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Four days, four plays, five amazing
playwrights!
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Get to know the faces behind the work
at this year's Crossing Border's Festival!
Don't miss any of the action, book your FREE tickets
below.
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Kristoffer
Diaz is a
playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and educator.
His play The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. His
work has been produced, commissioned, and developed
at The Public Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Geffen
Playhouse, ACT, Center Theatre Group, The Goodman,
Second Stage, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
among many others. Coming up: the world premiere
of his musical Hell’s Kitchen, created
with Alicia Keys.
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Melinda
Lopez is a
multiple award-winning playwright and performer
based in Boston. Her solo play Mala, which
has had multiple productions all over the country,
had its first public reading at the Crossing
Borders Festival in 2015. Mala is also
available on Audible in English and Spanish.
Melinda is the recipient of the 2019 Elliot Norton
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre,
recognizing her 20-year career.
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Tony
Meneses is a
playwright and the Interim Head of Playwriting at
Fordham University. His plays at Two River include Guadalupe
in the Guest Room, The Women of Padilla,
and The Hombres. He is a two-time recipient
of the Kennedy Center Latinx Playwriting Award and
is published by Dramatists Play Service and TRW. He
is an alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin,
Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard.
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Joel
Perez's
writing includes The Black Beans Project (The
Huntington/Old Globe) and Playing with Myself
(Ars Nova). His short film, Beautiful, FL,
is a selection of Disney Launchpad and will
premiere on Disney+ in 2023. He is a Warner Bros.
Discovery 150 Artist for his comedy pilot You’re
Tired, You’re Poor. He won the 2021 Voces
Latinx National Playwriting Competition for his
play From the Fountain. He is a 2019
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Playwriting.
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Christina
Pumariega acts
and writes. Often simultaneously. She is the
author of VOS!, Lei Chiede/She Asks
(O’Neill NPC finalist), Joan Dark (DCPA
Colorado New Play Summit, Jane Chambers Prize
runner-up, O’Neill NPC finalist) and Her Math
Play (BAPF finalist). She is currently under
commission by Denver Center for the Performing Arts
and EST/Sloan Foundation in collaboration with
Hartford Stage Company.
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Two River Theater
21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank, NJ 07701
732.345.1400
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Two River
Theater
21 Bridge
Avenue, Red Bank, NJ 07701
732.345.1400
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Alea photo by @thehomelesspimp.
Community Kick-Off Photo: Gil Cruz at
Crossing Borders 2022. Photo by Brad Resnick Photography.
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Made possible by funds from the
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a
partner agency of the National Endowment of
the Arts.
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Made
possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council
on the Arts, a partner agency of the National
Endowment of the Arts.
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