I mean this as the highest compliment, this play is batsh*t crazy. I loved every page of it. THE JERSEY DEVIL IS A PAPI CHULO is a cathartic, incisive, hilarious, and unexpectedly human dark comedy farce that every well-meaning white guy like me should read. Five well-drawn women clock and weaponize the prejudices and white savior instincts hardwired in these boys to great effect. Hilarity ensues. I would love to play Brad or Tony, I've met these guys and I've been these guys.

A sharp, hilarious satire that that examines white privilege and allyship, friendship, reality tv, the multitudes within the Latinidad that are often conflated together by the white American POV, and more! All of the characters, buffoonish papi chulos and all, are uniquely rendered. I so delighted in the irony of Tony and Brad developing their own white savior narrative that they kept to themselves while the audience is privy to the true wants, hopes, dreams, and needs of Jenni, Gloria, Celia, Sophia, and Maria. The comedy is a perfect vehicle for Reilly to skewer these problematic assumptions and behavior.

This is such a funny, daring, and smart play - LOLs from start to finish! I cannot wait to see a production staged someday and I'm so grateful to have found this work while I've been on the hunt for more femme farce writers of color.