Here are some comments submitted from the readers of the 2009 "Back in the Box" competition where it showed as semi-finalist:
"Distinctive. The writer uses the Spanish Harlem dialect to good effect. No one on Earth talks the way these characters talk. You immediately know you're not in Kansas anymore from the very first word. The words have an edge to them and a sense of vivid life in the brownstone tenements. It's very evocative. "
"The characters are certainly flavorful and spicy as the dialogue. Tony, Negra and even Millie and Carmen may have issues but they are never dull to listen to or visualize."
Here is the link to the results of that competition where "A Wound In Time" is listed as one of the semifinalists: 2009 BACK IN THE BOX SCREENWRITING COMPETITION
The screenplay "A Wound In Time" placed in the quarter-finals in the Fade In Awards:
In 2010 I directed and produced the stage play version at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe and received these comments from judges of the NYIT Awards:
Judge 1: "This was a long show 2 hours and 20 minutes. It's hard to hold an audience for that long, but they did it. It was a wonderful evening in the theatre and I'm delighted I the chance to see it. I was especially glad to see such well written and acted women on stage. The story was compelling, complex, funny and the characters rich."
Four years later the play later had a limited run Off Broadway, at the renowned St. Lukes Theatre, in the midst of the chaos that was Hurricane Sandy. But with a cast of troupers and a grateful audience that filled the house the show ended on a wonderful note.
And now comes the film... Finally.