Secret Things

Secret Things by Elaine Romero

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Productions (9)
Drama
|
75 - 80 minutes
2 W, 3 M, 
Content Notes: Adult language
Set: Unit set encompassing multiple locations.

When Delia, an ambitious journalist, receives anonymous articles about Mexican-Americans claiming to have hidden Jewish roots, she is intrigued ... even if it means returning to her native town in New Mexico to investigate. She's on the outs with her editor/ex-boyfriend, and he wants her to say the story is a myth to save her job. But her estranged family, her mysterious dreams, and an alluring Crypto-Jew keep pointing her inward to a surprising truth. Will Delia be able to finish her story -- not just the one she was sent to write, but her own?

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Min. Performance Fee* $85
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Stage Manager Edition $24.99

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Play Details

When Delia, an ambitious journalist, receives anonymous articles about Mexican-Americans claiming to have hidden Jewish roots, she is intrigued ... even if it means returning to her native town in New Mexico to investigate. She's on the outs with her editor/ex-boyfriend, and he wants her to say the story is a myth to save her job. But her estranged family, her mysterious dreams, and an alluring Crypto-Jew keep pointing her inward to a surprising truth. Will Delia be able to finish her story -- not just the one she was sent to write, but her own?

  • Drama
  • |
  • 75 - 80 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
  • Content Notes: Adult language
  • Set: Unit set encompassing multiple locations.

Published Reviews

It is well-acted, beautifully produced, and features a love story that will send you out of the theater with a renewed sense of life’s possibilities.

-Sophia Howes, 1st Stage, Tysons, Virginia.

Full of mystery and magic with amusing comic touches, 1st Stage has produced a superior production of “Secret Things,” by award-winning playwright Elaine Romero. The appealing “Secret Things” takes a willing audience on a fascinating, time-shifting journey of discovery as a young Latinx searches for unknown ancestral roots.

-1st Stage, Tysons, Virginia.

The writing is beautiful, humorous, lyrical, and like a waking dream.

-Mary Ann Johnson, 1st Stage, Tysons, Virginia.

Production History

NOV 18, 2021 - DEC 19, 2021
1st Stage
Tysons, VA United States
 1st Stage Tysons, VA United States
JUL 25, 2013 - AUG 25, 2013
Camino Real Productions
Albuquerque, NM United States
 Camino Real Productions Albuquerque, NM United States
JUL 01, 2005 - JUL 31, 2005
Ford Amphiteatre (staged reading)
Los Angeles, CA United States
 Ford Amphiteatre (staged reading) Los Angeles, CA United States
NOV 01, 2004 - NOV 30, 2004
New Theatre (staged reading)
Coral Gables, FL United States
 New Theatre (staged reading) Coral Gables, FL United States
MAY 01, 2003 - MAY 31, 2003
The Lark/Cuny Graduate Center (staged reading)
New York, NY United States
 The Lark/Cuny Graduate Center (staged reading) New York, NY United States
MAY 01, 2003 - MAY 31, 2003
INTAR (staged reading)
New York, NY United States
 INTAR (staged reading) New York, NY United States
JUL 01, 2001 - JUL 31, 2001
Bay Area Playwrights Festival (staged reading)
San Francisco, CA United States
 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (staged reading) San Francisco, CA United States
MAY 01, 2001 - MAY 31, 2001
Actor's Theatre of Phoenix (staged reading)
Phoenix, AZ United States
 Actor's Theatre of Phoenix (staged reading) Phoenix, AZ United States
MAY 01, 2000 - MAY 31, 2000
Arizona Theatre Company (workshop production)
Tucson, AZ United States
 Arizona Theatre Company (workshop production) Tucson, AZ United States
No upcoming productions.
NOV 18, 2021 - DEC 19, 2021
1st Stage
Tysons, VA United States
 1st Stage Tysons, VA United States
JUL 25, 2013 - AUG 25, 2013
Camino Real Productions
Albuquerque, NM United States
 Camino Real Productions Albuquerque, NM United States
MAY 01, 2000 - MAY 31, 2000
Arizona Theatre Company (workshop production)
Tucson, AZ United States
 Arizona Theatre Company (workshop production) Tucson, AZ United States

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