←Recommendations of Yucca Corridor

A compelling ensemble piece that examines an important cross section of folks within the queer community. In highlighting these particular people, Wilson illuminates how intra-community dynamics are informed by gentrification/economic privilege, white-cis-male privilege, addiction and desire, and generational changes. This is definitely not a play of easy answers or the proposition of a future utopia. There is something so beautiful and symbolic, however, in Jonathan and Mary Christ's final conversation--it feels like both a missed connection and the possible seed for growth or rethinking community.

A revealing look inside the history of a city and the issues that lie within. Well done.

This play is filled with memorable characters who live outside the norm. Gentrification, gay relationships, performance artists and disjointed families are only a part of this interesting drama.

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Kyle Therral Wilson and their play Yucca Corridor as a finalist for our 2018 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 53 finalists out of more than 1,4200 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process.

This play's cast of memorable characters, witty dialogue, and ensemble-led plot remind me of some of Lanford Wilson's greatest plays, such as Balm in Gilead. The play takes on many topics, from gentrification to addiction, but what really landed with me was the play's subtle discussion of how the past, in this case L.A.'s queer past, is contested rather than fixed.