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José Rivera (born March 24, 1955) is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Academy Award for the movie, The Motorcycle Diaries.
Learn about José Rivera, a Puerto Rican playwright and screenwriter who has won Obie Awards, been nominated for an Oscar, and written for Netflix and Showtime. See his plays performed at the Goodman Theatre and other venues.
José. Rivera. The first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Academy Award, for The Motorcycle Diaries, Rivera is also the author of 26 full-length plays including the Obie Award-winning Marisol and References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot, both produced at the Public Theater, New York.
José Rivera, the playwright of Boleros for the Disenchanted, was born in Puerto Rico in 1955 where he was raised until, at the age of four, his family migrated to Long Island, New York. From a young age Rivera was drawn to the stage and has become one of the more prolific contemporary Latino playwrights.
José Rivera is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright. Mr. Rivera has won two Obie Awards for playwriting for MARISOL and REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALI MAKE ME HOT, both produced at The Public Theater in New York.
Feb 26, 2006 · José Rivera Playwright. José Rivera studied with Gabriel García Márquez at the Sundance Institute, and the influence of the magical realist style can often be found in his plays.