Cloud Tectonics

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Cloud Tectonics is a play by José Rivera,{{Cite web|last=Barry|first=Jack|date=2016-02-12|title=Reality Clocks Out in "Cloud Tectonics"|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/02/12/reality-clocks-out-in-cloud-tectonics/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Yale Daily News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213094009/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/02/12/reality-clocks-out-in-cloud-tectonics/ |archive-date=2016-02-13 }} a dreamlike (and ultimately tragic) love story about its two protagonists, Aníbal de la Luna and Celestina del Sol.{{Cite web|last=Braunagel|first=Don|date=1995-07-03|title=Cloud Tectonics|url=https://variety.com/1995/legit/reviews/cloud-tectonics-1200442229/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205023340/http://variety.com:80/1995/legit/reviews/cloud-tectonics-1200442229/ |archive-date=2015-02-05 }} It is set in Los Angeles, California, with most of the action taking place in Aníbal's house. It is somewhat of the archetypal "boy meets girl" story.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Rivera studied screenwriting with Gabriel García Márquez at the Sundance Institute in 1989 and uses magical realism in the play by distorting audience conceptions of time, space and sound. He also uses poetic (and occasionally absurd) language to enhance the characters and the setting.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}