←Recommendations of Borderline

This play is amazing!!! The writer has a gift for crafting relevant stories in the world of a specific genre. Genius to portray immigration as some kind of other-worldly, grotesque monster. I really felt for all of these characters as I got to know the different ways their lives relate to the border. This play could not be more relevant to the times we are living in. The playwrights has created a gift to directors, actors and designers. Please produce this play!!!

Siañez-De La O is a talented storyteller, and this play is no exception. The myths and tales interwoven into this piece give it a sense of magic and wonder which contrasts with the dismal reality of life on the border. This is really lovely work that should be produced!

A beautiful, haunting, gorgeous play! The central four young people in this play are so deftly rendered. It's so rare to have such complex roles for young people in a vividly-realized theatrical world that would great theater for audiences of all ages and types. The specificity of the relationships and the amazing stage pictures and fantastical elements give this both an epic/mythic feel with an intimate focus. I'd love to see this world realized onstage. It's a director, designer, and actor's dream. I look forward to following its trajectory.

Borderline is potent stuff. The blending of monsters and myths with the very real and traumatic mess at the border is an incredible way of dealing with such a complex issue. I love that the heroes are children, standing up to dragons even when the desert feels so endless all around them. Please stage this play. You will feel its beating heart, even just by reading.

One of the best TYA pieces that paints the Frontera aesthetic like no other. It is haunting and heart-warming and beautiful all around.

The power of storytelling. Connection and search for a homeland. What sacrifices are made for love? What hopes and dreams can you have in the desert as an outsider? This plays interweaves stories, from Latinx myths to SE Hinton's Outsiders, as teenagers try to exist in the desert with helicopters searching for them. Haunting writing; left me with lines that still resonated with me long after I read it.

Borderline takes place in an expertly-crafted physical space, sounds and imagery clearly building for us a murky wasteland where mysterious happenings take place and an eerie force is lurking. The innocence of four young adults struggling to exist in a dangerous darkness feels tangible. And at the core of this sinister environment beats an emotional heart about one's need to find safety, stability, love and the community we build when we are alone. A timely, heartbreaking piece.

I was able to see the reading of this play at Echo through the NYPR program, and it was magical. That erie kind of magic that sticks with you long after it is over. Enzo and Rosita may be storytellers, but their story is one that is very real. If there was ever a time for theaters to produce this play, it's now.