According to Mr. Parra: "A reporter once startled me by identifying something I hadn’t thought about, a motif common to my works: the struggle by the underdog against injustice; disadvantaged individuals - black, Hispanic, female, and LGBTQ characters - striving and persevering to overcome intolerance and other institutional and cultural impediments. Though I saw my plays as being as different from each other as one's children can be, after some reflection, I had to concede she was correct."