←Recommendations of Bones

Coming from someone who has just received top surgery, I don't know if Tirado-Ortiz could've gotten it even more correct. Between the beautiful language and imagery, the ponderings of this young man take us deep inside the trans experience and show us what it is like to be a trans man in this day and age. A beautiful piece for trans masculine actors.

Who we truly are lies somewhere between the bones and the skin, and Cesario Tirado-Ortiz brings that fact to life brilliantly in this captivating and important monologue.
Atticus Finch advised that you never really know someone until you "climb inside of his skin and walk around in it," and that is exactly the journey the audience travels with this monologue.
People who do not understand the trans experience need to hear this piece.

Actors: PLEASE perform this monologue. Perform it over and over again as many places as possible. Audiences need to hear these moments after darkness and before the light. WONDERFUL!

This is an absolutely astonishing piece of writing. It should be performed by trans men and transmasculine performers everywhere and listened to by everyone, especially people who are anti-trans. Maybe it will help them understand.

In creating an incredibly specific character, Tirado-Ortiz spins a beautiful tale of transition, not only of a gender or a body, but of a life and everyone in it.

Extraordinary!

Surprising in use of humor while confidently asserting a trans identity during top surgery. The possibilities for presentation would make this experimental monologue an unexpected choice for any production on trans themes.