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Bobby is a small Puerto Rican/Italian kid from Long Island with a big dream. Soon he’s galloping headlong into the strange, obsessive world of professional horse racing. But the track is as dangerous as it is exciting, full of colorful characters and powerful beasts. The jockeys and their associates form a makeshift brotherhood even as they wrestle with the extremes of their sport. But will Bobby outgrow his dream or be consumed by it?
SMALL is a tour-de-force about finding and losing yourself in the messy process of growing up as one young man’s dreams unexpectedly lead him from the Belmont racetrack to the Broadway stage.
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6 / 10
It’s a late-story turn with approximately 20 minutes of showtime to go, a swerve that wasn’t set up in the early sections of the play, making it feel tagged on. Suddenly a play about a dream to become a horse jockey transitions to one about haphazardly becoming a dancer, and finding success in that arena. As a human, you’re happy he found his place and true calling, but as an audience member, you wish the show’s dramaturgy were stronger.
'SMALL' Off-Broadway review — Robert Montano retraces big dreams and risks to match
7 / 10
Beyond the overwrought, performative opening stretch of the work directed by Jessi D. Hill, Montano deserves credit for his messy-but-real coming-of-age tale set in the ’70s. Over 100 minutes, he shares how his pint-sized stature as a kid got him bullied and benched his West Side Story-inspired dreams of being a dancer. Once his mother took him to the Belmont Park racetrack, he was bent on a career of a different color. He’d determined he was born to be a jockey.
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 1, 2026
See what the critics are saying about Robert Monatno's Small, now officially open Off-Broadway at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Read the Review Roundup here!
by Bruce Glikas - May 29, 2026
The Penguin Rep Theatre production of SMALL, written by and starring Robert Montano, has officially opened Off-Broadway at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center. See photos from the red carpet!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2026
The Penguin Rep Theatre production of SMALL, written by and starring Robert Montano, opens tonight at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center. See production photos here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 22, 2026
Following its 2023 production at 59e59 Theatres and productions around the country, the Penguin Rep Theatre production of SMALL, written by and starring Robert Montano, will return to New York City for a limited engagement.
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