q u e r e n c i a: an imagined autobiography about forbidden fruits by Benjamin Benne

Selection, The Playwrights Realm's Scratchpad Series
Winner, Robert Chesley/Victor Bumbalo Playwriting Award
Winner, The Playwrights' Center's McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting
Winner, The Playwrights' Center's Many Voices Fellowship
Finalist, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference
Finalist, Princess Grace Award...
Selection, The Playwrights Realm's Scratchpad Series
Winner, Robert Chesley/Victor Bumbalo Playwriting Award
Winner, The Playwrights' Center's McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting
Winner, The Playwrights' Center's Many Voices Fellowship
Finalist, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference
Finalist, Princess Grace Award

What's a boy to do when his favorite fruit is banana in a world that says he's gotta love mangoes? "querencia" (a Spanish word having to do with the longing to find or return to a place that feels like home) is a magical coming-of-age story about a young boy named Milo’s search for belonging as he grapples with friends, family, and his sexual identity, guided by a mysterious character called La Bruja.
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q u e r e n c i a: an imagined autobiography about forbidden fruits

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  • Alexander Perez:
    24 Oct. 2020
    “ Benne has bestowed upon us a feast for the senses and a playground for the soul. There is as much pain as there is hope as there is inspiration.

    The language is lush and poetic yet concise. Characters so real you can reach out and touch them yet the world they inhabit defies reality as we know it and slips through your fingers like sand in an hourglass.

    A dazzling mastery of the art form and honest to god magic. ”
  • Nick Malakhow:
    14 Aug. 2019
    “ A beautiful, hilarious, and gentle coming of age play. The intimacy so deftly depicted here is often incredibly hard to capture onstage, and this piece succeeds both as a highly theatrical read while also being one that explores some really nuanced and multi-dimensional characters. Milo is one of the most human and vividly realized protagonists I've had the privilege of getting to know, and it was also a delight feeling seen as a reader by his story. What a gift of a play that I hope to see a production of soon. ”
  • Unicorn Theatre:
    28 Mar. 2019
    “ This play was a FINALIST for the 2019-2020 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support Q U E R E N C I A: AN IMAGINED AUTOBIOGRAPHY ABOUT FORBIDDEN FRUITS. ”
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Development History

Awards

Finalist
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Playwriting Award
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Austin Film Festival
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2020
Finalist
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Jerome Fellowship
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The Playwrights' Center
,
2018
Finalist
,
Carnaval
,
HowlRound Theatre Commons / Latinx Theatre Commons
,
2018
Selection
,
The Mix
,
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
,
2018
Selection
,
Best Unproduced Latin@/x Plays
,
50 Playwrights Project
,
2018
Winner
,
Robert Chesley/Victor Bumbalo Playwriting Award
,
2017
Winner
,
McKnight Fellowship In Playwriting
,
The Playwrights' Center
,
2017
Runner Up
,
National Latino Playwriting Award
,
Arizona Theatre Company
,
2017
Finalist
,
Ingram New Works Lab
,
Nashville Repertory Theatre
,
2017
Winner
,
Many Voices Fellowship
,
The Playwrights' Center
,
2016
Finalist
,
Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship
,
New Dramatists
,
2016