LILIA
By Monet Hurst-Mendoza, 2025 Parity Development Award Winner
About the Playwright: Monet Hurst-Mendoza is an NYC-based playwright and TV writer originally from Los Angeles. In 2025, she received the Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting and a NYSCA grant for her play cycle about working-class women in Yucatán. Monet was a writer/producer for "Law & Order: SVU" and is a member of The Kilroys, Dramatist Guild, and WGAE.
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SYNOPSIS: In a small Yucatecan town, circa 1960s Mexico, 14-year-old religiously devout Lilia is forced to turn to prostitution as a means of making a living. When young Lilia develops an unconventional friendship with a compassionate new priest in town, everyone's faith is tested. Caught between the secrets and lies that force us to question the morality of human nature, "Lilia" presents a passionate allegory about choosing between duty and desire. PUBLIC READING Friday June 12, 2:00 PM Saturday June 13, 5:00 PM TheaterLab NYC 357 W 36th St, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10018 Photos by Allison Stock TEAM: Playwright - Monet Hurst Mendoza Director - Ludovica Villar-Hauser Dramaturg - Jaye Hunt Producer - Meg Gilbert Stage Manager - Joseph Distl Stage Manager - Martha Preve Sound Designer - Carla Costabile CAST: Padre Juan Gabriel - Wilson Aldas Marujuenia Carreno - Raquel Almazan Alex Gomez - Danny Borba Lilia Carreno - Kathleen Guerrero Stage Directions - Ana Miramontes Padre Alejandro Salvador - Antonio Melian |
Previous Internal Development:
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Friday, March 6, 2026
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Held at New Perspectives Theatre Company, NYC
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Friday, March 6, 2026
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Held at New Perspectives Theatre Company, NYC
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MY MOTHER THE SUN
By Paloma Monfiletto, 2024 Parity Development Award Winner
About the Playwright: Paloma Monfiletto (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright and essayist. She is currently in residence as a FIFE Fellow with the Bechdel Project. Her play, My Mother the Sun, was commissioned as part of the Echo Theatre Young Playwrights Lab, performed in reading at Premiere Stages, and was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2021 and 2023.
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Synopsis When her moth her goes missing in the desert between the US/Mexico border, Solana journeys out with a group of activists to bring her back. As her past begins to haunt her, Solana must overcome a lifetime of hurt and suspicion to undertake an extraordinary transformation in the hopes of keeping her family together. My Mother the Sun is a meditation on the way borders arrest grief, the transformative power of empathy, and the need for unconditional hospitality in the face of institutional cruelty. Development History: Saturday, June 5th, 2026 Sunday, February 15, 2026 Monday, May 12, 2025 Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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Public Readings: Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 - 7:00 PM The Center at West Park 263 West 86th Street (between Broadway and West End) TEAM: Playwright - Paloma Monfiletto Director - Ludovica Villar Hauser Dramaturg - Jaye Hunt Producer - Meg Gilbert Stage Manager - Frida Mancilla Sound Design - Carla Costabile CAST: Sierra - Athena Jean Etienne Nacho - Caleb Koval Cherrie - Ana Miramontes Darren - Jean Perez Solana - JF Seary Wayne - Fé Torres Ernie - Chris Browne Valenzuela Photos by Max Raymond |
Friday September 26th, 2025 - 7:00 PM
Saturday September 27th, 2025 - 2:00 PM
Andy's Rehearsal Studio
353 West 48th Street 3rd Floor (between 8th and 9th Avenue, closer to 9th) New York, NY, 10036
Photos Below by Max Raymond
Saturday September 27th, 2025 - 2:00 PM
Andy's Rehearsal Studio
353 West 48th Street 3rd Floor (between 8th and 9th Avenue, closer to 9th) New York, NY, 10036
Photos Below by Max Raymond
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