THE STORY: The place is Santa Fe, New Mexico; the time the late 1950s; and the scene is the adobe house of Gino Bruno, a genial but largely untalented sculptor who believes that, at long last, he has created a masterpiece. His long-time friend, an equally bumbling painter named Claude Nordley, refuses to look at Bruno's sculpture, and professes to hate everybody and everything - except himself, and the cheap local wine known as "Santa Fe Sunshine." In fact no one gets a peek at Bruno's creation until it is unveiled at a disastrous party arranged by a scheming gallery owner and attended by a rich hillbilly art patron and an assortment of resident oddballs: a homosexual poet; a wood carver skilled at faking local artifacts; a college-girl folk singer; and her over-intense boyfriend, a would-be writer. As the wine flows, and personalities clash, the play reaches its very funny climax - in which all present learn something about life, themselves and the vagrant nature of the muses they would serve.

This warm-hearted comedy, set in an artists colony in New Mexico, offers a close and very funny examination of the local art scene, and the colorful characters who people it. "Jones has written a perceptive and very successful comedylight, heady and satisfying." - Dallas Morning News. "The strength of Preston Jones' vitality as a playwright springs from his theatrical flair, as once again was evident in SANTA FE SUNSHINE." - Dallas Times Herald. "continues his flair for dialog that's appealing to audiences and suited to his funny characters." - Variety.

Publisher

Dramatists Play Service Inc.

Format

Play

Binding

Softcover

ISBN

9780822209867

Stock code

9780822209867

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