50 Playwrights Project Announces Third Annual Best Unproduced Latinx Plays List

Continuing with its mission to support Latinx playwrights, the 50 Playwrights Project (50PP) has released its third annual list of recommended unproduced Latinx plays. Dubbed The 50PP List, it is comprised of eight production-ready plays by Latinx playwrights.

Inspired by The Kilroy's annual list of the most recommended unproduced new plays by cis female and Trans playwrights in the American theatre, the 50 Playwrights Project made a call in Fall 2018 for unproduced plays by playwrights who identify as Latinx. 50PP received 85 submissions, from which the committee chose the top 8 unproduced plays.

The 2019 List features new works by The River Bride playwright Marisela Treviño Orta, Not For Sale playwright Guadalís Del Carmen, and querencia playwright Benjamin Benne.

The 50PP List is a tool for producers who are committed to updating the narrative of the American theatre to include more Latinx voices. Latinx stories are systematically underrepresented on U.S. stages despite the robust artistic production by Latinx writers. The 50 Playwrights Project encourages theatre-makers to seek out the plays on our list and commit to equity, diversity, and inclusion in their theatre organizations.

See the full 2019 list below. Click here for play descriptions.

• Alma (or #nowall) by Benjamin Benne
• Bees and Honey by Guadalís Del Carmen
• Bruise & Thorn by J. Julian Christopher
• Los Dreamers by Mónica Sánchez
• Milton, MI by Paz Pardo
• Our Dear Dead Drug Lord by Alexis Scheer
• Shoe by Marisela Treviño Orta
• Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza

The 50PP List 2019 selection committee was made up of Jazmyn Arroyo, Tatyana-Marie Carlo, Adrian Centeno, Stephanie Diaz, Iyvon Edebiri, Colby Frederick, Nadia Guevara, Tara A. Houston, Chloe Loos, Sarah Marsh Krauter, Rebecca Martinez, Alexandra Meda, Antonio Miniño, Megan Monaghan Rivas, Jade Power Sotomayor, Susan Russell, Michele Shaul, Jen Shook, Gina Sandi-Diaz, Alejandra Venancio, and Michael Weems.

For more information, visit 50playwrights.org.

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