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Cuba and His Teddy Bear

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  1w, 6m

"Vibrates and tingles with an authority that goes beyond the cleverly applied local color of mere verismo atmosphere into truth." - New York Post
"A play about drug people that has an almost startling warmth, friendliness and humanity. Pov…

Cuba and His Teddy Bear

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 6m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary

Robert De Niro, Ralph Macchio, and Burt Young starred in this harrowing yet often hilarious first play by a young Hispanic playwright in a sold out, limited engagement on Broadway. Cuba is a small time cocaine and marijuana dealer whose pride and joy is his 16 year old son Teddy. Cuba has great hopes for his son; what he doesn't know is that the boy has already succumbed to the lure of the streets and is fast becoming a heroin junkie.

Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
  • Time Period 1980s
  • Cautions
    • Drugs

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Reinaldo Povod

Reinaldo Povod, known to his friends as Rei, grew up on the Lower East Side as the son of a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father of Russian descent. In 1977, his play Cries and Shouts played at the Nuyorican Poets Café, where Mr. Povod was a protege of Miguel Piñero. Bill H ...
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