←Recommendations of Middle of the World

Enthralling. Alfonso mixes the sting of loss, tension, and mistakes into the sweetness of opportunity, trust, and introspection. With expert maneuvering through place and time, the details are presented truer to memory than to chronology, and the narrative spoons the next bite of revelation just as the reader thinks to ask for it. Unapologetic and precise, a must-read.

World politics set on a very personal stage. Mr. Alfonso is a master craftsman, I learned a lot of "how-to" by reading this intricately woven piece. It's subtly moving and exposes people on all rungs of the ladder as being nothing more than human. Thank you to those whose recommendations led me to find it.

This has all the elements of a taut thriller: deeply-drawn and well-defined characters, believable and natural dialogue, and best of all, a storyline that crackles along and never lets up. It has the wit and wisdom of an episode of "The West Wing" and a clear stage presence. No one is left behind, and where you expect to find heroes and villains, you instead grasp their full intention. This is a play about more than just power and control; it's about people who find themselves caught in the middle of their worlds.

Politics – world, financial, personal, sexual (especially sexual, and not just in the bedroom) – are the driving force in Juan Alfonso’s MIDDLE OF THE WORLD, a theatrical equivalent to a bundle of dynamite if there ever was one. And as provocative, engaging, and thrilling as it is to read, I can only imagine how provocative, engaging, and thrilling it will be in the hands of a gifted director and cast when it is on stage – which it should be. As I said: dynamite.