Jose rivera playwright biography
Meet the playwright: José Rivera - Milagro Theatre.
José Rivera (playwright)
Puerto Rican playwright and screenwriter
José Rivera (born March 24, 1955) is a playwright and the first Puerto Ricanscreenwriter to be nominated for an Academy Award for the movie, The Motorcycle Diaries.
Jose rivera playwright biography
Early years
Rivera was born in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1955.[1] He was raised in Arecibo where he lived until 1959. Rivera's family migrated from Puerto Rico when he was 5 years old, and moved to New York City.
They settled down in Long Island, whose small town environment would be of an influence to him in the future. His father was a taxi driver, he said "...for a long time I just wanted to do better than him...so for years I wanted to be a bus driver."[2] His parents were very religious and he grew up in a household whose only book was the Bible.
His family enjoyed telling stories and he learned a lot by hearing these stories. As a child, he also enjoyed watching The Twilight Zone and The Oute