←Recommendations of The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote

I saw a staged reading of this play at the Old Globe's Powers New Voices Festival, and it was SO GOOD. Bernardo doesn't take the easy way out of his writing, he's more interested in having a complex culturally-specific conversation -- everyone is fair game in his societal critiques. Highly recommend.

An absolutely wonderful play that must be done, repeatedly, especially now. It is delicious medicine with a teaspoon, OK, a cup of sugar. The characters are well drawn, the dialogue, crisp and direct - the messaging subtle, but poignant, and the incredibly original and creative delivery will have you and your audiences leaning forward from the very start - and not wanting it to end. Wish there were more plays in this vein. Which is entirely original!

A hysterical and moving piece of political satire. A play that forces us to resist seeing people as monoliths and seeing what makes us all unique. Loved the moments of audience interaction.

What a gorgeous play -- these characters that Bernardo has assembled so deftly immediately draw you in with honesty and idiocy and sharpness and above all, humor. This thing is laugh-out-loud funny, which is so important when you're delving even slightly into identity politics these days. I cannot wait to see a production of this brand new work, which is touching and powerful and absolutely takes no prisoners. Bravo.

So, so funny and truthful. This is the perfect political play for this very moment, but it also explores issues of identity, conflict, and the multiplicity of the Latinidad that resonates and is relevant far beyond this one election cycle. In addition to really deftly exploring the "myth of the monolith" with regards to Latinx/e identity, Bernardo also hits the nail on the head about the Catch-22 of the two-party US political system and how media and technology have all but eliminated the existence of nuance in contemporary political discourse...and how that harms everyone. Brilliant!