Crossed

by Isidore Elias

(Brooklyn, NY USA)

A guard at the southern border has an illegal immigrant who is awaiting deportation in his custody. He is resolved to do his duty, but he would like his prisoner to know he's not entirely unsympathetic.

about the author:

Isidore Elias is a playwright/librettist/songwriter whose work has been produced in the US, Canada and Europe. Honors: grants from the BMI Foundation and the NYS Council on the Arts; commissions from the Royal Carré Theatre (Amsterdam) and Cross-the-Pond Productions (London); Carbonell nomination for best new work. Recent productions of his plays include Muffin (Nylon Fusion Theatre, NYC), Jim Silverstein's Will (Fresh Produc'd, NYC), Willow Grove (Metropolitan Playhouse, NYC). Taught Writing For Musical Theatre at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, an NEA-funded program he created. Acting credits available upon request. Member, BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and The Dramatists Guild.