American Theatre: Latinx Playwrights Circle Announces Greater Good Commissions
Sept. 8, 2020 — by American Theatre Editors
Latinx Playwrights Circle Announces Greater Good Commissions
The inaugural round of the commission has been awarded to five Afro/Black-Latina playwrights.
“NATIONWIDE: Latinx Playwrights Circle has announced the digital line-up for the company’s digital 2020-21 season, including a new commission created to help sustain Latinx playwrights and support their contributions to American theatre. The inaugural round of the Greater Good Commission will focus on Afro/Black-Latinx identifying playwrights.
“The commission is my gift to the American theatre community,” said LPC special projects director, playwright, and activist Darrel Alejandro Holnes, who founded the commission, in a statement. “By giving these artists support we are enriching the community and diversifying the theater landscape with the work by five incredibly talented Afro/Black-Latina playwrights. The gift is to the artists, but it is truly for all theater lovers to enjoy.”
This year’s selection committee chose the following plays and playwrights as the inaugural Greater Good Commissions: The Anarchists of Nueva Yol, by Christin Eve Cato; Entre Dos, by Julissa Contreras; Alien Abduction and Answer the Bloodline, by Candice D’Meza; Las Mujeres de Hierro, by Shenny De Los Angeles; and Echo Me, by Rachel Lynett. Their work will be presented as part of the digital 2020 Greater Good Theater Festival, produced by LPC and Pregones Theater/PRTT, on Oct. 15.”