Review: Am I Roxie? An intimate look at Alzheimer’s

Am I Roxie? is a brilliantly written and intimate look at a daughter caring for her mother who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

In this fiercely funny one-woman tour-de-force based on her own life, writer/actor Roxana Ortega (Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes , The Groundlings) navigates the chaos of her mother’s mental decline with outrageous humor and unbreakable spirit.

Roxie has written a remarkable play and through the direction of Bernardo Cubría ( Crabs in a Bucket ) she leaves the audience knowing exactly who she is.

Roxie is a native Peruvian living la vida loca in the City of Angels and navigating a budding acting career when the unthinkable happens. Her mother’s caregiver, Roxie’s father, suddenly passes away leaving the family scrambling to determine who will ca