It is a play about criminals finding order in chaos. Apr 01, 2011 miguel pinero, once a burglar, mugger, shoplifter, and drug addict, began writing when serving a fiveyear sentence in sing sing for armed robbery. Pinero captures this prison subculture very well in his play short eyes. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading short eyes. These included everything from george jacksons revolutionary soledad brother to miguel pineros acclaimed offbroadway play and hollywood film short eyes. Discussion of themes and motifs in miguel pineros short eyes. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. His life was made into a movie pinero and the part of miguel pinero was portrayed by benjamin bratt. Miguel pineroonce a burglar, mugger, shoplifter, and drug addict, began writing when serving a fiveyear sentence short eyes miguel pinero sing sing for armed robbery. A twoact play with an epilogue, short eyes takes place in a new york prison.
Winner of the new york drama critics circle award this powerful drama of prison life is set in a house of detention where a group of young convictspredominantly black and puerto ricantaunt, fight, insult, and entertain one another in an attempt to preserve their sanity and to create a semblance of community. Publication date 1975 topics american drama, american drama publisher new york. Introduction to latina and latino literaturemiguel pinero. Miguel pi n eros short eyes reading and discussion questions for mon. Short eyes by miguel pinero overdrive rakuten overdrive. In the film pinero played the part of gogo, a prisoner. Pinero died on 16th june 1988 in new york city and his ashes were scattered across the lower east side of manhattan. As his short eyes triumphs on the screen, miguel pinero still. Sellout crowds every night short eyes i i david belgrave as ice by jacquelyn stewart a slice of the harsh reality of prison life was served up on the butler little theatre stage in the form of short eyes. Oct 27, 2018 miguel pineroonce a burglar, mugger, shoplifter, and drug addict, began writing when serving a fiveyear sentence short eyes miguel pinero sing sing for armed robbery.
The book also contains a glossary defining some of the slang and argot used by prisoners. The play premiered at the theater of the riverside church, was then produced offbroadway at. Please avoid reading the introduction until after finishing the play, as it contains spoilers about the plot. As his short eyes triumphs on the screen, miguel pinero still faces an armed robbery rap. Publication date 1975 topics american drama, american drama. Short eyes is set entirely in a prison actually a house of detention. The play premiered at the theater of the riverside church, was then produced offbroadway at the joseph papp public theater on february 28, 1974, and transferred after 54 performances to the vivian beaumont theater on broadway on may 23, 1974. Later, short eyes was performed offbroadway for the public. A lower eastside poem by miguel pinero famous poems.
Lee bernstein explores the forces that sparked a dramatic prison art renaissance, shedding light on how incarcerated people produced powerful works of writing, performance, and visual art. Arte publico press houston, texas introduction by nicolas kanellos and jorge iglesias outlaw the collected works of miguel pinero. Short eyes analysis the story focuses on a group of short eyes miguel pinero in a new york state penitentiary. From the very beginning, events tear the viewing soul into pieces. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of short eyes by miguel pinero. Meranda rated it really liked it short eyes miguel pinero 09, return short eyes miguel pinero book page. See more ideas about benjamin bratt, tell me something good and puerto rico history. Jun 25, 1988 actors read excerpts from short eyes, the sun always shines for the cool and other plays by mr. For thursday september 27th, finishread the drama of miguel pinero at the front of outlaw and then read pineros play short eyes pages 193243. Father left family pineros mother was pregnant with their fifth child. Miguel pineros short eyes reading and discussion questions. The collected works of miguel pinero is arte publico presss longawaited publication of poetry and plays by pinero. Think short eyes miguel pinero the inbox get the important stories, told nowhere else.
A play mermaid dramabook kindle edition by miguel pinero, marvin felix camillo. I first met miguel pinero in 1972, shortly after his release from sing sing penitentiary, where for the past year he had found the courage to write and develop a play called short eyes about the very place in which he was living. Short eyes, the prison slang for a molester, is the lowest form of life behind bars, and the inmates passion to destroy davis is the fulcrum of this awardwinning script. Short eyes pinero pdf short eyes is a 1974 drama written by playwright miguel pinero. He was discovered and encouraged by marvin felix camillo, who conducted a drama workshop at the prison. Miguel married felipa pinero on month day 1875, at age 25 at marriage place. Miguel pinero celebrity profile check out the latest miguel pinero photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. For thursday february 20th, read the drama of miguel pinero at the front of outlaw and then read act 1 of pineros play short eyes pages 193215. While on set, he and tito goya were arrested for armed robbery and were arraigned in the same building where they were filming. Began stealing food for family at age 7 first conviction for theft at 11 joined the dragons street gang at. The first play written by a puerto rican to be performed on broadway, american playwright miguel pinero s dramatic play short eyes 1974 concerns a middleclass white man who enters a predominantly black and latino prison after being accused of.
