My Manana Comes presented by Teatro Vista at Victory Gardens Theater - Biograph

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...The play revolves mostly around whether the busboys are going to get their "shift pay," which the owners are trying to eliminate. Surely, a top-drawer restaurant not paying its busboys at least the mandated minimum tipped-employee wage would be acting illegally. That's not to say they would not try it — employers do all kinds of things to workers when their business is in the toilet — but neither this play nor these incredibly smart busboys seem ever to have heard of this regulation. If you're at 66th and Madison, you at least have to pay some modicum of attention to the rules of business. For anyone in that level of restaurant real estate, ducking out on $2.13 an hour for four guys is not worth the risk."

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...There's a Robert Altman quality to Sandra Márquez's excellent production, which touches on immigration, economic inequality, and the plight of those living paycheck to paycheck without ever seeming heavy-handed."

Windy City Times - Highly Recommended

"...Elizabeth Irwin's dialogue exhibits a familiarity with her milieu that locates us immediately within our environment, as does the culinary expertise demonstrated by the actors in this Teatro Vista Chicago premiere production. Under the direction of Sandra Marquez, the quartet of Jonathan Nieves, Victor Marana, Dennis Garcia and Cameron Knight generates a comfortable camaraderie that lulls us into thinking that our play will be a celebration of the rewards granted those who exercise industry and patience, not a Darwinian bunker-drama rendered all the more grim for its humble setting, where the self-serving values practiced so cavalierly in the upper echelons of our society become likewise embraced in the lower ranks—albeit not without great reluctance and persistent regrets."

Time Out Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...The conclusion feels as inevitable as it is abrupt, and when the lights go down you can't help but feel that someone skipped out on the check. But then later, when you're sitting at the bar beside that little bowl of perfectly sliced lemons, you realize that My Mañana Comes is still with you."

ChicagoCritic - Somewhat Recommended

"...My Mañana Comes is a political fan service for those who enjoy savoring their common notions of immigrant life and having their pity encouraged and congratulated in sentimental representations of reality. It is yet another stellar example of the subsumption of art under politics in contemporary American theatre."

The Fourth Walsh - Highly Recommended

"...My Mañana Comes is a tight cautionary tale of cultural clashes over money. It’ll make you curious about what’s going on at the restaurant you’re eating at. And you’ll wonder about your busser’s homelife and savings plan."