featuring Luciana Faulhaber and Javier E. Gómez. The published edition of the script (available on Editorial Cultural) is dedicated to the real-life student at the University of Puerto Rico, who one night faced off an intruder who forced his way into her apartment. Using only her wit and training as an actress, she defended herself by drawing her attacker into a psychological game that sought to distract and disarm him. The incident was widely reported in Puerto Rican newspapers. The themes of the show include the impact and causes of urban crime, gender equality, racial, social, and economic justice. References José Luis Ramos Escobar, Biography https://web.archive.org/web/20100927064138/http://enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=06100224 The Smell of Popcorn at IATI Theatre https://web.archive.org/web/20100921000831/http://www.teatroiati.org/view_event.php?id=150 World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: The Americas by Don Rubin, Carlo Solorzano El Olor del Popcorn Editorial Cultural (1996) Metadrama y Subjetividad en Sintigo, El Olor del Popcorn, e Indocumentados, de José Luis Ramos Escobar https://web.archive.org/web/20100621203245/http://languages.uconn.edu/faculty/CVs/2007CVs/CVIrizarry2007.pdf Review: The Smell of Popcorn, Theater is Easy, Sept. 2010 Review: The Smell of Popcorn, NYTheatre.com, Sept 2010 Review: The Smell of Popcorn, NY Production, Hemispheric Institute, New York University, 2010 Living people 1950 births American male dramatists and playwrights American dramatists and playwrights American male novelists Brown University alumni People from Guayanilla, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican dramatists and playwrights Puerto Rican novelists Puerto Rican male writers University of Puerto Rico alumni University of Puerto Rico faculty