Recommended by Cesario Tirado-Ortiz

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    Once again Ingvarson knocks it out of the park with terrible people in terrible situations. As this show unfolds and secrets come to light, you get immediately swept up in this group of college friends and their new additions. The most Bushwick to ever Bushwick.

    Once again Ingvarson knocks it out of the park with terrible people in terrible situations. As this show unfolds and secrets come to light, you get immediately swept up in this group of college friends and their new additions. The most Bushwick to ever Bushwick.

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    Just had the pleasure of seeing this show at Limefest! Such a beautifully told story of two girls that still takes the time to find joy and light in their dire circumstances. Every single character had me rooting for them one scene and groaning inside the next. I'll be thinking about these bedfellows for a long time.

    Just had the pleasure of seeing this show at Limefest! Such a beautifully told story of two girls that still takes the time to find joy and light in their dire circumstances. Every single character had me rooting for them one scene and groaning inside the next. I'll be thinking about these bedfellows for a long time.

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    God, there's so much I can say about this play. "The Venetians" is one of my favorite dissections of Shakespeare's works, analyzing what it means to be a person of color in his plays while expertly balancing religion and assimilation. This show is so necessary and I'm so happy it's going to be staged soon; It should be staged all over the country. Thank God for Matt Barbot!

    God, there's so much I can say about this play. "The Venetians" is one of my favorite dissections of Shakespeare's works, analyzing what it means to be a person of color in his plays while expertly balancing religion and assimilation. This show is so necessary and I'm so happy it's going to be staged soon; It should be staged all over the country. Thank God for Matt Barbot!

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    The thing about an Avery Ingvarson play is that they're so good. In a world where everyone is writing two handers, "Don't Jump" is one of the few where the conversation is so palpably uncomfortable it circles back around to invigorating. We all want to ignore death; Ingvarson asks us to open our minds to the one thing that makes us mortal. Brilliant!

    The thing about an Avery Ingvarson play is that they're so good. In a world where everyone is writing two handers, "Don't Jump" is one of the few where the conversation is so palpably uncomfortable it circles back around to invigorating. We all want to ignore death; Ingvarson asks us to open our minds to the one thing that makes us mortal. Brilliant!

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    I love Shakespeare, I love boy players, I love gender!!! This play has quickly become one of my favorites as I recommend new queer theatre. Gorgeous, funny, and unfortunately still timely with the rise of puritanism in our country, I highly recommend everyone read this play.

    I love Shakespeare, I love boy players, I love gender!!! This play has quickly become one of my favorites as I recommend new queer theatre. Gorgeous, funny, and unfortunately still timely with the rise of puritanism in our country, I highly recommend everyone read this play.

  • Cesario Tirado-Ortiz: revelations from the first and last ever rehearsal of THEY SAY I DID SOMETHING BAD: an unauthorized taylor swift parody musical about the life of the unabomber ted kaczynski presented by the bridgebrook college drama club by Courtney Taylor
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    One of the most clever and insane shows I had the pleasure of watching. An absolute riot of a show, absolutely gutting when it gets to that point. Someone produce this show NOW!

    One of the most clever and insane shows I had the pleasure of watching. An absolute riot of a show, absolutely gutting when it gets to that point. Someone produce this show NOW!

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  • Cesario Tirado-Ortiz: i'm going to eat you alive by Riley Elton McCarthy
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    Do you ever read something that is so disgustingly, grotesquely weird and yet beautiful? That's how I feel about Riley's newest haunt, i'm going to eat you alive. I'm constantly in awe of the new ways they come up with gross things to do on stage that I adore to see. Keep this show on your radar: You don't want to miss all these bugs.

    Do you ever read something that is so disgustingly, grotesquely weird and yet beautiful? That's how I feel about Riley's newest haunt, i'm going to eat you alive. I'm constantly in awe of the new ways they come up with gross things to do on stage that I adore to see. Keep this show on your radar: You don't want to miss all these bugs.

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  • Cesario Tirado-Ortiz: Ivories by Riley Elton McCarthy
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    "I want love to win, but I don't think it will."

    That's what I said during That scene in Ivories by Riley Elton McCarthy. This is what the gold standard of horror theatre is, people! If you want a show that's if Hereditary, The Shining, and Haunting of Hill House had a baby with pronouns, this is the show for you. Read this immediately, read it again, then call me so we can scream about it.

    "I want love to win, but I don't think it will."

    That's what I said during That scene in Ivories by Riley Elton McCarthy. This is what the gold standard of horror theatre is, people! If you want a show that's if Hereditary, The Shining, and Haunting of Hill House had a baby with pronouns, this is the show for you. Read this immediately, read it again, then call me so we can scream about it.

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  • Cesario Tirado-Ortiz: The Men I Wish I Was by Ulysses Constance Bougie
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    There are very few pieces of media that encapsulate how it feels to be transgender. I don't think until this moment I found a piece that genuinely mirrors my view of my gender, my sexuality, my worldview as much as this play does. What Bougie does in 29 pages is absolutely incredible. If I could make this required reading in every queer theatre course, I would. Thank you.

    There are very few pieces of media that encapsulate how it feels to be transgender. I don't think until this moment I found a piece that genuinely mirrors my view of my gender, my sexuality, my worldview as much as this play does. What Bougie does in 29 pages is absolutely incredible. If I could make this required reading in every queer theatre course, I would. Thank you.

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  • Cesario Tirado-Ortiz: A Reputation (A Short Monologue About Matthew Weaver, Whom I Have Never Met and Hopefully Takes No Issue With the Existence of the Following Existential Musings) by Daniel Prillaman
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    As a fellow non-Matthew Weaver reader, this was such an interesting and fun read! The experimental quality of the dialogue coupled with the genuine thoughts Prillaman puts out is genuinely incredible. A feast for any actor to sink their teeth into, this monologue is going to be a hit the moment it lands in someone's lucky hands.

    As a fellow non-Matthew Weaver reader, this was such an interesting and fun read! The experimental quality of the dialogue coupled with the genuine thoughts Prillaman puts out is genuinely incredible. A feast for any actor to sink their teeth into, this monologue is going to be a hit the moment it lands in someone's lucky hands.

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