Recommended by Alicia Margarita Olivo

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    I saw the world premiere production of that drive thru monterey Stages in Houston earlier this month, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. olmos has created a magic trick in this play; as monterey moves through the nonlinear river of her life, I felt as if I were watching my own life unfold. A beautiful, hopeful, tragic, devastating portrait of a resilient woman, washing the audience over in her memories. May this play have long life ahead of it.

    I saw the world premiere production of that drive thru monterey Stages in Houston earlier this month, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. olmos has created a magic trick in this play; as monterey moves through the nonlinear river of her life, I felt as if I were watching my own life unfold. A beautiful, hopeful, tragic, devastating portrait of a resilient woman, washing the audience over in her memories. May this play have long life ahead of it.

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    SHE TEARS HERSELF APART really brings home the visceral decision paralysis of seeing yourself walking down a dozen paths, and the struggle to discern between what you think you feel, what you wish you felt, and what you're really experiencing at your core. Gad ends this short play with a really fun piece of theatricality that would be an absolute delight to direct. This is such a compassionate, weird-real, and lyrical piece that I can't wait to see developed.

    SHE TEARS HERSELF APART really brings home the visceral decision paralysis of seeing yourself walking down a dozen paths, and the struggle to discern between what you think you feel, what you wish you felt, and what you're really experiencing at your core. Gad ends this short play with a really fun piece of theatricality that would be an absolute delight to direct. This is such a compassionate, weird-real, and lyrical piece that I can't wait to see developed.

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    I had the pleasure of assistant directing a reading of parts per million & prophets a couple of years ago, and this play hasn't left my mind and my heart since. It's a funny, passionate, and deeply heartfelt call to action, set in Houston yet urgently familiar to us all. ricardo enrique is an incredible theatremaker, I strongly hope for their works to be produced in the near future! I'll be seated, no doubt.

    I had the pleasure of assistant directing a reading of parts per million & prophets a couple of years ago, and this play hasn't left my mind and my heart since. It's a funny, passionate, and deeply heartfelt call to action, set in Houston yet urgently familiar to us all. ricardo enrique is an incredible theatremaker, I strongly hope for their works to be produced in the near future! I'll be seated, no doubt.

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    FELLOWSHIP is an outrageous, provocative, silly, hilarious, and thoughtful exploration of what happens when the theatre industry halfheartedly commits to anti-racism and anti-oppression without a real racial reckoning. FELLOWSHIP really captures the absurdity and horror of being a Black actor and trying to maintain your sense of self in the most dehumanizing of spaces -- and that space could be one that you're making theatre in right now. I really hope to see this produced soon!

    FELLOWSHIP is an outrageous, provocative, silly, hilarious, and thoughtful exploration of what happens when the theatre industry halfheartedly commits to anti-racism and anti-oppression without a real racial reckoning. FELLOWSHIP really captures the absurdity and horror of being a Black actor and trying to maintain your sense of self in the most dehumanizing of spaces -- and that space could be one that you're making theatre in right now. I really hope to see this produced soon!

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    I am so, so endeared by Sam, Teri, Orville, and Catherine - they're full, flawed characters searching for meaning, like real people I know. This is a story about grief and sexuality and the complications of mixing the two, which is at turns exciting and new, and haunting. One of the final scenes from "rachel, nevada" has lived in my mind rent-free since I read this script earlier this year. I would love/I need to see this produced someday.

    I am so, so endeared by Sam, Teri, Orville, and Catherine - they're full, flawed characters searching for meaning, like real people I know. This is a story about grief and sexuality and the complications of mixing the two, which is at turns exciting and new, and haunting. One of the final scenes from "rachel, nevada" has lived in my mind rent-free since I read this script earlier this year. I would love/I need to see this produced someday.

  • Alicia Margarita Olivo: Princess Clara of Loisaida by Matt Barbot
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    On my knees, begging to the universe to let me see a production of this play... I really love this play's language and how it flits from grounded, realistic slang of the siblings to the heightened language of Adalandia. As a director, it's exciting to imagine how to stage the monologues in this show. It's a fantastical play, with fairies and medieval video games, but at it's core it's about growing up and wanting to be loved by your family.

    On my knees, begging to the universe to let me see a production of this play... I really love this play's language and how it flits from grounded, realistic slang of the siblings to the heightened language of Adalandia. As a director, it's exciting to imagine how to stage the monologues in this show. It's a fantastical play, with fairies and medieval video games, but at it's core it's about growing up and wanting to be loved by your family.

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  • Alicia Margarita Olivo: Ironin' Man! by Jorge Rodriguez
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    I really enjoyed reading "Ironin' Man!" The conversations around immigration, xenophobia, and anti-Blackness are realistic and I could imagine hearing them in my day-to-day life -- including the bigoted takes. I would certainly would want to dissect this play with others after watching a reading or production of this play. What a wonderfully exciting set concept and its theatricality!

    I really enjoyed reading "Ironin' Man!" The conversations around immigration, xenophobia, and anti-Blackness are realistic and I could imagine hearing them in my day-to-day life -- including the bigoted takes. I would certainly would want to dissect this play with others after watching a reading or production of this play. What a wonderfully exciting set concept and its theatricality!

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  • Alicia Margarita Olivo: Crabs in a Bucket by Bernardo Cubría
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    Just saw a killer production of CRABS IN A BUCKET in Houston last night. Funny, fast-paced, and deeply, deeply cutting. This is easily the best play about Latinidad that isn't about Latinidad that I've seen, y'know what I mean? Brilliant in that every person who experiences this show, whether as part of the production or as an audience member, will take away something different from it. Actually deeply necessary. Produce this play!

    Just saw a killer production of CRABS IN A BUCKET in Houston last night. Funny, fast-paced, and deeply, deeply cutting. This is easily the best play about Latinidad that isn't about Latinidad that I've seen, y'know what I mean? Brilliant in that every person who experiences this show, whether as part of the production or as an audience member, will take away something different from it. Actually deeply necessary. Produce this play!

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  • Alicia Margarita Olivo: Lay The Bent to the Bonny Broom by Zoe Senese-Grossberg
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    Had the pleasure of reading this script a couple of years ago, and it's cropped up in my mind several times since then. Absolutely one of my favorite scripts I've ever gotten to read. I cannot wait until this gets produced one day.

    Had the pleasure of reading this script a couple of years ago, and it's cropped up in my mind several times since then. Absolutely one of my favorite scripts I've ever gotten to read. I cannot wait until this gets produced one day.

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  • Alicia Margarita Olivo: Fountains of Youth by Kareem Fahmy
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    Devastating. Lush language. Heartbreaking.

    Devastating. Lush language. Heartbreaking.

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