lily gonzales. Photo by Borna Barzin.
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Co-Presented with The Bushwick Starr
Since 2010, The Bushwick Starr’s annual Starr Reading Series has cultivated a diverse group of writers at all stages of their careers, who approach writing for the theater in thrilling and unexpected ways. Selected through an invited submission process by a rotating committee of curators – currently Jehan O. Young, Elizagrace Madrone, William Burke, and Machel Ross – the selected playwrights receive developmental support for a public staged reading of a new, usually unfinished, work. With The Bushwick Starr’s new permanent home currently under renovation, CPR is partnering for the third season to co-present this program, which unites the process-oriented missions of both organizations, and celebrates the incubation of new, experimental work in performance. The Starr Reading Series has previously supported new plays by writers including Whitney White, Clare Barron, Phillip Howze, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Haruna Lee, and many more.
lily gonzales: I must belong somewhere
I must belong somewhere is a classroom presentation and archival practice for my childhood. A story that is true, I think mostly true. A queer collage that dissects identity formation, violence, and memory.
lily gonzales (they/them) is a writer from Texas, based in NYC. Their work has been supported by The John F. Kennedy Center, Shotgun Players, Crowded Fire Theater, Colt Coeur, and Latinx Playwrights Circle, among others. Currently, they are a resident with AlterTheater Ensemble in San Rafael, CA. They received a B.A from The University of Texas at Austin in Theater and Dance, and English.
Additional Fall 2023 Starr Reading Series programs:
Weds, December 6 at 7 P.M.
Nia Calloway: Earth is Not One of Your Lil Friends
Tues, December 12 at 7 P.M.
Michael Oluokun: Have You Ever Thought About…
Five additional writers – Avi Amon, Aeon Andreas, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, Utkarsh Rajawat, and Genevieve Simon – will share work as part of the Starr Reading Series in Spring 2024, also co-presented with The Bushwick Starr at CPR. More details to be announced.