The third annual Breaking the Binary (BTB) Theatre Festival is just around the corner, and a full cast of artists have been assembled to present pieces of theatre written by and developed by transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) theatre artists. All tickets to the festival are complimentary.
Taking place October 21 through 27, TRUTH //: An Interdisciplinary Variety Show will open the festival at Littlefield in Brooklyn before the rest of the weeklong programming at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons.
This year's performers will include Alaïa, Anania Williams, Ari Notartomaso, César Alvarez, Jade Jones aka Litty Official, JMV, Justin David Sullivan, Nora Schell, ONE (Esco Jouléy), Aja Lynn Downing, Jennifer Nikki Kidwell, Mariyea, Temidayo Amay, Yaffa AS, Blair Barker, Colleen Litchfield, Drae Campbell, Karoline, Zo Tipp, Akane Little, Mei Ann Teo, Zaza Diana Oh, Clew, Marquise Vilsón, Samora la Perdida, b, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Che Kabia, Joslyn Defreece, and Lux Pascal.
This year's production lineup will include TRUTH //: An Interdisciplinary Variety Show by Noax and Strus; PRUNIN, HOEIN, N CUTTIN GRAPES by Nissy Aya and directed by Dominique Rider; HARVEST OLIVES: A COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION by Yaffa AS in collaboration with Rad Pereira; FIRESIDE DANCES by MJ Kaufman and directed by Aya Ogawa; A RARE BIRD, written and directed by Zaza Diana Oh; LUPE FINDS ME IN THE GARDEN OF DREAMS by Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel and directed by Adin Walker; and // DARE: A COLLECTION OF COMMISSIONED SCENES AND MONOLOGUES, which has been co-conceived by L Morgan Lee and George Strus, and which will feature new work by D.A. Mindell, Dillon Yruegas, Esmé Maria Ng, Ianne Fields Stewart, Imani Russell, Jayne Deely, Jen Silverman, Jordan Ramirez Puckett, Nikhil Mahapatra, Nora Brigid Monahan, Sasha Velour, and Sophie Sagan-Gutherz.
The 12 commissioned works from DARE will be crafted together by a cast of five TNB2S+ performers to close out the 2024 Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival. The works will then be published and licensed by Broadway Licensing in 2025.
For more information, visit BTB-NYC.com/24festival.
