Through every coming-of-age we undergo and every ambition towards which we embark, there are those we leave behind and move away from on the journey. Barbot's moving collision of siblings' deep yearning to escape their circumstances (and each other?) and magical realism is a play unlike any other. It's an absolutely beautiful script, with a pained and reluctant acceptance in it that cuts straights to the heart. God, I'll be thinking about this one for ages.

First thing's first- VIVA LOISAIDA!
So fun and refreshing to see that! She we see the "lower east side," but we don't see LOISAIDA- US- the people, or most importantly the families at the heart of this lovely neighborhood. Now for the play? Humor, love, coming of age, confrontation, world building. I dare you ~DARE YOU~ to find something wrong with this play.
I use this play in my classes to teach about setting, world building, backstory, and stuff. KUDOS!

On my knees, begging to the universe to let me see a production of this play... I really love this play's language and how it flits from grounded, realistic slang of the siblings to the heightened language of Adalandia. As a director, it's exciting to imagine how to stage the monologues in this show. It's a fantastical play, with fairies and medieval video games, but at it's core it's about growing up and wanting to be loved by your family.