the way she spoke
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the way she spoke NYC Reviews and Tickets

69%
(37 Ratings)
Positive
51%
Mixed
46%
Negative
3%
Members say
Relevant, Thought-provoking, Intense, Slow, Disappointing

About the Show

Based on a series of intimate interviews, this new one-woman play demonstrates the power of speaking truth, even as it considers the implications of doing so.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (37)

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256 Reviews | 86 Followers
80
Spoke is woke

See it if Love solo shows and their downtown energy, in a downtown venue.

Don't see it if You are hard of hearing, uncomfortable with Spanish or Mexicans. You hate solo shows. Read more

204 Reviews | 29 Followers
80
Intense, Thought-provoking, Relevant, Riveting

See it if You like to hear what happens in real life close to the US border and want to try to understand why people want to come to USA

Don't see it if You do not like graphic and intense descriptions of awful events and you feel too distant from this sort of reality Read more

458 Reviews | 101 Followers
78
Relevant, Beautifully performed, Painful, Graphic, Compelling

See it if You want to know more about the 'desaparecidos" of Juarez. You want to see a one woman show filled with colors that really works.

Don't see it if This production is, by definition, a violent depiction of the random murder of women south of the border. THe images are stark and vivid.

311 Reviews | 45 Followers
77
Relevant, Thought-provoking, Absorbing, Ambitious

See it if you enjoy fine acting by one woman speaking Spanish & English telling of the tragic unpunished killing of women in Juarez

Don't see it if you prefer ensemble acting.

761 Reviews | 165 Followers
76
Great acting, Thought-provoking, Disappointing, Dizzying, Convoluted

See it if Interested in true crime tale of murders of Mexican women on the border, to see single actress manage play's odd structure, fan of actress

Don't see it if turned off by subject matter, confused by a man's story played out by a woman, don't like occasional Spanish phrases in dialogue

567 Reviews | 151 Followers
70
Gruesome, Great acting, Relevant, Intense, Edgy

See it if Documenting monologue of the fallen women of Juarez and their graphic demise at the hands of those perpetrating violence.

Don't see it if Misstep in actor reading headlines/script which isolates the topic from the reality she's trying to create. The result lands like a podcast. Read more

158 Reviews | 24 Followers
70
Quirky, Intense, Great acting, Disappointing, Entertaining

See it if You like good acting an a disjointed storyline.

Don't see it if You do not like one person shows. Read more

MJK
677 Reviews | 193 Followers
66
Sincere, Slow, Relevant, Poignant

See it if ur a fan of Kate del Castillo; u want to hear a harrowing, eye-opening probe into the mistreatment of women in the border town of Jaurez.

Don't see it if u expect any inventive stagecraft, gripping theatricality or explosive histrionics; u expect a lighthearted monologue from a telenovela star Read more

Critic Reviews (11)

The New York Times
July 18th, 2019

"‘the way she spoke’ Is a Trip to Ciudad Juárez. Isaac Gomez’s one-woman play follows the trail of violence in a city on the Mexican border."
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Time Out New York
July 18th, 2019

★★★★ "Kate Del Castillo stars in Isaac Gomez's terrific solo show about horrors in Ciudad Juárez."
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Variety
July 19th, 2019

"The 'docu-mythologia' about the disappeared women of Juarez, Mexico, is both sobering and distancing."
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Theatermania
July 18th, 2019

"'The Way She Spoke' Spotlights the Epidemic of Female Homicides in Ciudad Juárez. Kate del Castillo stars in the latest solo show from Audible."
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BroadwayWorld
July 19th, 2019

"Isaac Gomez's 'THE WAY SHE SPOKE' Explores a City's History of Violence Against Women"
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Lighting & Sound America
July 29th, 2019

"Isaac Gomez's new work is an honest and honorable attempt at tackling an appalling, long-running injustice; that it is a losing battle says much about the difficulty of the material, which may be immune to dramatic treatment, at least in the format employed here."
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New York Stage Review
July 18th, 2019

★★★ "Kate del Castillo delivers an actor's tour de force as more than a dozen characters in this contemporary border drama."
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TheaterScene.net
July 26th, 2019

"Though it's based on interviews with the relatives of a number of young Mexican women--and girls, really--who had gruesome deaths in Ciudad Juarez, "the way she spoke" is surprisingly unconvincing. It's not so much the writing as the performance that prevents us from following or believing what we're told."
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