Unmerciful Good Fortune

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Unmerciful Good Fortune is a play by Puerto Rican-born playwright Edwin Sanchez which premiered in Chicago in 1996. [1] [2] It tells the story of friendship between Maritza Cruz, an assistant district attorney, and Fatima Garcia, a woman claiming to be clairvoyant who has killed 28 people. [3]

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Reception

The play won the AT&T On Stage New Play Award. [4]

A 2001 review in Back Stage magazine called the play "poetic...a deeply moving love story and tragedy". [2] A review in The New York Times said that "the conflicts that the conflicts that interest Mr. Sanchez – ones between good girl and bad, obedient daughter and independent woman, heterosexual and homosexual, and most pertinently, between Latina and American – are thoughtfully enmeshed". [5]

Film adaptation

In December 2024, Rosario Dawson announced that she was producing and starring in a film adaptation of Unmerciful Good Fortune, described as "a supernatural horror thriller". The film would be directed by film editor Tirsa Hackshaw in her directorial debut. [6] In November 2025, Scott Eastwood and Susan Sarandon joined the cast. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Pixler, Joe (February 8, 1996). "'Unmerciful Good Fortune' lifts playwright's profile". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved December 14, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Toomer, Jeanette (April 27, 2001). "Unmerciful Good Fortune". Back Stage. Retrieved December 13, 2024– via EBSCOhost.
  3. ↑ Connors, Thomas (March 1996). "Destiny's Disciple". American Theatre. Retrieved December 13, 2024– via EBSCOhost.
  4. ↑ Garmel, Marion (January 23, 1997). "Six plays scheduled for Humana Festival". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 14, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Weber, Bruce (April 4, 2001). "Navigating a Dreamlike Land of Assimilation, Fluent in Passion and Hope". The New York Times . Retrieved December 13, 2024– via Gale General OneFile.
  6. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 10, 2024). "Rosario Dawson Will Have 'Unmerciful Good Fortune'". Deadline. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  7. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 14, 2025). "'Unmerciful Good Fortune' Adds Scott Eastwood & Susan Sarandon Opposite Rosario Dawson – AFM". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
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