Most Who Attend ‘N/A’ Will Quickly Recognize Its Two Unnamed Characters, but Fewer Are Likely To Be Enthralled by the Play

Rather than humanize its heroines, the play sets each up as a rather romantic archetype: A is the brilliant, feisty idealist, railing against the establishment; N is the pragmatic, long-suffering but stoic elder statesperson.

Daniel Rader
Ana Villafañe in 'N/A.' Daniel Rader

The sole characters in Mario Correa’s “N/A” are two women who are never identified by name, but anyone who hasn’t spent the past decade living under a rock will immediately recognize both. The younger one appears first, an attractive, ponytailed Latina rocking bright red lipstick and a smart black pantsuit as she speaks breathlessly into her phone. She is, we will soon learn, the youngest female politician ever elected to Congress.

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