Carmen Aguirre

Blue Box

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A former Chilean revolutionary's one-woman dark comedy about unconditional love and the tension between revolutionary love and love for oneself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Talonbooks
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 137mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 91g
• ISBN-13: 9780889227576
• ISBN-10: 0889227578
• Artikelnr.: 36706224

Autorenporträt

Carmen Aguirre has written and co-written twenty-five plays, including Blue Box, The Trigger, and Chile Con Carne. She is currently touring her latest one-woman show, Broken Tailbone, and is writing three new plays. Her second memoir, Mexican Hooker #1 and My Other Roles Since the Revolution was published in April 2016 to outstanding reviews, was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, is a Globe and Mail bestseller, and a National Post and CBC Best Book of 2016. Her first book, the critically acclaimed Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter, won CBC Canada Reads 2012 and is a #1 national bestseller. Carmen is the recipient of the Hispanic Business Alliance¿s 2014 Ten Most Influential Hispanics in Canada Award, Latincouver¿s 2014 Most Inspirational Latin Award, the 2014 Betty Mitchell Outstanding Actor Award for her work in Alberta Theatre Projects¿ The Motherfucker with The Hat, the 2012 Langara College Outstanding Alumna Award, the 2011 Union of B.C. Performers¿ Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award, and the 2002 New Play Centre Award for Best New Play, for The Refugee Hotel. Carmen has over eighty film, TV, and stage acting credits. She is a graduate of Studio 58.