Pinero wrote an episode for the miami vice tv series in 1984 and also the movie script for his own play short eyes. Miguel pinero, whose plays dealt with life in prison, is. Americans from all backgrounds are increasingly selecting unique names for their kids. Nov 14, 1977 as his short eyes triumphs on the screen, miguel pinero still faces an armed robbery rap. In superfly mayfield appeared for mere moments in a club, playing along with the films soundtrack. Several of wongs paintings are illustrations of poems given to him by pinero.
Jul 14, 2012 in 1972, pinero was sentenced to sing sing prison for seconddegree armed robbery. Short eyes may 23, 1974 aug 04, 1974 written by miguel pinero. Pinero was by now considered a talented writer who could describe the evils of society. Writer miguel pinero on set of the movie short eyes. Camillos workshop grew into an acting company of exconvicts called the family, members of which made up most of the cast in joseph papps premiere production of short eyes in 1974. The play received honors from the new york drama critics circle award and was nominated for an obie and tony in the same year. While doing time, as part of the inmates playwriting workshop, he wrote the classic play short eyes, the story of a pedophile a short eyes in prison slang, considered by inmates to be the lowest of the low who gets sent to the tombs in nyc on a rape charge. The collected works of miguel pinero by miguel pinero. Pinero, who plays gogo in his the film version of his play, wrote this play while in sing sing prison at around 1974 for armed robbery, and first was performed by a cast of prisoners. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. Miguel pinero is remembered with poetry the new york times. Pinero, including a work in progress entitled every form of refuge has its price. These included everything from george jacksons revolutionary soledad brother to miguel pinero s acclaimed offbroadway play and hollywood film short eyes. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.
The family is a resident company at the theater of the riverside church. Miguel pinero this powerful drama of prison life is set in a house of detention where a group of young. The annunciation according to mikey pinero cupcake and paco 1984 pictures a scene from short eyes. He was born in guarabo puerto rico on december 19, 1946 to miguel angel gomez ramos and adelina pinero. Write a 12 page analysis of a single character in the play. Winner of the new york drama critics circle awardthis powerful drama o. The play is being presented by urban theater movement utm, a hip and motivated, multicultural.
Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the short eyes, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Dive deep into miguel pineros short eyes with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Born in gurabo, puerto rico, he and his family moved to the lower east side of manhattan when he was four. In 1974 a former prisoner named miguel pinero became the first u. A play mermaid dramabook kindle edition by pinero, miguel, camillo, marvin felix. Short eyes is a 1974 drama written by playwright miguel pinero. In 1977 short eyes was turned into a film directed by robert m. Short eyes was written by miguel pifiero, staged by marvin felix camillo and is acted by a group called the family.
Miguel pinero 19461988 was a nuyorican poet, playwright, actor and television screenwriter, who described himself as a thief, a junkie ive beencommitted every known sin. Sep 01, 2001 twentytwo years after his death, the collected writings of the great miguel pinero are finally back in print. Yet within each group are individual characters with their own motives and desires and manipulations. Miguel pinero died on june 16, 1988, in new york city from cirrhosis. Again pinero captures these characters very well, especially the white gang leader, longshoe, and the black muslim gang leader.
Nov 23, 2007 a clip from the rare movieplay by miguel pinero. While short eyes won two obies and the drama critics circle. With his parents he arrived in new york at the age of 4 and following the desertion of his father in 1954, manuel and his mother moved into a basement and had to live off welfare. Miguel pinero december 19, 1946june 18, 1988 was a puerto rican playwright. Short eyes miguel pinero pdf short eyes is a 1974 drama written by playwright miguel pinero. Think about what the setting means and how characters react to it. Young, 1977 was mayfields latest film score, but it was also the second feature film in which he made an appearance as a facsimile of himself. Short eyes, which won an obie award and the new york drama critics circle award as best american play in 1974, was later made into a film with.
A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in new york citys infamous tombs prison. Mikey, a lifelong dopefiend, just couldnt stay out of trouble. In 1974, short eyes, a play about the prisoners reaction to a child molester, was performed and received critical acclaim from new yorks theater elite. Ibdb provides records of productions from the beginnings of new. Photo by michael ochs archivesgetty images miguel pinero was a playwright, actor, and cofounder of the nuyorican poets cafe with miguel algarin, pedro pietri, and others.
A lower eastside poem by miguel pinero famous poems, famous. This winner of the 1974 new york drama critics circle award by miguel pinero was presented the week of nov. In 1972, while in sing sing, miguel pinero wrote short eyes heres the complete film version of the awardwinning play, from 1977. In 1977, short eyes was turned into a film directed by robert m. For wednesday, march 19, read the miguel pinero play short eyes. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. When a young white prisoner accused of child molesting is thrown into the cell block by a guard who says he belongs in sing sing because the men up there konw what to do with degenerates like you, the stage is set for an explosive series of events. Miguel pinero, once a burglar, mugger, shoplifter, and drug addict, began writing when serving a fiveyear sentence in sing sing for armed robbery.