←Recommendations of Man Boobs

This script starts out sexy and passionate (definitely for mature audiences) but shifts into a serious drama about body issues, sexuality, and self image. It’s a difficult subject and features body types not usually seen on stage in these types of roles, which is wonderful to see despite the unhappy circumstances. “Man Boobs” features great dialogue between really strong characters that would be electric to see live, and even though the characters are gay, you will see some of yourself or someone close to you in this play, no matter who you are or your body type.

This is a fantastic two-hander featuring characters that don't get to be seen on stage. This is a play filled with silences that speak loudly. The ending might not be the happy one we want or even expect but it's oozing with authenticity. Please produce this play.

What a ride! This wonderful two-hander is dark and sexy and so very relevant! It's clear just how much Jiménez loves his characters. The dark humor is spot on and the denouement shattered me. Read this, produce this, it's that good!

Phew! A ferociously dark, relentless, and brutal examination of trauma, self-image, and failed attempts at intimacy, both emotional and physical. In Spence and Marty, J. Julian Christopher gives the audience two characters to root for, even as the play reached its enthralling, horrifying, and disturbing climax. The resolution was bleak, yet realistic. Spot-on, breezy dialogue makes the play fly by as well. A fantastic piece of theatre all around that sheds a light on a sect of the gay male community we don't often see portrayed in media. Check it out!

One of the most devastating, moving, darkly funny and appropriately shocking gay dramas I've ever read. It's not only victorious in terms of furthering LGBT representation in theatre, but it also forcefully opens up a conversation that stems far beyond sex and fear of commitment. This play is about severely poor body image, self-worth, trauma, and companionship in a character that feels undeserving. You not only empathize with/like Spence and Marty, you want them to leap right off the page so you can hug and support them. J. Julian Christopher has a bona-fide winner here!

On small scale, one scene, one place (takes place in studio apartment in Queens), but this play is so big on issues and emotions that it breaks the walls and makes this universal. This play holds up a full-view mirror for gays, letting us see our insecurities, traumas, and self-concept shaped by toxic masculinity -- and shatters it. This play, yes, is sexy, playful, kinky, shirts come off, we see nips, but shit gets real -- real connection, understanding, empathy, an intimacy that's transcendent, beautiful. PRODUCE THIS!

I really enjoyed how simple the issue at the center of the play is, and yet it creates all of these barriers and issues for the two characters to work through, creating this tug-of-war that you're not entirely sure how it's going to play out. I would imagine this show would get a lot of laughs but also have some very emotional moments as well, especially for those dealing with body issues.

So very intimate, beautiful, and specific. Like the best "micro-level" stories, it plumbs many universal truths--truths about body image, shame, desire, and overcoming adolescent trauma--from a distinct point of view. Sexy, funny, sad. I'd love to see this onstage!

Loved this dark, sexy, heart-breaking play. Marty and Spence are so loveable and flawed that they jump off the page. Made me want to give them both a big hug and made me hope that this play gets produced more!

Entertaining and deeply affecting. Frankly, I shouldn’t have read this in public. First, I was struggling to contain my laughter...and then I was hit by a semi-truck of emotions, reexamining my own relationship to myself. “Man Boobs” is hilarious, heart-breaking and deeply human. And like the best theatrical experiences, it made me feel like I’ve changed as a person from the first moment to the last. Can't recommend it enough.