←Recommendations of Good Cuban Girls

  • Cheryl Bear: Good Cuban Girls by Iraisa Ann Reilly
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    A moving and heartfelt story of a family rooted richly in love and culture as they navigate their paths in the world. Well done.

    A moving and heartfelt story of a family rooted richly in love and culture as they navigate their paths in the world. Well done.

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  • Jacqueline Goldfinger: Good Cuban Girls by Iraisa Ann Reilly
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    Terrific new play about a family struggling with their own cultural and generational boundaries. Told with humor and love, which makes it spark off the page in lovely and unexpected ways. Must Read.

    Terrific new play about a family struggling with their own cultural and generational boundaries. Told with humor and love, which makes it spark off the page in lovely and unexpected ways. Must Read.

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  • Erlina Ortiz: Good Cuban Girls by Iraisa Ann Reilly
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    A wholesome and hilarious look at how our values shape us, and how difficult it is to face family members when we don't meet their high expectations. As a 1st generation Latina I found this play to be almost too relatable to the point where I didn't know if the tears were from compassion or laughter.

    A wholesome and hilarious look at how our values shape us, and how difficult it is to face family members when we don't meet their high expectations. As a 1st generation Latina I found this play to be almost too relatable to the point where I didn't know if the tears were from compassion or laughter.

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  • AZ Espinoza: Good Cuban Girls by Iraisa Ann Reilly
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    Good Cuban Girls is incredibly revelatory and relatable in its specificity. It is both laugh out loud funny and the kind of play that makes you want to call your Latina mother and thank her for loving you as hard as she does. The difficult choices that the characters face reveal their deep commitment to family, principle, faith, and culture. Iraisa Ann's writing is deeply humane and should be witnessed by anyone who has ever loved a grandmother, mother, daughter, or brought someone home to meet a grandmother, mother, or daughter (I think that's all of us!)

    Good Cuban Girls is incredibly revelatory and relatable in its specificity. It is both laugh out loud funny and the kind of play that makes you want to call your Latina mother and thank her for loving you as hard as she does. The difficult choices that the characters face reveal their deep commitment to family, principle, faith, and culture. Iraisa Ann's writing is deeply humane and should be witnessed by anyone who has ever loved a grandmother, mother, daughter, or brought someone home to meet a grandmother, mother, or daughter (I think that's all of us!)

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  • Julie Zaffarano: Good Cuban Girls by Iraisa Ann Reilly
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    A beautiful, heartfelt, family play about three generations of women who are tightly bound by their love and culture. Good Cuban Girls is a triumph of the importance of taking strength from one’s roots while living one’s life. Soaring and inspirational.

    A beautiful, heartfelt, family play about three generations of women who are tightly bound by their love and culture. Good Cuban Girls is a triumph of the importance of taking strength from one’s roots while living one’s life. Soaring and inspirational.

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  • Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters: Good Cuban Girls by Iraisa Ann Reilly
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    GOOD CUBAN GIRLS is a fiery and heartfelt look at inter-generational women. Reilly observes Cuban and Cuban-American culture in an honest and comical way, showcasing the differences in the American-born experience. Magical moments between Marisol and her abuela root the play in faith and poetry while the relationship between Marisol and her white boyfriend, Todd, bring an element of comedy and specificity to the American-born/immigrant-kid identity.

    GOOD CUBAN GIRLS is a fiery and heartfelt look at inter-generational women. Reilly observes Cuban and Cuban-American culture in an honest and comical way, showcasing the differences in the American-born experience. Magical moments between Marisol and her abuela root the play in faith and poetry while the relationship between Marisol and her white boyfriend, Todd, bring an element of comedy and specificity to the American-born/immigrant-kid identity.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Good Cuban Girls by Iraisa Ann Reilly
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    It's really hard to put my finger on what kind of play this is. It's a play about a Cuban family but a lot of it is about a family that just happens to be Cuban. It has themes that make you think it's a immigrant story or at least the effects of an immigrant's journey but not exactly. What I can say for sure is that this is a great play. The roles are so complex and a feast for actors and the dance segments fascinate me. I really hope companies grow some balls and produce this.

    It's really hard to put my finger on what kind of play this is. It's a play about a Cuban family but a lot of it is about a family that just happens to be Cuban. It has themes that make you think it's a immigrant story or at least the effects of an immigrant's journey but not exactly. What I can say for sure is that this is a great play. The roles are so complex and a feast for actors and the dance segments fascinate me. I really hope companies grow some balls and produce this.

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