←Recommendations of The Tower (5 minute)

Two from opposing sides come face to face in a human interaction that reveals more behind the curtain. Well done.

Fascinating and powerful, and once you figure out what's going on, you're absolutely hooked. I love this play--so much is said in just a few short pages. As always, Burbano wields the pen with great power.

Terrific two-hander--in just a few pages Burbano's characters, one of whom is famous, tell us so much, both by what they say and what they don't say, about their contrasting ideas of power and success. This play keeps unfolding after you stop reading it.

Burbano's short play examines what it means to be in power as opposed to being empowered. It is a terrific fictional character study about the private life of one of the most recognized women in the world. Burbano trusts the audience to come to its own conclusions about the characters and their motivations.

Burbano covers a lot of ground in this short play. In the end, the battles of wills between two generations of women was riveting. Two sympathetic point of views caught me by surprise. And while Burbano certainly critiques many social ills, the characters remain nuanced and human. A wonderful exercise in "never assume," I found myself thinking about my own judgements. The play showcases our perceived reality versus a true, multi-dimensional one.

A great study about the women behind the men in power and a quiet reflection about what people consider success. Burbano masterfully crafts a chess match between old school traditional thinking and the future full of equality we seek. This is ultimately a play about the crumbling patriarchal system we are bathed on. And I'm here for it.

Loved this play and it was also featured in 20% Theatre Company Chicago's Snapshots 10-min play festival and was an instant fan favorite! Burbano's writing has a way of raising awareness to greater ills in society when you think you are just watching an interaction between a mother and tutor. A timely, necessary piece that will have the audience thinking about their own privilege and complacency in current affairs.

The final line of this play made me shiver: a chilling pronouncement about the value of life, the things we're willing to crush to be comfortable, the cost of the "American dream" taken to its most extreme end. THE TOWER asks us to pause, listen, and question what we know -- not only about "Mrs." (and the journey she represents), but also about privilege generally.

A curious interaction between a woman you will undoubtedly recognize and her employee serves as the vehicle for this play about the cost of getting what we want and the ways affluence and fame enslave us. "Mrs." is a particularly well drawn character.

Burbano staggers in just five minutes with this very interesting imagining of life in an all-too-familiar tower with a notorious figure. (Not necessarily the one you're thinking of.) Timely and provocative, with sympathy for all, even for the central focus and her POV. Will have audiences whispering, will leave them thinking.