Set in the mid-1960s, Ojalá explores the cultural phenomenon of Mexican nanny-maids and the affluent white children they care for. It is the journey of two women, both jilted by the men they love and forced to live together as they tend to Hope, the little girl that will determine their future.
The rise of the psycho-pharmaceutical drug industry and the loss of a generation.
Centralizes around Raina, a thirty-year-old, pregnant, cocktail lounge singer who finds herself alone after her husband suddenly vanishes. Her husband's disappearance leads her into a labyrinth of secrets, lies, and memories as she attempts to locate him with the help of an eccentric inspector. In the guise of a psychological thriller, Permanently Missing is a deft exploration of love and marriage, of our darkest fears and our deepest hopes.
Two women reunite on the eve of an art opening. Are they friends or just survivors of an unspeakable loss? Does time exist in linear form or do we live falling back? Does motherhood change your future even when you planned for it? Meet Sue and Marsha in their forties, in their thirties and in their twenties as they try to piece together loss, longing, love and running away.
Thirteen kids audition for the part of adulthood and decide they don't want the part.
"Best Latina Play"
—Revista Magazine
"Ojalá: a story long overdue!"
—The Los Angeles Times
—The Los Angeles Times
"Berry is especially adept at the motivation of frequent flashbacks then connecting back..."
—Patrick Dorn, The Boulder Daily Camera
—Patrick Dorn, The Boulder Daily Camera
"Berry's Big Pharma stands on its own as an engaging appeal concerning a serious sociopolitical issue."
—Bob Bows, KUVO/89.3 FM
—Bob Bows, KUVO/89.3 FM
""Big Pharma is smart, insightful and provocative."
—The Boulder Daily Camera
—The Boulder Daily Camera
"Writer-performer Jennifer Berry shows a lot of spunk in tackling the medical-industrial complex that is the American pharmaceutical establishment."
—LA Weekly
—LA Weekly
"Big Pharma is an eloquent attack against not only a powerful industry but also upon the kind of conformist Stepford nation that America has become. Berry is passionate but never shrill, and although her anger seldom boils far beneath the surface, she maintains her poise and focus throughout the evening."
—LA Weekly
—LA Weekly
"Jennifer Berry's mesmerizing view of the medical-industrial pharmaceutical industry's menacing hell, in her tour de force performance of Big Pharma...is a sharp, insightful observation of the mammoth pharmaceutical conglomerates."
—Gerri Garner's Entertainment, American Radio Network, KCLA AM
—Gerri Garner's Entertainment, American Radio Network, KCLA AM
