Nelson Diaz-Marcano

It’s the 1950's in Puerto Rico and María, Fernanda, Yolanda, Rosa, and Chavela are fighting to live full lives in a changing country with crushing societal rules for women. In the United States, Dr. Gregory Pincus is on the verge of perfecting a miracle that could give them freedom - if only he could find test subjects to participate in preliminary trials. This is the story of the birth control pill and the women who risked everything for the chance to live free.

This play was commission by the Ensemble Studio Theater and the Sloan Foundation.

FULL LENGTH: Combining the magical realistic influences of Latin American literature with the Western genre popularized in the twentieth century, “Misfit, America” follows a diverse community led by an interracial couple as they are forced to protect a Native American teen from a brotherhood of supremacists. But before they can fight, they must become at peace with their past and learn to trust the future on each other. Living on the outskirts of the last free place in America, this band of misfits must prepare to give it all or run

Full Lengths: As Puerto Rico goes from being a Spanish colony to a US territory, the promise of independence seems to be within grasp, and nobody is more excited to welcome the USA than the Suarez family. Owners of a small Coffee plantation, the family is even more thrilled when an American investor takes interest in their land promising riches they never had. But as soon as he arrives things start falling apart, and strange dreams haunt the family threatening their land, identity and sanity.

*This play is in easy developments.

FULL LENGTH: “World Classic” is what happens when you take the quintessential American domestic drama away from white suburbia. It explores the identity issues created by assimilation through the eyes of two generations of an immigrant family. Like “The Humans” or “August Osage County” before it, it all takes place during one night, but unlike them, this play focus on those that had to sacrifice their homeland and in the process, compromise their heritage.

FULL LENGTH: At the beginning there was nothing in the Caribbean, then prakata y fuakata, Atabey created Puerto Rico. But that was then, now Atabey is missing, Puerto Rico is dying, and Pepito can’t find the perfect beat for his song. That’s why Rosa was woken up by the spirits with a mission, find the creator, save the island. Join Rosa and a ragtag group of Boricua folktale characters as they venture into the magical lands of Puerto RIco and New York City hoping to give their home a fighting chance against an evil like no other.

*The play is on an early draft. The play is being developed by Clubbed Thumb and the Latinx Playwright Circle

FULL LENGTH: An interracial couple is accepted into a new program which lets them alter the genes of their kid before it's born. Their excitement about the prospects of their offspring's future hides the fact they are estranged at the moment, until they get stuck on one question, what color should the child be? As they navigate this question, bigger concerns arise and divine intervention may be needed for a whole family to survive.

*In Development to be a Two-Part Play

FULL LENGTH: Once he was a young boy getting lost in the cane fields. Soon after he was a teenager wanting to protect his family. Then he became an adult fighting for his identity. Now, Don Quique has grown old and there’s only one path for him; revenge! This is the story of Puerto Rico as told by a woman trying to explain its history the only way it survived, by telling the history of its people.

FULL LENGTH: A few days before election night 2016, close friends Annie and Carlos are reunited in her small Astoria apartment during his first visit to New York since he moved to be with his husband in Florida. At first, it seems their relationship hasn't changed. That is until Carlos brings an unexpected guest; Annie's old best and estranged friend Gary. Throughout the course of the night they learn that while they may not have changed much as people, society has. Now they have to confront each other in a whole new reality and their relationships may never be the same.

FULL-LENGTH: In this revenge horror thriller, a blooming relationship reignites a lifetime rivalry between two women who have been pitted against each other since the day they met by class, culture, and gender expectations. Now as they are forced to meet again, they find themselves stalked by a violent Beast that means to destroy everything. Can they come to an understanding in time and team up to fight or will they fall prey to the Beast?

Two women wait for a concert that may or may not happen while feeling that they will only settle once and for all if Puerto Ricans could just start over and live on the moon. Is this an adaptation, or is it a metaphor for the everyday lives of those relocating to this land for better opportunities despite finding none?

SHORT: A 3 minute play with too much to say about how annoying protesters are, how inconvenient it is to be late, and how to walk on other people's shoes. The worse.

SHORT: A one woman show that pits a fiery Puerto Rican woman against Hurricane Maria, as she demands for the Hurricane to give back what it took away. The battle is on, the lasso is ready, but will the island survive?

ONE-ACT: A man that lost everything in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is about to attack the people of the government that left them forgotten. The only thing standing between him and this heinous act? His cousin and an echo dot.

ONE-ACT: Leslie, a Transgender Puerto Rican, recaps the first 60 days after a Hurricane leaves their home devastated and the meetings with a certain divine figure. This oddball comedy uses rhyme to tell the tale of a person finding hope at the darkest hour and how much power we have within.

SHORT: A man hikes to the top of a rainforest to ask an Extraterrestrial being for a favor.

ONE-ACT: It is September 11, 1973 in Santiago, Chile and the government has been brutally overtaken by the military. In the midst, three strangers battle it out in a basement while chaos and paranoia drown a dying promise. Radical shows what happens to people who are left with nothing but hope. Winner of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2016 Best Play.

ONE-ACT: PRISON SONG is a haunting play about the complicated relationship forged between two men, as one adapts to his new life in the fantastic circus known as prison, while the other attempts to forget his past. A reflection of America and its prison system, this battle of words is an adventure about realities shared and dreams deferred.

Three women tried their best to uplift a community as gentrification and a pandemic threatened its history.

SHORT: Everyone has their own ideas of what the holidays is all about. Some just take it upon their own hands to get the results they need.

SHORT: Dylan has quite the gift for his cousin Dre this holiday season: He has decided he is no longer straight and is queer just like them. Can it be that simple?

ONE-ACT: A Story teller tells the history of how a farmer and a young store owner battle evil to create an indestructible place after a sleepless boy wonders about its surviving a Category 5 Hurricane. Using musical and dance aspects, this storybook tale will transport you to a time where gods and monsters still live and were not the different than us.

SHORT: America has finally reached it peak. We are finally separated! Imagine each race has its own piece of land.... but then what about religion... or sexuality! The states have been separated and become a new country based on where you feel more comfortable. Nothing should go wrong right?... RIGHT?!

SHORT: When a hurricane is threatening to rip apart the last connection you have to your past, its your life worth risking to save it?

SHORT: An indecent proposal stands in-between A South African couple living in exile that must decide if a stable job in America is better than an uncertain future in the now free homeland they love.

Short Play: A powerful man hires a color whisperer to deal with an employee then hilarity ensues...

ONE-MINUTE PLAY: We need someone to save us from these times. Can the real hero please stand up?

ONE-MINUTE PLAY: A man tries to grab the attention of a passerby with a joke.

SHORT: Three clowns set up the find a great tune! But when one disagrees with the story, is up to the other two to defuse the situation.

SHORT: Three friends go on a Road Trip to help one get over their ex. Why Mount Rushmore though?

A 1-Min play about the silent deals New Yorkers have about walking on the sidewalks of the city.