Projects and Productions

christopher colombus is in the waiting room

By Irisdelia Garcia, presented at The Tank NYC as part of their Radio Bemba showcase.

Presented at The Tank for a night of one-acts by Latinx playwrights called “Radio Bemba,” Christopher Columbus is in The Waiting Room circles ideas of the afterlife, “post”-colonial repercussions & trauma and the digital dynamic of workspace. Christopher achieves in 30 minutes the unsettling reality of when we let histories unheard fester and —even through the screen— implode into catalyzing emotions that are often languageless and intense.

Carefully cast with actors’ stories in mind, the show is all femme, 4 out of 5 of those femmes are of color and of Caribbean descent. The play was written in response to an increasing danger of romanticizing history as something 1) distant from us 2) not as bad as it seems and 3) having nothing to do with now. Readings and rehearsals took place within a month and a half as well as producing the show for The Tank alongside other Latinx playwrights and directors.

The play poses the question: who will you face for your Judgment Day? And what will they decide?

call me when you get this

An adaptation of Floyd Dell's Enigma

A contemporary adaptation of Floyd Dell's 1915 two-hander Enigma, call me when you get this enlists a cast of twelve to navigate digital (dis)connection in the age of surveyed hyper-love. What begins as a break-up over video chat evolves into a distorted battle to be seen despite our own values tested against the virtual panopticon. An immersive digital experience, call me when you get this explores the pitfalls of miscommunication, distance, and the lengths we go for unrequited love.
call me when you get this is collectively conceived and (re)written by the cast and creative team.

Queer & Now- Digital Cabarets