←Recommendations of Black Super Hero Magic Mama

Wow! What an amazing piece. I can't believe how effortlessly it travels from warm human realism to razor-sharp satire to gutting tragedy to magical realism and back again. This piece manages all of those tones, styles, motifs, etc. while feeling like a beautifully unified piece of art. A dangerous read on public transit, as I vacillated many times between raucously laughing aloud to crying openly. I'm so grateful to have read it and can't wait to experience a production.

Brilliant, moving, funny, tragic and true - a healing ritual and a beautiful play that gives us what is so important in the midst of these awful times - a way to begin to process and talk about the awful truths people go through and empathize! Craig-Galván creates windows into inner experience through the theatrical personification of comic book super heroes and villains. LOVE THIS!

An imaginative play that asks new questions (at least new-to-me questions) about what to do in the wake of an act of violence. This play deals with anger and injustice and the brokenness of our world but doesn't get so caught up in those things that it loses the humanity of its characters. Plus, it's a theatrical delight for designers, actors, and directors with an important message to boot.

Astonishing play--inventive, theatrical, incredibly moving. Loved it.

This play had me laughing, crying and thinking. Craig-Galvan's piece offers a space for Black Mothers to deal with grief, pain, and loss. I love the individual voices of each character as well.

A very unique, deeply personal examination of one mother's grief in the midst of unspeakable tragedy. Powerful message of learning to confront our grief, even in the face of injustice. Quick, but powerful read. Check it out!

Powerful and heartbreaking. Thanks for writing this, Inda Craig-Galván.

I'm late to the party but oh my word, so glad I read this play. Craig-Galván's voice is crystal clear, her craft honed. Damn. Now I want to read it allover again. WHY hasn't this play had a production?? Theater peeps — Get on it. This, this right here, is the NOW.

BLACK SUPER HERO MAGIC MAMA is that rare topical play that comes from the heart, not the head, which allows it to have a power beyond this moment in time, while being exactly that play for this time. Written before a “Black Panther” movie was even a thing, the play updates mainstream superhero mythology with images of African and female empowerment to show the power of mothers, black mothers in particular, and sisterhood. A tour-de-force of writing power, BLACK SUPER HERO MAGIC MAMA is a devastating tragedy that weaves humor, wit and fury into a story that breaks your heart.

There is a reason why this is one of the most reviewed plays on NPX. It is THAT good. It is funny, it is sharp, it is powerful, it is real, and it makes me ache and empathize so deeply I can hardly sit still. You genuinely LOVE these characters--and it only takes Craig-Galván a page to get you to love them. They are so deeply real. This play really makes you think. Behind hashtags and movements are just people--sometimes they are remarkable brave beacons, but at the end of the day, they are just people. Highly recommended.