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Where We Get to Just Be: Houston’s Catastrophic Theatre Presents Queer Playwright Maria Irene Fornes’s ‘Fefu and Her Friends’

A photo of Fefu and Her Friends at Catastrophic Theatre in Houston.

By Addie Tsai The conversation around gender and sexuality has considerably shifted since the 1970s, when queer Cuban playwright Maria Irene Fornes wrote her avant-garde feminist play Fefu and Her Friends, set in 1930s New England. America would see the legalization of marriage equality just three years before Fornes’s passing, and Merriam-Webster would name the gender-neutral pronoun “they” as the word of the year in 2019. The #metoo movement would bring about a national conversation regarding consent, sexual assault, and…

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Breaking the Silence: ‘Azul’ Centers Queer Cuban Experience in New Orleans World Premiere

A photo of queer Cuban play Azul.

Telling stories about the nuances of queer female sexuality is the core of playwright Christina Quintana’s craft. In an essay about her play Scissoring, Quintana writes: “I love women, I love lesbians, I believe in stories about queer women of color more than anything.” This passion is precisely where Quintana draws inspiration for her latest play, Azul, which receives its world premiere at Southern Rep Theatre in New Orleans from March 27 to April 14, 2019. The production is a…

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