The House Presents: A Queer Adaptation of The Sun Also Rises

This 90-minute reading of a queer adaptation of The Sun Also Rises will begin at 6:30pm, with a 45 minute workshop and feedback session to follow.

Calling all writers & smart theatre thinkers! The Greenhouse is The House Theatre Company’s reading series focused on constructive feedback & development for new plays and musicals. Each reading is followed by a circle focused on developing the work, so come to this adaptation of The Sun Also Rises prepped with your notepads & excited to develop art in community! We’d love to see you there 📝

Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises cemented Ernest Hemingway as one of the most well-known writers of the twentieth century. This sapphic reinterpretation of the piece imagines Jake and Brett as queer exes tangled among histories of friendship, debauchery, love, and heartbreak. On a group trip to Spain, Jake must grapple with her relationships to sex, gender, and Brett’s new fiancé in the midst of social catastrophe. The Sun Also Rises dissects the innately queer longing for what could have been, and what might still be.

Featured Artists:

Sophie Simons (Playwright) is an award-winning queer playwright and comedian whose work focuses on stories of young people exploring intense and intimate relationships. They are a co-founder and current Managing Director of The House Theatre Company. Their work has been produced across the city at The Tank, The Makers' Ensemble, NYTF, and more. B.A. English & Theatre, Barnard College.

Miranda Paiz (Director) is a queer Latina director and producer who makes theatre rooted in intimacy, justice, and belonging. She shapes socially urgent theatre with a lens for diversity, equity, and inclusion as the Co-founder and Artistic Director of The House Theatre Company. Check out her recent work with Amoeba Productions, Accidental Evils, The Business of Broadway and NAMT! @mirandagpaiz

Sadie Elliott-Hart (Jake) (they/she) is an actor and musician based in Brooklyn. Credits include Prince Hal in Henry IV (Accidental Evils), Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet (Accidental Evils), and Anatole in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble! Productions).

Sofia DeSanto (Brett) is a book editor at Seven Stories Press by day and an actor whenever she gets the chance. Her previous roles include Shakespearian credits like Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet, as well as Matilda in Dr. Ride's American Beach House and Sofia in Dance Nation.

Jonah Feinberg (Robert) One day, Jonah will know how to write a good bio. That day is not today.

Ryan P. Kennedy (Mike) is an NYC-based actor, director, playwright, and lyricist. Regional: M**der on the Orient Express (Syracuse Stage), RENT and Sweeney Todd (Black Rock Theater), Mary Page Marlow and Killer Joe (FTC). Syracuse University Department of Drama 2025. With collaborator Ethan Clark Davis: “Pathways” - Syracuse Stage, September 2024. 2025-2026 Artistic director/artist-in-residence of Summit Theatre Co. at 10Selden in CT.

José Ruiz-González (Bill) is a Mexican-American NYC based actor. TV: Law & Order, Only Murders in the Building, nationwide Totino’s commercial. Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show (Lyric Stage Dallas), A Comedy of Tenors (Okoboji Summer Theatre), Fabulation (Jubilee Theatre). Lin-Manuel Miranda Family Fellow. Eugene O’Neill NTI alum. LINK Program alum. TCU BFA Musical Theatre. joseruizgonzalez.com

Oscar Alejandro Guevara (Romero, and Others) is a Venezuelan actor Based in New York City. Previous credits include Frat Boy Play (The Tank), Romeo & Juliet (Accidental Evils), The Village Idiot (Stag and Lion Theatre), and How to Boil Water (The Chain). Training at Estudio Corazza in Madrid and HB Studio in New York City.

Lucas Lugones (Montoya, and Others) is a Bolivian actor, playwright, and director based in New York City. His performance credits include Julio in The 132nd Annual Varsity Show, Willard in Footloose, and The Apothecary in Romeo & Juliet. He directed a 24-hour production of The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals.

Mimi Wu (Edna, and Others) is an actor from around the world (Shanghai/Tokyo/Connecticut), her mother, and some scary unknown desire & determination. She is pursuing a B.A in Drama & Theatre Arts and a minor in Architecture at Columbia University. Her work is committed to captivation, honesty, and the divinity of the mundane. themimiwu.com. She likes to make friends.

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