All of Me
by Laura Winters
directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe
The New Group at
Signature Theatre
June 11, 2024
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.

All of Me is a boy-meets-girl romantic comedy that follows the love story between Lucy and Alfonso, who have a sweet first meeting outside in a hospital parking lot.   Lucy, who dreams of being a jazz singer, and Alfonso, a healthcare researcher, face hurdles that have plagued lovers since time immemorial, including race, class, and disapproving mothers. But their story has an added layer: The dynamic pair use mobility devices and text-to-speech device and apps to communicate.  It is interesting that what is very new to the audience – at least to me –  is the text-to-speech device that gives that unmistakable “Stephen Hawking voice” is not what is the source of the conflict. The complex disability is really not the disability.