LA GRINGA at American Stage

Winner of the 1996 Obie Award La Gringa is about a young woman’s search for her identity. When Mari­a Elena Garcia goes to visit her family in Puerto Rico for the first time she arrives with plans to connect with her homeland. Once home though, she realizes that Puerto Rico does not welcome her with open arms. If she is seen as a Puerto Rican in the United States and an American in Puerto Rico, Maria concludes that she is nobody everywhere.

Authors

• Tom Cushing