Coming of Age Archives - Drama In The Hood

Standing Ovation for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Katherina Ipince Leitner / January 21, 2023

Juliette Carrilo’s I Am Not Your Perfect Daughter will make you laugh for two hours while also reaching deep into your heartstrings with its honest representation of grief, generational trauma, social inequalities, familial expectations and the struggles of undocumented and 1st generation immigrants in the United States. Based on Erika Sánchez’s novel, Seattle Rep’s latest production – which is also the West Coast premiere of the play – centers around Júlia, a 15-year-old Mexican American grappling with the death of her older sister, her parent’s expectations, her dreams of becoming a famous writer and her own coming of age.

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The Aliens- Not So Alien At All

Eilish McLean / July 3, 2018

This month, ReACT Theatre is bringing Annie Baker’s Obie award-winning The Aliens to Capitol Hill under stage manager Rachel Rene

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Shlong Song-Ironic Sarcasm is our Thing!!!

Marie Bonfils / February 5, 2017

Sexual Bildungsroman

Yes, indeed Shlong does mean male appendage in Yiddish. That was about all I knew about the 9:30 Friday night play at 18th and Union, before an adorable young man dressed in combat boots, revealing short shorts and a car-coat length women’s fake fur coat, bounced on stage, like Tigger. Accompanied by what sounded like a female stripper’s song, he started dancing around, and showing off his “equipment.”