Millennial Notes Jason Mendez Exposes America’s Self-Harm by Hamilton Nguyen Jason Mendez’s forward-looking super-hero story “Supremacy” examines America’s dark, open secret—racism. When an incompetent policeman shoots an unarmed Black teenager six times, the high school student suddenly discovers his super-powers. Now, he must wrestle with what it means to hold “Supremacy.” After the Officer…
Lucy Thurber Exposes Elite College’s Idea of “Inclusion” by Jennifer Ann Charron “Transfers” by Lucy Thurber plunges us into the world of college admissions where an ‘elite’ private school struggles to include students from the inner city. At the frontline of the equality wars, funny and flawed educators decide who gets in and who…
Irma Herrera’s Success Celebrates Names & Identities by Cynthia K. Lopez In the U.S., why do we think it’s okay to mangle a person’s name or assign them an entirely new one, if the original is hard to pronounce? Civil rights attorney, social justice advocate, journalist, and playwright, Irma Herrera, asks, “Why would I…
Gunderson & Melcon’s Comedy Transfigures Pride & Prejudice by Barry David Horwitz In this sequel to Pride and Prejudice, the clever playwrights take us downstairs into the vast basement kitchen underneath a great English manor. The rich people upstairs keep sneaking down the heavy duty wooden staircase to get some of the housekeeper’s…