Barbot 's produced his first play '' Infallibility '' when he was 26 years old . '' Infallibility '' focuses on questioning religion , faith , and identity . The play is the story of an 18-year-old deacon named Carlos , tricked into impersonating a dead pope 's voice in a trial where he ends up in jail . The play is set in the jail and performed for the prison guards . '' Infallibility '' was produced in 2014 as a part of the annual New York International Fringe Festival , and was one of Indie Theater Now ’s Best of FringeNYC 2014 . Barbot 's next play , '' Princess Clara of Loisaida , '' was written in 2015 and produced in a workshop at Columbia University School of the Arts in 2016 . The play uses magic realism to tell the story of siblings living in New York . With their mother deceased and their father catatonic , Jose tells magical stories of his younger sister as a fairy princess . They discover Fefu , a fairy scout who 's goal is to bring Clara to the magical realm . A coming of age story , the play analyzes themes of identity , wealth , and family . '' Princess Clara of Loisaida '' was a finalist for the Latinx Theatre Commons ' 2018 Carnaval of New Latinx Work and for the Columbia@Roundabout New Play Series . Barbot 's best known play , '' El Coquí Espectácular and the Bottle of Doom '' premiered at the Two River Theater on January 8th , 2018 . The play was performed at The Brick 's Comic Book Theater Festival , the Julia De Burgos Performing Arts Center , and the Sheen Center Theater Festival of Catholic Playwrights . The play examines Latin ethnicity and identity through a magic realism lens and comic book reality . Barbot uses the metaphor of vejigante masks from Puerto Rico to exemplify a Puerto Rican superhero . Barbot was inspired by vejigante masks and superheros in comic books and cartoons . As a playwright these concepts merged and the story of '' El Coquí '' was formed . In the play , Alex Nuñez , an out of work comic book creator , creates a Nuyorican superhero named El Coquí Espectácular . Putting on a vigilante mask , Alex Nuñez takes on the character 's identity at night to protect his Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park from gentrification and corporations . '' El Coquí '' was a finalist in the 2014 Repertorio Español Nuestras Voces competition and received two Kennedy Center awards . Barbot 's work has been read and performed at Dixon Place , the Flea Theater , the Brick , Two River Theater , INTAR , and the Lucille Lortel Theatre . Barbot has also worked for Remezcla , a Latinx digital media company where he wrote and produced commercial work , such as " The Perfect Play " a short film for Pepsi shot in Harlem that featured New York Giants ' Victor Cruz . Barbot also produced a webseries " Bodega Chat " for Brisk Iced Tea . In 2018 , Barbot 's play '' A List of Some Shit I 've Killed '' was published in the anthology Red Bull Shorts Volume III . The play is about the story of Heracles ' Bow , told backwards and through the lens of toxic masculinity , examines how " men ruin everything " . Barbot 's full list of plays is : '' Faith ; Somewhere a Place ; A Mostly True Story About F. Scott Fitzgerald 's Penis ; O , Little Town ; The Tragedy of Sultan Khalid bin Barghash or , The Entire Anglo-Zanzibar War in Real Time ; Boldly Go ; A List of Some Shit I 've Killed ; Infallibility ; Princess Clara of Loisaida ; Saints Go Marching ; and El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom ''
New York International Fringe Festival
New York International Fringe Festival
Matt Barbot