Criminal Queerness Festival Will Present Three Short Plays By Jonathan Wamukota Opinya

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: Summer for the City and National Queer Theater present Criminal Queerness Festival with a staged reading of Beginner's Luck, Stargazer, and Waiting for Gordon by Jonathan Wamukota Opinya on Wednesday, June 22 at 7:30 pm at the David Rubenstein Atrium. The event is free and open to the public. Seating and entry are first-come, first-served; the line will form at the Atrium’s entrance on Broadway, between 62nd and 63rd Street. https://www.lincolncenter.org/venue/atrium/criminal-queerness-festival-three-short-plays-by-jonathan-wamukota-opinya-directed-by-raz-golden.

Across the globe, queer playwrights risk censorship, jail time, and physical danger simply by telling their truth. This Pride, you are invited to witness new plays from East African LGBTQIA+ writers fighting criminalization through their art. Now in its fourth year, National Queer Theater's Criminal Queerness Festival (CQF) is an international theater festival created in partnership with NYC Pride. By presenting the work of international queer artists alongside activist talks and workshops, CQF aims to uplift the careers of these artists and raise awareness about criminalization. Kenya-based writer Jonathan Opinya highlights the painful intersections of private love and public violence between gay couples in these short works.