One of the Good Ones
by Gloria Calderón Kellett

"A second cousin once removed to William Rose’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Kellett’s genial comedy finds the highly assimilated, upper middle class Gomez family losing their collective sanity when their daughter, Yoli, brings home Marcos, a man who, to her parents’ minds at least, qualifies as an ‘other.’ Humor, revelations, embraces and pinata destruction ensue."

— Broadway World

"One of the Good Ones brings the generations into collision for laughs and social enlightenment. The squabbles of a Latine family take center stage in a show that emphasizes cultural difference only to reveal universal patterns and fond similarities."

— L.A. Times

"Witty… gets more pleasurable as it goes along."

— Variety

"A hell of a lot of fun… Kellett writes with her usual blend of humor, cultural specificity and acknowledgment of real-world issues. The approach, showcased by [Norman] Lear on his hit shows like All In the Family, allows audiences to engage with today’s most pressing concerns through laughter… it’s an age-old question of what is lost and what is gained with assimilation, presented with a new, hip vocabulary and heaps of one-liners… One of the Good Ones is the type of writing both theatre and television could use more of – genuinely funny, topical and heartfelt without feeling preachy or overly sentimental."

— Entertainment Weekly