Playwright: Gabriel Diego Hernández

Music and Lyrics: Gabriel Diego Hernández and Rachel Elmer 

Music from Arabelle Luke AKA AirLoom Beats; additional music production by Jarren Simmons AKA Greens

Featuring Gabriel Diego Hernández and Arabelle Luke AKA AirLoom Beats 

A young father in the playground, one-year-old son in tow, engages another parent in the park in a conversation about neighborhoods, parenthood, and cultural identity, processing some of his traumas and insecurities along the way as he tries to understand the factors that will shape his child's Latino identity. Meanwhile, his alter-ego, a swaggering hip hop jester named MC Plátano, comments on the action, fills in some of the blanks, and asks us some difficult questions.

The podcast episode of QUARTER RICAN will launch in Fall 2025.

QUARTER RICAN was produced in partnership with Musical Theatre Factory, recorded live in June 2025. 

QUARTER RICAN was developed in part with support from Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and its Step Up Artist in Residence Initiative, and is produced by special arrangement with TRW Plays.