In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too

Written by Amalia Oliva Rojas | Directed by Marina Montesanti

About The Play:
Five young girls 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.

About Amalia:
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 New York 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. She is a third-year MFA Playwriting candidate at Columbia University

www.amaliaoliva.com

About INCUBATE NYC:
INCUBATE NYC develops and presents workshop performances from writers who reside/have roots in NYC's outer boroughs. The goal is to bring stories to all areas of NYC, where narratives speak specifically to communities who are in attendance. This program is generously supported by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

A free ticket for this event is available to all Bronx and Queens borough residents! A suggested donation is optional and available if you're coming from one of NYC's other boroughs and are able to contribute.

Host or Publisher Egg & Spoon Theatre Collective, Inc.