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David Davila

Recommended by David Davila

  • Lluvia by Diana Burbano
    14 Apr. 2024
    “ I was very taken with the language and imagery of this beautiful play. This is the best play I've read in a long time! The themes are so important and spoken about so viscerally that it's almost scary. I also love the connection between colonialism and disease and righteousness. It's so beautiful and Saidi is such a badass character that I was cheering so loud at that ending! ”
  • Burritos Pa' Morir by Orlando F. Rodriguez
    1 Nov. 2023
    “ Hijole! This burrito packs a punch... or a machete. Burritos Pa' Morir is a comedic masterpiece that takes Tejano culture and smothers it in blood, while simultaneously being a smart satirical take on gentrification and white supremacy. With a small cast and unit set, this is sure to be a huge hit for many theatres! ”
  • The American Dream by Juan Ramirez, Jr.
    30 Oct. 2023
    “ Yo!!!!! This play is a masterpiece. Seriously, a masterclass is dramatic tension. Ramirez sets the clock, raises the stakes as high as he can and pulls the trigger while the audience sits in stunned silence with baited breathe listening to the sound of each other's heartbeats. This is a play for the ages! ”
  • That Must Be the Entrance to Heaven or, The Dawn Behind the Black Hole by Franky D. Gonzalez
    30 Oct. 2023
    “ Brilliant, exhilarating, poetic, and so friggin deep! This play was absolutely stunning. A knock-out!!! ”
  • Bonnet Blues by Oscar A. L. Cabrera
    26 Aug. 2022
    “ A beautifully written story about a woman grasping at what is real before she loses what she loves. There are many many stories out there about dementia, but none so thrilling and poetic as this one. Cabrera uses scalpel sharp precision to create a story that walks the fine line between psycho-thriller and heartbreaking-drama. ”
  • Ascent (or the eighth wonder) by Nancy García Loza
    25 Aug. 2022
    “ I was lucky enough to catch a reading of this at SolFest and it was such an uplifting and wonderful experience. This is one of the purest and most affective portrayals of a Mexican-American mother and daughter that I have ever witnessed on stage. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone! ”
  • The Suncatchers of Sahel: An Ancestral Tale Told To Today's Griot, Part II: The Two Twilights by Phillip Gregory Burke
    1 Jul. 2022
    “ The epic tale of black queer love and joy continues and the stakes are even higher as this story crescendos to a shocking and terrifying end. I seriously can't wait to see a six hour production of these plays in one day. We'll get brunch, then part 1, then dinner, then part 2, then dancing and love-making all night long because that is exactly what these characters would want us to do. This is a major accomplishment for literature! Bravo! ”
  • The Suncatchers of Sahel: An Ancestral Tale Told To Today's Griot, Part I: The Crumble Under the Crescent by Phillip Gregory Burke
    1 Jul. 2022
    “ The openly queer black world that Burke creates in Suncatchers is beautiful to behold. This is an epic tale of love, loss, and betrayal that imagines what could have been and also what still could be if we remove white-supremacist-patriarchal power from queer-black spaces. It's a gorgeous story with fabulous elevated text and poetic dialogue with twists and turns and lots of steamy love scenes! This is a world I want to live in! ”
  • unqle play by Jayne Deely
    27 Mar. 2022
    “ Phew, UNCLE PLAY is a whammy of an emotional gut-punch. A gay uncle and a trans/non-binary niece excavate the pain and trauma their family has caused them and debate political issues through the lens of differing generations all while dealing with the heavy inevitability of Uncle's impending mortality as he slowly dies of cancer. It's a comedy believe it or not - with musical numbers and a whole lot of tears! Bravx!!!!!!! ”
  • Pot Odds by Gabrielle Wagner Mann
    26 Mar. 2022
    “ Gabrielle's writing is beautiful and the characters she's created in this play are complex and multifaceted. This is a beautiful trip, both literally and figuratively and right at the intersection of race and queerness in red and blue states that makes it the perfect play for a post-pandemic society. ”

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