New Jersey Stage Issue 42 | Page 92

El Coquí Espectácular and the Bottle of Doom SHARE BUTTON Playwright Matt Barbot knows what it’s like to read comic books and yearn for a super hero that looks like the reflec- tion he sees in the mirror. In El Coquí Espectácular and the Bottle of Doom, he deftly uses the super hero genre to explore NJ STAGE - ISSUE 42 by Gary Wien questions of individual and na- tional identity - including what it means to be “Latino” or “not Latino enough” — in contempo- rary America. The play will have its World Premiere at Two River Theater from January 6 through February 4. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 92