“ Radical - from the roots or its common perception as extreme idealism. This one-act play is centred on three people at the Allende’s Chilean government’s end: Simon, from society’s poorest strata, terribly wounded; Martha, an American Christian missionary and a stranger part political gamester, part with a vestige of idealism as a journalist. Díaz-Marcano manages the trio’s dialogue and action skilfully, juggling between local events and light-touch Cold War metaphors sucking the audience into the larger backdrop and the individuals’ peril, suspicions, expediency, choices and, movingly, eventually their faith in each other in impossible circumstances. ”

“ Diaz-Marcano never fails to blow me away with just how fearless he is. "Radical" is exciting and intense and brings to light an important--and not often discussed--moment in world history, but what drew me into the play and kept me there was just how human the characters were. Diaz-Marcano has a gift for writing deeply flawed individuals--and sometimes they are seeking redemption, and sometimes they aren't. Diaz-Marcano writes with relentless courage and honesty and his characters and stories need to be given voices and stage time. Know his name, he's going to really take off. ”