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One of the Good Ones
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m
This hilarious new comedy from the co-creator of the Emmy-winning sitcom One Day at a Time revels in the explosive reaction a Latina daughter sets off when she brings her very white-looking boyfriend home to meet the parents.
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Cast Size
2w, 3m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
- Setting Enrique and Ilana’s beautiful home in Pasadena. The present.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Alcohol
- Strong Language
Media
“A hell of a lot of fun… genuinely funny, topical and heartfelt.” – Entertainment Weekly
“A second cousin once removed to William Rose’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Kellett’s genial comedy finds the highly assimilated, upper middle class Gomez family losing their collective sanity when their daughter, Yoli, brings home Marcos, a man who, to her parents’ minds at least, qualifies as an ‘other.’ Humor, revelations, embraces and pinata destruction ensue.” – Broadway World
“Genuinely funny.” – Stage Raw
“One of the Good Ones brings the generations into collision for laughs and social enlightenment. The squabbles of a Latine family take center stage in a show that emphasizes cultural difference only to reveal universal patterns and fond similarities.” – L.A. Times
“Witty… gets more pleasurable as it goes along.” – Variety
“A hell of a lot of fun… Kellett writes with her usual blend of humor, cultural specificity and acknowledgment of real-world issues. The approach, showcased by [Norman] Lear on his hit shows like All In the Family, allows audiences to engage with today’s most pressing concerns through laughter… it’s an age-old question of what is lost and what is gained with assimilation, presented with a new, hip vocabulary and heaps of one-liners… One of the Good Ones is the type of writing both theatre and television could use more of – genuinely funny, topical and heartfelt without feeling preachy or overly sentimental.” – Entertainment Weekly
Videos
Gloria Calderón Kellett on One of the Good Ones – KCAL
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.