Recommended by Jaymes Sanchez

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    This exceptional play captures the identity crisis and general in-betweenness that many Mexican-Americans and other Latin-Americans who were raised in the US experience. By examining key moments across multiple generations, locations, and time periods, David evocatively portrays the racist violence of colonization as the source of our identity crisis while still staying grounded in the reality of relationships between characters. This play deserves to be seen far and wide.

    This exceptional play captures the identity crisis and general in-betweenness that many Mexican-Americans and other Latin-Americans who were raised in the US experience. By examining key moments across multiple generations, locations, and time periods, David evocatively portrays the racist violence of colonization as the source of our identity crisis while still staying grounded in the reality of relationships between characters. This play deserves to be seen far and wide.

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    Both sincere and silly, hilarious and heartbreaking, this play deftly explores grief, the "American Dream," and Latine self-image and identity. In this play, Cristina struggles to balance her ambitions with her family's needs while also weighing her options against the barriers imposed by society. The complexity, humor, and theatricality with which Iraisa presents these ideas deserves to be experienced far and wide. Please consider bringing this play to your community!

    Both sincere and silly, hilarious and heartbreaking, this play deftly explores grief, the "American Dream," and Latine self-image and identity. In this play, Cristina struggles to balance her ambitions with her family's needs while also weighing her options against the barriers imposed by society. The complexity, humor, and theatricality with which Iraisa presents these ideas deserves to be experienced far and wide. Please consider bringing this play to your community!

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    Stroke Vagina is a raw and vulnerable, but comedic and theatrical exploration of the physical, mental, and emotional realities of health crises. Nilsa deftly portrays how illness can prompt a person to reconsider everything they thought they knew and everything they thought they wanted. This play will feel all too familiar to anyone who has ever experienced (or known someone who experienced) the compounding anxiety of being sick in America. Please bring this play to your community!

    Stroke Vagina is a raw and vulnerable, but comedic and theatrical exploration of the physical, mental, and emotional realities of health crises. Nilsa deftly portrays how illness can prompt a person to reconsider everything they thought they knew and everything they thought they wanted. This play will feel all too familiar to anyone who has ever experienced (or known someone who experienced) the compounding anxiety of being sick in America. Please bring this play to your community!

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    This play is a powerful and genuine exploration of eating disorders, masculinity and mental health. Though Colombian/pan-Latine masculinity serve as the backdrop for Luis's struggle, this specificity reveals the universal ways in which both our immediate communities and broader American culture impact self-image and overall well-being. I saw Luis perform this show at the Tank in New York, and I think more communities out there deserve to see it too, and contend with the questions it provokes about eating disorders, body image, and mental health.

    This play is a powerful and genuine exploration of eating disorders, masculinity and mental health. Though Colombian/pan-Latine masculinity serve as the backdrop for Luis's struggle, this specificity reveals the universal ways in which both our immediate communities and broader American culture impact self-image and overall well-being. I saw Luis perform this show at the Tank in New York, and I think more communities out there deserve to see it too, and contend with the questions it provokes about eating disorders, body image, and mental health.

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    I saw the production of this play at 59E59, and I loved it. This play is a fantastic subversion of expectations, genres, storytelling traditions, and theatre norms. Heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time the entire time. Please read and consider this play; it deserves to be seen in your community!

    I saw the production of this play at 59E59, and I loved it. This play is a fantastic subversion of expectations, genres, storytelling traditions, and theatre norms. Heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time the entire time. Please read and consider this play; it deserves to be seen in your community!

  • Jaymes Sanchez: AFFINITY LUNCH MINUTES by Nick Malakhow
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    Affinity Lunch Minutes is an excellent play that portrays the struggles that BIPOC people face when we find access into predominantly white institutions. The play asks important questions about whether institutions can be changed from within, about the power and role of teachers in the fight for justice, about the responsibility of bystanders, about respectability politics, and about the value (or lack thereof) of discourse about oppression. This play is a nuanced and beautiful manifestation of today's racial dynamics in the U.S. and it needs to be widely produced!

    Affinity Lunch Minutes is an excellent play that portrays the struggles that BIPOC people face when we find access into predominantly white institutions. The play asks important questions about whether institutions can be changed from within, about the power and role of teachers in the fight for justice, about the responsibility of bystanders, about respectability politics, and about the value (or lack thereof) of discourse about oppression. This play is a nuanced and beautiful manifestation of today's racial dynamics in the U.S. and it needs to be widely produced!

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