River Iraida Estrada

I've had this dream. I'm standing at the edge of a cliff, at the bottom, there isn't anything but endless void. I stare down the abyss, and all of a sudden my left hand starts to pull me down, but my right hand pulls away from the edge, canceling each other out. To be at the precipice of a decision, a crossroads which outcomes may very well be devastating, could be difficult to sway to the side you know is true. The fear could be debilitating, maybe daunting? Have you ever pretended to be someone else around your family just to avoid conflict?

A poet wanders into a forest in search of inspiration; after being caught in a storm, a spirit saves their life. The Spirit and The Poet is about people having different expectations of a relationship, opposing attachment types, and figuring out what it means to love.

A transwoman struggles to come out to her transphobic mother and deals with the outright hatred of the political sphere around her.

The Gentle Knock is about the collapse of the family unit with the loss of a loved one. The characters express themselves through a “modern-Shakespearean verse” style to convey the level of their grief. The play explores unhealthy family dynamics, unhealthy coping mechanisms, and the conflicting desire to want everything at a distance, but also hold onto everything tightly close.

The internal dialogue someone goes through during an existential crisis, doubting the existence of reality, doubting if anything means anything.