S.W.A.T.

by Jaymes Sanchez

In Los Angeles California, 2002, two conservatory-trained, graduate degree-holding Mexican-American actors prepare to audition for minor roles in the upcoming blockbuster film, S.W.A.T. Alex hopes that earning a role in a big movie will launch his career; Cisco is tired of playing Mexican-American gangsters. They use all of their training, skills, and passion on an audition side that gives them one short line...

In Los Angeles California, 2002, two conservatory-trained, graduate degree-holding Mexican-American actors prepare to audition for minor roles in the upcoming blockbuster film, S.W.A.T. Alex hopes that earning a role in a big movie will launch his career; Cisco is tired of playing Mexican-American gangsters. They use all of their training, skills, and passion on an audition side that gives them one short line each. But it aint easy.

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S.W.A.T.

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  • Maximillian Gill: S.W.A.T. by Jaymes Sanchez
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    A hilarious short play that upends, skewers, satirizes, mangles, and ____ (add more verbs here) small stereotypical parts in big budget movies. There is an interlude in this play in which the two characters say the same lines repeatedly but the stage directions are varied in such a way that I could easily imagine how funny this sequence would be on stage. Sanchez really does a fine job of pumping up the hilarity of a simple but funny scenario.

    A hilarious short play that upends, skewers, satirizes, mangles, and ____ (add more verbs here) small stereotypical parts in big budget movies. There is an interlude in this play in which the two characters say the same lines repeatedly but the stage directions are varied in such a way that I could easily imagine how funny this sequence would be on stage. Sanchez really does a fine job of pumping up the hilarity of a simple but funny scenario.

    ”

Awards

  • 2nd Place, Stevenson Prize
    Playing On Air
    Winner
    2020