ABOUT INCUBATE NYC
Presented this year in Queens & The Bronx, INCUBATE NYC develops and presents workshop performances from writers who reside/have roots to NYC's outer boroughs. This program is generously supported by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
IN THE BRONX BROWN GIRLS CAN SEE STARS TOO
A new play by AMALIA OLIVA ROJAS
directed by MARINA MONTESANTI
Inspiration Point
710 Tiffany St, Bronx, NY 10474
March 21 at 7pm
March 22 at 1pm
At the reading, there will be free beverages and empanadas from Empanology @ Bronx Brewery.
SYNOPSIS
In the Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too (or The F*ck is You Lookin At) follows young girls who are forced to take a communication workshop in hopes of avoiding juvie. As they play games and learn about themselves with the help of teaching artists, one of the girls is approached by the local gang leader to prove herself or lose her home.
**The play features very strong language and is suitable for people around 14 years or older.**
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Amalia Oliva Rojas is a Mexican poet, performer, and theatre artivist raised in Nueva York. Her work centers and archives the stories, myths, and legends told by her family and the NY immigrant community. Her plays include Tonantzin On the 7 Train (Pen America), A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Succeed in the Myth-Making Business (Lehman College), How to Melt ICE (or How the Coyote fell in love with the Lizard Who Was Really a Butterfly) (New York Women’s Fund Grant, New Perspectives Theatre Company and Boundless Theater Company, Latin American Theater Award for Outstanding Playwriting), and In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too. She was recently named one of six Culture and Narrative Fellows for The Opportunity Agenda, where she will be working on her new solo show DREAMing and The City. Additionally, Amalia is proud to be an Inaugural The Lily’s Lorraine Hansberry Fellow and CUNY Mexican Studies Institute Lydia Mendoza Fellow. MFA Playwriting candidate at Columbia University.
SPECIAL THANKS
This program is generously funded by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
Daniel Freeman, Inspiration Point, Open Hydrant Theater, Empanology, District Attorney Darcel Clark, New Settlement, Hunts Point Alliance for Children.