Overview
NOTE: The script is currently available in a Manuscript Edition while the final Acting Edition is being prepared.
It’s 1959 and the new musical West Side Story is a smash hit on Broadway. In their tiny family apartment in the San Juan Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, the young Candelaria siblings dream of glamorous careers in show business. When the opportunity arises for this talented Puerto Rican family to audition for roles in the film version of West Side Story itself, all their dreams seem poised to come true – until a neighborhood-wide eviction abruptly threatens everything they have worked for.
Casting & Production
Casting
INEZ CANDELARIA — 50’s, a mother
ALEJANDRO CANDELARIA — 23, her son
FRANCISCO CANDELARIA — 17, her other son
REBECCA CANDELAIRA — 16, her daughter
JAMIE — 25, a young man she raised
Setting
<strong>ACT I</strong>
New York City
Summer, 1959
<strong>ACT II</strong>
New York City
Summer, 1960
