(trans)formada

Sam is gay, a little trans, and a child of Mexican immigrants living in the Texas Hill Country.
They're trying to figure out how to express their gender -- to themselves and to the world.
Just as Sam is building the courage to present their gender to their mother, they go to a high school party.
Everyone is way too into each other and drinking way too much. Amidst the debauchery, a brave and strange set of rituals ensues.

"(trans)formada" is a practice in healing. It is about redefining and coming back to family.

cast: 7 actors
run time: 90 minutes

Development

Staged reading, Shotgun Players Champagne Staged Reading Series, September 2023
dir. linda maria girón

Reading, San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival, September 2021
dir. Cambria Herrera, dramaturg. David Davila

Reading, Sin Muros: A Latinx Theater Festival at Stages, March 2021
dir. Virginia Grise

Reading, Repertorio Español, June 2020
dir. Kathleen Capdesuñer

Workshop/Reading, Austin Latinx New Play Festival, May 2020
dir. Sylvia Hinojosa, dramaturg. Jessica Peña-Torres

Workshop, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, July 2019
dir. Will Davis, dramaturg. Mark Bly, choreo. Dane Figueroa Edidi

Honors/Awards

Nominee, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2022
Semi-Finalist, Ucross + The Blank Theater Future of Playwriting Prize, 2021                  
Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2021             
Finalist, Miranda Family Voces Latinx, 2020      
Runner-up, Kennedy Center National Undergraduate Playwriting Award, 2019         
Runner-up, Kennedy Center Latinx Playwriting Award, 2019                       
Runner-up, Kennedy Center Rosa Parks Playwriting Award, 2019        

my eyes are up here honey

Francis, Billie, and Yasmin look at screens all day for work. Francis is an online creator, Billie is a customer service rep for a start up, and Yasmin is a graduate student studying film. Immaterial, a new digital avatar company is making waves across the country and hungry to expand. When the company enters their lives and connects them to a new reality, each person is faced with the truth of what their physical bodies need.

my eyes are up here honey is an exploration of boundaries, open relationships, and queer commodification

cast: 4 actors
approximate run time: 80 minutes

Development

Reading, Echo Theater Company, July 2022.
dir. Borna Barzin

Workshop, The Workshop Theater Intensive, Winter 2021.

First commisioned by Alter Theater Ensemble in San Rafael, CA.

Honors/Awards

Finalist, Leah Ryan FEWW Prize, 2022.

no me dejas

After twenty years, Perla's, the last lesbian bar in San Antonio, is closing down. Three queers, across generations, try to figure out what's next for their city and themselves as the bar has its very last call.

cast: 3 actors
run time: 15 minutes

A part of 2021 Greater Good Commision with Latinx Playwrights Circle, Pregones/PRTT, and Darrel Alejandro Holnes.

Development
Reading, Greater Good Festival, 2021
dir. Dillon Yruegas

https://youtu.be/LBOoTIgf7h

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