THE CARLOTTA FESTIVAL, May 4–12, 2023. David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.
Celebrating the work of our graduating playwrights:
LITTLEBOY/LITTLEMAN
By Rudi Goblen, Directed by Jacob Basri
COLOR BOY
By Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel, Directed by Jecamiah Ybañez
Miguel is halfway through his first year of teaching at a charter school in Los Angeles when he begins dreaming about his long-ago color guard days. The more Miguel rejects the wounded boy in his dreams, the more his present life begins to unravel. Fusing the art of color guard, dance, and poetry, Color Boy is a queer choreo-poem about the power of healing our younger selves in adul
FURLOUGH’S PARADISE
By a.k. payne, Directed by Leyla Levi
On a three-day furlough from prison, Sade stays with her only cousin, Mina. On a brief reprieve from her life in the West Coast, Mina returns to her hometown for her Aunt's funeral. The cousins try to make sense of grief, home, love, and kinship as time ticks towards the correctional officer's arrival.
