced As part of the 2012 "Brown & Out" theater festival.

1st Produced:
Casa 0101; Los Angeles     01 Sep 2012

Organisations:
CaSa 0101

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Genre:
Comic Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  Marionettes; puppetry

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Fin Finale

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1st Produced:
-     2004

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Hole In the Boy

Synopsis:
the exacting renovation plans of a successful gay couple are disrupted by the discovery of human remains in the wall of their New York apartment. In seeking the identity of the bound and underwear clad victim, the men are re-schooled on the gay liberation movement in Greenwich Village and discover a deeper link to those historic and hedonistic times.

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1st Produced:
Coa; Los Angeles, Ca     01 Mar 2011

Organisations:
Company of angels / Partial Comfort Prods.

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Genre:
Comic Drama/murder mystery

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lupe, Now!

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1st Produced:
-     2000

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Rise Up!

Synopsis:
L.A Views V: April 29, 1992 features 8 short plays set in the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest that followed the exoneration of four LAPD officers involved in the Rodney King beating. the unrest sparked widespread looting, assault, and arson. In all, 53 people died, thousands more were injured, and property damage topped 1 billion dollars. Twenty years later, these plays dig through our City's ashes and offer accounts of a time whose impact on Angelenos is still being assessed. From business owners to looters, newscasters to people trapped in the darkness of it all, a diversity of perspectives shed light on the legacy of 4/29/92.

Notes:
written by Gabriel Rivas Gomez, Jonathan Ceniceroz, Julie Taiwo Oni, Malik Burrogughs, Mayank Keshaviah, Michael Patrick Spillers & Nic Cha Kim

1st Produced:
Company Of Angels At The Alexandria, 501 S.Spring St., 3rd Floor., Downtown Los Angeles, Ca90013     34/2012

Organisations:
Jonathan Ceniceroz

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Genre:
Drama

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Strange Brew

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
-     2006

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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