Table of Contents

1. Foreword by Diane Rodriguez
2. An interlude with Jose Luis Valenzuela by Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero, and Chantal Rodriguez
3. Introduction by Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero, and Chantal Rodriguez

Section One: Traversing Boundaries of Gender and Sexuality

4.Dementia by Evelina Fernández (full play script), Introduction by Chantal Rodriguez
5. Las mariposas saltan al vacio by José Milián, Snapshot by Patricia Herrera
6. Quemar las Naves: el viaje de Emma by Rocío Carrillo, Profile and Interview by Teresa Marrero

Section Two: Staging Transnational Realities of Race, Ethnicity, and Class

7. Ropa Intima by Lynn Nottage, Profile and Interview by Gina Sandi-Diaz
8. Miss Julia adapted by J.Ed Araiza (full play script), Introduction by Carla Della Gatta
9. El Apagón adapted by Rosalba Rolón, Profile and Interview by Chantal Rodriguez

Section Three: The State, Politics, and Lived Experience

10. Deferred Action by David Lozano and Lee Trull, Snapshot by Teresa Marrero
11. Culture Clash: An American Odyssey by Culture Clash (monologue), Snapshot by Noe Montez
12. 10 Million by Carlos Celdrán (full play script), Introduction by Lillian Manzor
13. La razón blindada by Arístides Vargas, Snapshot by Grace Dávila-López
14. WET: A DACAmented Journey by Alex Alpharaoh (full play text), Snapshot by Trevor Boffone

Section Four: Music and Autobiographical Performance

15. Conjunto Blues by Nicolas Valdez (monologue), Snapshot by Marci McMahon
16. Broken Tailbone by Carmen Aguirre, Profile and Interview by Trevor Boffone
17. Latin Standards by Marga Gomez (monologue), Snapshot by Isaac Gomez
18. Conclusion by Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero, and Chantal Rodriguez
19. Afterword by Carlos Morton

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A curated collection of new Latinx and Latin American plays, monologues, interviews, and critical essays that explores the common ground between Latinx and Latin American artists.

About the Author

Trevor Boffone is a Lecturer in the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. His work using Dubsmash and TikTok with his students has been featured on Good Morning America, ABC News, Inside Edition, and Access Hollywood, among numerous national and local media platforms. He is the author of Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok. He is the co-editor of Encuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater; Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature; and Shakespeare and Latinidad.

Teresa Marrero is Professor of Latinx and Latin American Theater in the Department of Spanish at the University of North Texas. She is a theatre critic for the North Texas online arts journal, www.theaterjones.com, and a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. Her scholarly publications include: Encuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater (Northwestern University Press, 2019), “Latinx Sci-Fi Theater: Speculating Possible Futures.” Theater (Yale School of Drama 2019), “Where Earth Meets the Sky: Decolonizing Latinxfuturistic Theater.” TheatreForum (San Diego, University of California, 2019). Her creative works include the publication of her Spanish-language play La Familia in Teatro Latino: Nuevas Obras de los Estados Unidos, (Colorado Springs, La Casita Grande (2019). Her English-language play Second-Conversations with Irene, Remembering Long Enough was selected as part of The Undermain Theatre’s 2020 (now postponed to 2021) Whither Goest Thou America? A Festival of New American Play Readings.

Chantal Rodriguez is Associate Dean of Yale School of Drama and an Assistant Professor Adjunct in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism. She is co-editor of What’s Next for Latinx? Theater Magazine, Volume 49.1 (Duke University Press, 2019) and Encuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater (Northwestern University Press, 2019). She is the author of The Latino Theatre Initiative/Center Theatre Group Papers (UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2011) and a member of the Latinx Theatre Commons Advisory Committee, and the National Advisory Board for the 50 Playwrights Project.