EST/Sloan Project presents a Reading of
Las Borinqueñas
written by Nelson Diaz-Marcano
directed by Rebecca Aparicio
featuring Ashley Alvarez, Jeff Biehl*, David Davila, Yohanna Florentino, Maricelis Galanes, Maribel Martinez, Ashley Marie Ortiz, Camilla Perez Santiago, Juan Francisco Villa, & Brenda Withers
This is the story of the first birth control pill mass trial and the Puerto Rican women that served as tribute for the miracle to occur.
Xavier Khan, Stage Manager
This reading is closed to the public.
Nelson Diaz-Marcano is a Puerto Rican NYC-based theater maker, activist, and community leader whose mission is to create work that challenges and builds community. His plays have been developed by Clubbed Thumb, The Lark, Vision Latino Theater Company, Milagro Theatre, The William Inge Theatre Festival, Classical Theatre of Harlem, and The Parsnip Ship, among others. He currently serves as the Literary Manager for the Latinx Playwright Circle and as the Community Outreach Coordinator for Atlantic Theater Company, as well as being a member of the Clubbed Thumb writer’s group. Recent credits include The Diplomats (Random Acts Chicago), Paper Towels (INTAR), Misfit, America (Hunter Theatre Company), I Saw Jesus in Toa Baja (Conch Shell Productions), and World Classic (Jayuya Theatre).
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Las Borinqueñas is part of this season's First Light Festival, learn more about the festival and other plays like this here.