PLAYS I READ IN...
(in the order I read them)
2022
IS SEX - Jean Carlo Yunén Aróstegui
I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH - David Ramón Zayas
MY H8 LETTER 2 THE GR8 AMERICAN THEATRE - Diana Oh
THE THERAPIST - Gabriela Yepes (translated from Spanish (Peru) by Gigi Guizado)
STALLED - book & lyrics by Liesl Wilke, music & lyrics by Andy Marsh
WHISPERS OF MY SISTER - Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters
PASSAGE - Christopher Chen
I DIDN'T MAKE THIS - jose sebastian alberdi
GOLDEN STATE 1969 - Jared Michael Delaney
THE RE-EDUCATION OF FERNANDO MORALES - Justin P. Lopez
AIRPORT COFFEE - Sarah Cho
THIS FUCKING FEAR IN MY GUTS - Sebastian Eddowes
ABUNDANCIA - Carlos-Zunen Trujillo
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP - Aditi Brennan Kapil
THE INSEPARABLES - TJ Young
AGUA DE LUNA (PSALMS FOR THE ROUGE) - Caridad Svich
TWO TRAINS RUNNING - August Wilson
WHIRLIGIG - Mac Wellman
ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA - Tony Kushner
DANCE NATION - Clare Barron
FENCES - August Wilson
GOODBYE, NEW YORK - book by David Don Miller, music by Andrew Beall, lyrics by Evan McCormack
A NICE INDIAN BOY - Madhuri Shekar
GLORIA: A LIFE - Emily Mann
ON THE EXHALE - Martín Zimmerman
STEW - Zora Howard
THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL - Prince Gomolvilas
HOTTER THAN EGYPT - Yussef El Guindi
TRASH - James Caverly & Andrew Morrill
THE CHINESE LADY - lloyd suh
WANNABE - James J. Johnson
THE MINUTES - Tracy Letts
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK - Yussef El Guindi
IN THE UPPER ROOM - Beaufield Berry
MATT & BEN - Mindy Kaling & Brenda Whithers
2021
GET YOUR PINK HANDS OFF ME SUCKA AND GIVE ME BACK (FKA. COLUMBUS PLAY) - Daniella de Jesús
GIFT SHOP - Carlos Otondo
FLOOD - Alicia Margarita Olivo
FRIDA VICE-VERSA - Marian Lucha & Denis Green
(TRANS)FORMADA - lily gonzales
A MOVIE STAR MUST STAR IN BLACK AND WHITE - Adrienne Kennedy
THEATRE: A LOVE STORY - Caridad Svich
LA NOCHE DE LOS ASESINOS - José Triana
INFORMATION FOR FOREIGNERS - Griselda Gambaro
VILLA - Guillermo Calderón
DISCURSO - Guillermo Calderón
ANGELS IN AMERICA: PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES - Tony Kushner
DELICACY OF A PUFFIN HEART - Stefani Kuo
2020
COLLECTIVE RAGE - Jen Silverman
IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY - Sarah Ruhl
SILENT SKY - Lauren Gunderson
THESMOPHORIAZUSAE - Aristophanes
ART - Yasmina Reza
FEFU AND HER FRIENDS - María Irene Fornés
RICHARD II - William Shakespeare
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES - Rajiv Joseph
NEVADA-TAN - Leah Nanako Winkler
DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS - Eugene O'Neill
SIMPLY MARÍA, OR THE AMERICAN DREAM - Josefina López
THE WALLS - Griselda Gambaro
BEES AND HONEY - Guadalís Del Carmen
BORDERLINE - book by Aryanna Garber, music/lyrics by Benjamin Velez
DO YOU FEEL ANGER? - Mara Nelson-Greenberg
THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE - book, music, & lyrics by Masi Asare
SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY - Jocelyn Bioh
THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY - Kristoffer Diaz
HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF - Lily Padilla
FAIRVIEW - Jackie Sibblies Drury
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF VALERIE - Kristen Kosmas
AMADEUS - Peter Shaffer
WASH - TJ Young
CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND - Lauren Yee
WELL-INTENTIONED WHITE PEOPLE - Rachel Lynett
A DAY - Gabrielle Chapdelaine
SPRING AWAKENING - book/lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF - Ntozake Shange
COST OF LIVING - Martyna Majok
DISTRACTED - Lisa Loomer
MIKU, AND THE GODS. - Julia Izumi
POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE 7 WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE - Selina Fillinger
why share this?
1. As a form of personal accountability.
2. As a way for fellow artists to glimpse some of the body of work with which I am familiar and how it informs the lens through which I see theatre.
*Note: These lists only include full-length and one-act plays (ie. scripts longer than approximately 60 minutes). Also, these are simply the plays that I read that year and are not all necessarily indicative of the dramatists and stories to which I would personally elect to dedicate my time. I read some of the scripts for work, college courses, literary departments, and many for pleasure.