←Recommendations of I'll Tell You at Sunrise

A suicidal man, a wise vagabond, a empty hole and a best sub sandwich in the world. With economy of style and authentic wordsmanship, Gonzalez mixes these ingredients into a simple and stunning case for why living makes sense after all. An excellent addition to any one-act festival.

I’ll Tell You at Sunrise is such a heart warming experience about pain and promise. Gonzalez creates one of the most epic battles between life and death that I’ve ever read and I love the lessons portrayed and learned from it. The part where the Vagabond talks about the sunrise and subway sandwich is just such a real life nugget of wisdom that we all should experience on a daily basis. I love this play so much for the hope it instills and look forward to reading other works by this talented writer.

You might not know the big meaning of your life, but the simpliest pleasures - a newborn, a submarine sandwich at sunrise, fill-in-the-blank - the surprising moments of being alive surrounded by beauty - can get you through life. That's the lesson in this powerful play. The unnamed man may represent the common person of late-stage capitalism (did he lose his job, his money? who knows), may embody the despondency and depression that many of us are feeling right now in Trump's America. Whatever he represents, the homeless man is the antithesis: he offers Hope. Check out this beautiful play.

Gonzalez beautifully captures the pain and isolation of depression, but also the faintest hope that someone will be able to get through to you and pull you out of your despair — and it's never the person we think it will be. These two characters are as real as they come, as though they weren't written, but actually exist, and that is the magic of Gonzalez's writing.

A truly beautiful piece of art. Gonzalez has carefully and respectfully rendered two people who have known dark places. We don't know much about either of them, but we know everything--everything that we need to know. There is such a gorgeous simplicity to this piece, but there is such incredible depth. I can see this piece really reaching someone in a dark place because it is honest and gentle, but it is also challenging. An important piece with an important message. I am so pleased that this will be staged for "A Light in Dark Places." Highly recommended.

Wisdom often comes from unexpected places. In Gonzalez’s touching two-hander, we get it from a homeless man reaching out to a stranger in a time of crisis. There are beautiful speeches in this play. Tackling a delicate issue like suicide without sounding preachy or trite can be very tricky, but this play does so masterfully. The imagery is powerful, and the negotiation between the two characters is so carefully crafted, that you can’t help but be filled with hope and warmth when reading the final lines. Italian subs and skyline twilight views... yep. That is the stuff.

I like this one. I'm a sucker for two people bonding under unique circumstances. I'm also a sucker for someone who seems to have so little assisting someone who seems to have more. I found myself hoping they do get to talk about it at sunrise.

A bond made on the thin line between life and death. A friendship created out of the desperation of two painful lifetimes. Gonzalez puts us in a situation in which words can only mend what has been broken, then let us experience the game between these two individuals that seek for the right words to accomplish their goals.