fantasma community nights and talkbacks
Latine Night: A Community Night and Talkback celebrating Latine Playwrights
Friday, November 20 at 7pm
Fantasma playwright Benjamin Benne in conversation with playwrights Migdalia Cruz (Miriam's Flowers, FUR, SALT), Cusi Cram (Dusty and the Big Bad World, Lucy and the Conquest, All the Bad Things), and more to be announced
Join these incredible artists for a post-show discussion celebrating the Latine voice in American theater. Learn about their creative journeys, what it takes to navigate the theater landscape as a Latine playwright, and why it’s vital to keep telling culturally relevant stories.
Acompaña a estos increíbles artistas en una conversación después de la función para celebrar la voz latina en el teatro. Conoce sus trayectorias creativas, los desafíos de perseguir una carrera en el mundo del teatro como dramaturgo o dramaturga latine y por qué es fundamental seguir contando historias culturalmente relevantes.
Latine Community Performance and Talkback in collaboration with Latinx Playwrights Circle
Sunday, December 6 at 2pm
with playwright Benjamin Benne, Amelia Acosta Powell (Artistic Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville; Steering Committee Member, Latinx Theater Commons), Oscar A. L. Cabrera (Co-Artistic Director, Latinx Playwrights Circle), Gerardo Gudiño (Development Associate and Company Actor, Repetorio Español), Adriana Gaviria (Co-Artistic Director, The Sol Project), and Nidia Medina (Artistic Director, INTAR)
Latinx Playwrights Circle joins with Primary Stages for a post-show dialogue uplifting the work of Latine organizations and reflecting on the power of telling Latine stories through theater in the 2026 theatrical and political landscape.
Latinx Playwrights Circle se une a Primary Stages para presentar un diálogo después de la función que destaca el trabajo de las organizaciones latines y reflexiona sobre el poder de contar historias latines a través del teatro en el contexto teatral y político de 2026.
TALKBACK ARTISTS
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Oscar A. L. Cabrera
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Cusi Cram
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Migdalia Cruz
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Nidia Medina
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Amelia Acosta Powell
The Latinx Playwrights Circle (LPC)
The Latinx Playwrights Circle (LPC) started as a "pop up" playwright circle in October 2017. Since 2018, the group has been spearheaded and organized by playwrights Guadalís Del Carmen and Oscar A. L. Cabrera with Janio Marrero serving as Executive Director. Programming began with a monthly meeting of playwrights committed to community development. In 2020, LPC became a non-profit organization launching our first season of digital programming and community events. Recent programs like the Greater Good Commission & Festival and The Intensive Mentorship Program have proven to be important milestones including reaching audiences across the nation. Their mission is to build a network of Latinx Playwrights nationwide in order to promote, develop, and elevate their work while making their plays accessible to theater makers looking to find the next generation of American storytellers. With New York as their headquarters, they are a national network of committed playwrights of Latinx heritage of all racial and class backgrounds. They are currently in residence at Kabayitos Theater in the Clemente Soto-Velez Cultural and Education Center. Our organization operates with a volunteer staff of seven playwrights running all aspects of programming, community events, grant writing, and general operations.
INTAR
Committed to the development and continuation of the Latine voice in American theater and beyond, INTAR’s mission is to commission, develop, and produce bold, innovative, artistically significant live theater works generated by an intersectional array of Latine artists.
With its relentless work, INTAR not only assists early career U.S. Latine artists and administrators in obtaining their first professional theater credits, union memberships, and press coverage, but also is an artistic home for mid-career and established artists who must continue to experiment, explore, and stretch themselves in their artistic work. INTAR serves as an intergenerational creative community that represents the vast diversity of the Latine experience.
The Sol Project
The Sol Project is an Obie-award winning New York City-based theater initiative dedicated to fortifying a movement that brings the voices of Latiné artists and their stories to the forefront of the new American theater. Guided by the values of advocacy, collaboration, and joy, The Sol Project works in partnership with leading theaters to produce the work of Latiné playwrights and nurture a growing community of Latiné theater artists.