"Rudolfo Anaya" is an American author. Best known for his 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima, Anaya is considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano literature.

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I have a historical context for telling the stories. It takes place in Santa Fe in 1680, three months before the Indian Pueblo Revolution. It teaches a better history of what was going on at the time.

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These characters are dissatisfied, ... They are dealing with midlife crisis, a change in their sex lives. I'd like people to laugh but still seriously think about what the characters are going through and how that may relate to their own lives. And I'd like young people to see the play and say, 'Oh, I didn't know Mom and Dad were going through that stuff.'

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