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SUMMARY:Criminal Queerness Festival: What You Are to Me
DESCRIPTION:Criminal Queerness Festival is a signature National Queer Theater program that supports the development and production of new plays by international and immigrant theater-makers and playwrights experiencing censorship or criminalization in their countries of origin. This is a co-production between National Queer Theater and HERE and presented at HERE’s Mainstage Theater. \nWHAT YOU ARE TO ME \nWritten by Dena Igusti \nDirected by Keng S. Meateanuea \n1994\, Jakarta Indonesia. Sari is an aspiring singer hoping to achieve her dreams of stardom through table performances at her best friend’s lesbian discoteque nights. One of her song numbers leads to a chance encounter with Lisa\, a determined journalist. But when Sari is forced to flee from the aftereffects of Suharto’s US-backed dictatorship and marry a family friend in Queens\, the two must end their relationship to conform to the pressures of survival and migration. Years later\, their love story is discovered by an emerging zine translator in Queens\, who attempts to trace their current whereabouts. Utilizing excerpts of interviews with two generations of Indonesian lesbians affected by the 1998 Jakarta Riots\, What You Are To Me is a look at the long-censored Indonesian lesbian zine movement\, generational differences on what it means to be out\, and what it means to love when everything else gets in the way. \nContent warnings: Mentions of rape\, death\, homophobia \nAbout the Playwright:  \nDena Igusti is an Indonesian Muslim writer born and raised in Queens\, New York. They are the author of CUT WOMAN (Game Over Books\, 2020)\, which has been listed as a 2022 Perennial Award Winner\, 2020 Harvard Bookstore Staff Pick\, and Entropy Mag’s Best Of 2020-2021. They are the Inaugural 2023 NYFA Ryan Hudak Playwright Award Winner. Their work has been featured in BOAAT Press\, Peregrine Journal\, The Margins\, and other publications. Their work has been produced and performed at LA Times\, The Brooklyn Museum\, The Apollo Theater\, Women Deliver\, the 2018 Teen Vogue Summit\, Players Theatre\, The Public\, and more. They have been featured in Business Insider\, Teen Vogue\, American Theatre Magazine\, and more. They are a More Art Engaging Artist Fellow\, NYSCA Grant Recipient\, Asian American Writers’ Workshop Open City Fellow\, Baldwin for the Arts Resident\, Best of the Net Nominee\, and more. They have been commissioned by The Miranda Family Fund. Their forthcoming poetry collection Ecdysis: Cacophony of Skins releases in May 2025 with fourteen poems (London).  \n  \nSchedule: \nFriday\, June 13: What You Are To Me – 7:00pm \nWednesday\, June 18: What You Are To Me – 7:00pm \nFriday\, June 20: What You Are To Me – 7:00pm \nSaturday\, June 21: What You Are To Me – 7:00pm \nSaturday\, June 22: What You Are To Me – 2:00pm
URL:https://here.org/event/criminal-queerness-festival-what-you-are-to-me/
LOCATION:HERE Arts Center\, 145 6th Avenue\, New York\, United States
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SUMMARY:QUEER@HERE: POP!
DESCRIPTION:POP! \nCreated by Ato Blankson-Wood and Kelly Kerwin \nA night of performances. An array of remarkable artists. Meet us at HERE\, grab a drink and prepare for an energizing evening of revelry and wild beauty. Buckle up. Pop! is the brainchild of Ato Blankson-Wood and Kelly Kerwin. \nQUEER @ HERE is a festival that was born in 2001 and that HERE is proud to revive 24 years later\, in the context of the present moment and our continued joyful struggle for queer liberation! QUEER @ HERE will share concerts\, solo performance\, comedy\, and more. QUEER @ HERE will take place on select evenings throughout Pride Month with performances at 8:30pm in the Dorothy B. Williams (DOT) Theater. \nPerformances:  \nThursday\, June 12th: Performance #1 at 8:30 pm \nFriday\, June 13th: Performance #2 at 8:30 pm \nRuntime: 80 minutes \nVenue: HERE Dorothy B. Williams Theater (DOT) and HERE Lobby \nTicket Prices: \n10 for $10 \nStandard: $25 \nWe understand the extreme challenges that our current financial climate presents. No matter your socioeconomic status\, we want everyone to have access to groundbreaking art. There are ten tickets priced at $10 available for each performance on a first-come\, first-served basis\, for those in need of financial assistance. These tickets are available with the code ACCESS. Limit two tickets per patron. Subject to availability.
URL:https://here.org/event/queerhere-pop-2025-06-13/
LOCATION:HERE’s DOT Theatre\, 145 6th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, United States
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