Recommended by Luis Roberto Herrera

  • Eddie's Puss
    25 Apr. 2024
    A twisted play that will have you questioning the playwrights sanity - but oh man is it worth it. Funny, unexpected, and yes of course, disturbing - Urrutia doing what he loves most - making you back away in confusion and fear as to why you’re laughing.
  • The Suncatchers of Sahel: An Ancestral Tale Told To Today's Griot, Part I: The Crumble Under the Crescent
    28 Dec. 2022
    Shakespearean in its world and language. This is an epic like we have yet to see on the stage, at least not in the way that we NEED to. Burke has given us a history lesson about the black and queer spaces that have been occupied for hundreds of years and the silence that has been imposed on them. The characters breathe, the world flutters, and by the end you’ll want the story to keep on going.
  • Band-Aid
    28 Dec. 2022
    Gacinski has put together a story about artists that not only touches on the creative process in an entertaining way, but keeps hoping for all the success and failure that come with it just so we can keep reading. In a play that does a good job of balancing both the realness of what it means to create art and the melodrama that comes with falling in love, Gacinski makes you cheer for the ups and downs, the good and the bad, and at times the pleasantly poetic.
  • The Handicap
    21 Nov. 2022
    Brutal, and an unfortunate reflection of the human race as the years go by, and the unflinching resentment of opinions that don’t align with yours start to control how we behave towards one another. Valdes has tapped into a fear of ours, a fear that comes from an all to real and possible future.
  • Heart Stop or, The Obesity Play
    21 Nov. 2022
    Franky has a gift for pouring a piece of his heart into every piece he writes. This play has the whole thing. As someone who has struggled with weight and food, this play speaks to me, my fears, hopes, and dreams of coming to terms with acceptance of oneself. Most people would run away from tackling something so raw, bloody and messy, but Franky faces it with such honesty and bravery that it was impossible to not feel inspired. I don’t want to tell you much because, this is a play you need to read, and pretty soon experience.
  • ÁNGEL Y CHUPI (The Reinvented Queer Tale of the Puerto Rican Chupacabra)
    17 Jan. 2022
    A play that moves fearlessly between the mythical, religious, and brutal truth of romance . I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a weird play, but the kind that takes you on a journey we might all be too familiar with, disguising it within the the story between an angel and a chupacabra. I don't know how this play would look on stage, but I can't wait to find out.
  • Popsicle Kisses
    21 Oct. 2021
    Poetic, haunting, like a bedtime story we never knew we wanted. Sparse in a way that lends itself to all those unspoken things speaking volumes. Starting as what seems like a welcome connection between father and daughter, only to reveal the dark truth behind those missing years. With this play he leaves you wanting more, but at the same time knowing that this is all more than enough.
  • The Mortal Drama
    18 Apr. 2020
    A play about substance abuse and how it can warp ones perception of success. This play give a glimpse into the heart of those who let things control them and how it affects all those around them. An interesting and quick read, some good material for undergrad scene work for sure, worth a read.