Reviews
"In "Charity," playwright-actor Evelina Fernández raises her own considerable bar, elevating the audience in the process"
Charity | Backstage
Fernández explores the deeply-held emotional convictions of her Latino family. Dealing as she does with the grander mysteries of life and the more prosaic problems of just living, she deepens her story with strong characterizations"
Charity | Latin Heat
"Premeditation - as with several other plays developed by Fernández and her director and husband Jose Luis Valenzuela - achieves a genuine comic brio"
Premeditation | Don Shirley
"Evelina Fernández's drama with music explores core issues of family, love, death and cultural identity. The emotional finale features a moving song in Spanish.
Solitude | L.A Weekly
"...a play should be like a hot chili, you know it's good if it makes you cry, laugh, sing and dance. Solitude does
all of the above more than once. A cathartic experience
not tobe missed."
Solitude | Eastside Writer
Swelling with art, heart and high style"
Solitude | Los Angeles Times
"Evelina Fernández's drama with music explores core issues of family, love, death and cultural identity. The emotional finale features a moving song in Spanish.
Solitude | L.A Weekly
"...a play should be like a hot chili, you know it's good if it makes you cry, laugh, sing and dance. Solitude does
all of the above more than once. A cathartic experience
not tobe missed."
Solitude | Eastside Writer
Swelling with art, heart and high style"
Solitude | Los Angeles Times
"Evelina Fernández's drama with music explores core issues of family, love, death and cultural identity. The emotional finale features a moving song in Spanish.
Solitude | L.A Weekly
"...a play should be like a hot chili, you know it's good if it makes you cry, laugh, sing and dance. Solitude does
all of the above more than once. A cathartic experience
not tobe missed."
Solitude | Eastside Writer
Swelling with art, heart and high style"
Solitude | Los Angeles Times
“POWERFUL AND PERSUASIVE… a mythic work of enduring literary significance… equal parts sentimental comedy, dark psychological melodrama and magical-realist jukebox musical.”
A Mexican Trilogy | L.A Weekly
“RECOMMENDED… STAGE RAW TOP 10… A UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE, NOT TO BE MISSED… stylish, accomplished… the entire ensemble is wonderful… will touch anyone who has listened carefully to grandparents, who has listened to the collectors of family and regional history.”
A Mexican Trilogy | Stage Raw
“TERRIFIC, funny as well as moving, with lively period music”
A Mexican Trilogy | L.A. OBSERVED
“AMBITIOUS… PANORAMIC… we stay effortlessly engaged, even over the break for dinner… a dynamic theatrical experience [and] a vital cultural record.”
A Mexican Trilogy | Theatre Ghost
“A SUMPTUOUS, TRULY MIRACULOUS PRODUCTION… wise, witty, and wonderful… a masterful tour de force”
A Mexican Trilogy |
People's World
“MONUMENTAL… universally appealing … the best six hours of my week”
A Mexican Trilogy | BroadwayWorld
“AMAZING… interesting, funny… flavor and authenticity”
A Mexican Trilogy |
The Fume of Sighs
“FASCINATING, FUNNY, MAGICAL… artfully weaves the joys, conflicts, and stresses that are true for all immigrants”
A Mexican Trilogy |
L.A Splash
“COMPELLING… POWERFUL AND MOVING… MAGIC”
A Mexican Trilogy | The World Through Night Tinted Glasses