"The
Marx Brothers meet the Rolling Stones."
-American
Theatre Magazine
"Culture Clash has developed a comic approach that examines cultures
in flux and opposition, driven by an imperative to give voice to those
who are largely unheard in America. These assemblages invite a deeper
examination of who we are today. Their portraits of America celebrate
and lampoon our national character. Culture Clash at once honors and debunks
our self-evident truths, and they expertly hold up a fun-house mirror
to our body politics."
-Tony
Taccone, Artistic Director, Berkeley
Repertory Theatre
"A powerful aspect of Culture Clash's work is their use of humor
as both salve and social critique. Their comedy is sometimes raw and angry,
sometimes joyful and silly; it can be cathartic yet it can call for action...
The members of Culture Clash are, like Hamlet's favorite players, 'the
abstract and brief chronicles of the time.'"
-Antonia
Grace Glenn, Theatre Forum Magazine
"Clowns can serve a deep and vital purpose within their communities,
mirroring back those aspects of culture that can't otherwise be faced
squarely. Some clowns have a huge responsibility--they keep their people
honest even as they tumble and dance... Culture Clash are sacred clowns
for the new millennium, the Mission-bred, Los Angeles-based trio of bad-ass
Chicanos... are fearless, and they're working overtime to keep us honest."
-Lisa
Drostova, East Bay Express
"Culture Clash is a national treasure."
-Philip
Kan Gotanda, playwright
"These guys are funny daredevils of performance, totally fearless
as they skewer convention and lazy thinking. Cool."
-Eric
Bogosian, performer/playwright
"Wicked, observant comedy interspersed with keenly acted monologues
that make your heart ache."
-Miami
Herald
"Culture Clash seems an ideal name for a Latino comedy trio that
simultaneously makes mincemeat out of American cultural icons and skewers
the hell out of their own ethnic heritage--all the while showing the links
between the two. This brilliant team of writers/performers offers artful,
intelligent work that deserves the rapt attention of large and diverse
audiences."
-Back
Stage West
"Humorous, cutting and touching."
-New
York Times
"Just beyond the laughs, unsettling truths linger. The most sizzling
theater in town."
-San
Francisco Chronicle
"Sharp, cutting and on the edge."
-Los
Angeles Times
"Keep kicking them in the cojones."
-George
Carlin, satirist |