Reinaldo Povod
Reinaldo Povod was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He won the Oppenheimer/Newsday award for his first play, Cuba and His Teddy Bear, which was produced in 1986 on Broadway with Robert De Niro. La Puta Vida Trilogy was produced at the Public Theater in the 1987-1988 season. Super Fishbowl Sunday, co-authored with Richard Barbour, was produced in New York in 2001. Povod passed away in 1994.
"Vibrates and tingles with an authority that goes beyond the cleverly applied local color of mere verismo atmosphere into truth." —New York Post [on Cuba and His Teddy Bear]
"A play about drug people that has an almost startling warmth, friendliness and humanity. Povod is a writer of real promise." —Newsweek [on Cuba and His Teddy Bear]
“ . . . Povod knows his terrain, his dialogue is sharp and colorful yet fits the characters, he never bogs down in exposition, and he sentimentalizes nothing.” —Time [on Cuba and His Teddy Bear]
"Marvelous. Povod is an artist. In the lowest misery, he sees hope and human possibility everywhere." —The Village Voice [on La Puta Vita Trilogy]
Selected Works
- Print Books
- Alibris
- Abe Books
- Samuel French
- Print Books
- Powell's
- Barnes & Noble
- Alibris
- Abe Books
- Samuel French
