←Recommendations of The Jersey Devil Is a Papi Chulo

A sharp, hilarious satire that that examines white privilege and allyship, friendship, reality tv, the multitudes within the Latinidad that are often conflated together by the white American POV, and more! All of the characters, buffoonish papi chulos and all, are uniquely rendered. I so delighted in the irony of Tony and Brad developing their own white savior narrative that they kept to themselves while the audience is privy to the true wants, hopes, dreams, and needs of Jenni, Gloria, Celia, Sophia, and Maria. The comedy is a perfect vehicle for Reilly to skewer these problematic assumptions and behavior.

This is such a funny, daring, and smart play - LOLs from start to finish! I cannot wait to see a production staged someday and I'm so grateful to have found this work while I've been on the hunt for more femme farce writers of color.

Captivating, dangerously hilarious, and the ice cream birthday cake with confetti you didn’t know you needed. The funniest AND one of the best plays I’ve ever read. I cannot wait until it takes the world by storm, from colleges to the mainstage, to outside forests with birds and bugs singing to its tune (get out your insect repellant). Painfully relatable. The writing a breath of fresh air. In “The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo”, Reilly creates an incredible range of Latinx women and two blankitito dude-bros in an important social commentary mixed with heart, growth, y adobo.

Five women find themselves on a quest for survival this camping trip. Who are these bros? What are their ancestors trying to tell them? Will they make it out of here? Well done.

A classic farce filled with zany characters, mistaken identities and outright trickery that brilliantly skewers our current age of COVID, Latinx identity and "wokeness."

A classic farce filled with zany characters, mistaken identities and outright trickery that brilliantly skewers our current age of COVID, Latinx identity and "wokeness."

I love that we meet five funny friends who also embody five distinct identities within the Latinx diaspora. When they realize they are camping and not glamping, how far will they go to survive? Should they trust the two "woke" bros? Are they "psychobros"? Who knew a post covid-19 farce would be needed so soon?! The dates provide great opportunities for physicality and dare a cast "to boldly go where no [one] has gone before."

A hilarious romp in the woods with the least likely of campers: American-Latinas. Iraisa Ann Reilly turns a jilted bride’s failed consolation trip into a fun, mock, reality dating show led by two ditsy white American bro glampers. And just like an actual episode of The Bachelor or Love Island, you can’t help but enjoy the train wreck unfolding. Jersey Devil Is a Papi Chulo uses comedy as stinging commentary on the hypocrisy behind many self-proclaimed progressives by aiming at the ignorance behind Latinx stereotypes held by the two “woke” bros. A fun adventure to read.

Oh, the things we'll put up with for a nice bathroom. Iraisa Ann Reilly brings the cringe hard in a devilishly genius satire of sharing a country (and camping site) with woke white hot boys. The terrific ensemble cast of characters feel full and lived in, their relationships and histories with one another so well drawn, letting the comedy and commentary take center spotlight. This play is goddamn hilarious, genre-bending, and the first thing I want to see when we're able to make theatre in front of each other again. Produce this, it deserves a long life ahead of it.

We all do stupid things for papi chulos, and most times, for Latinas, that means dealing with machismo behavior, gender stereotypes, sexism, racism, complex cultural assimilation and off-the-wall challenges. Although not all hope is lost, because Sophia, Maria, Celia, Gloria and Jenni take on the cringe comedy of Brad and Tony, to give the audience wonderful visual laughs. In the name of our ancestors, don't get tied up and bring this play to its feet!