C. Julian Jiménez

C. Julian Jiménez

C. Julian Jiménez (he/they) is a Queer, Puerto Rican, and Dominican playwright. They hold an MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama. Playwriting awards include: New Dramatist Residency (Class of 2025), Rita Goldberg Playwrights' Workshop Fellow at The Lark (2019/2020), Pipeline Theatre Company PlayLab (2017 & 2018), LaGuardia Community College’s LGBTQ History Project Grant (2018), Queens Arts...
C. Julian Jiménez (he/they) is a Queer, Puerto Rican, and Dominican playwright. They hold an MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama. Playwriting awards include: New Dramatist Residency (Class of 2025), Rita Goldberg Playwrights' Workshop Fellow at The Lark (2019/2020), Pipeline Theatre Company PlayLab (2017 & 2018), LaGuardia Community College’s LGBTQ History Project Grant (2018), Queens Arts Council Grant (2015), Best New Work Motif Award (2014), and The Public Theater Emerging Writers Group (2009). Productions include: Man Boobs (Pride Films & Plays, 2011), Nico was a Fashion Model (Counter-Productions, 2013), Animals Commit Suicide (First Floor Theater, 2015), Locusts Have No King (INTAR, 2016), Bundle of Sticks (INTAR, 2020), and Alligator Mouth, Tadpole Ass (Theatre Rhinoceros, 2020), ¡OSO FABULOSO! & The Bear Backs (INTAR/McKittrick/Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, 2021), Bruise & Thorn (Pipeline Theatre Company 2022), and Ronald Regean Murdered My Mentors (Fuse Theatre Ensemble 2023). Other plays include: anOTHER (Distinguished New Work Award and Citizens Artists Award, The Kennedy Center, 2017), The Guilt Mongers or Los Traficantes De Culpa… (Winner - Nuestras Voces at Repertorio Español, 2017), Julio Ain’t Goin’ Down Like That (Commissioned by CUNY/NYC Council through the Office of Speaker Corey Johnson, and the Office of Daniel Dromm- District 25, 2019), and Oh Deer! (INTAR Theatre Commission, 2020), Julian is a co-producer and co-writer of the hit web series, Bulk, and is the book writer for the rock musical, The Navigator, featuring music by Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff, commissioned by The Public Theater. Julian is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Queensborough Community College and Chair of the Department of Communication, Theater, & Media Production. Their work is published through TRW plays.

Plays

  • Ronald Reagan Murdered My Mentors by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: President Reagan, Ronald Reagan + 2 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, political, tragedy
    Keyword: President Reagan, Ronald Reagan, HIV/AIDS, Gay and LGBTQ
    Lost, a 40-something Queer Latine man, struggles to navigate life in America after the AIDS epidemic obliterated an entire generation of Queer male role models. Lost seeks solace in an anonymous voice on the other end of a telephone. As the play bounces between 3 decades, he is tormented by dead Queer icons and their murderer, Ronald Reagan in a seedy gay bar of the afterlife.
  • Oh, Deer! - A meditation on small town politics by C. Julian Jiménez
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: absurd, LGBTQ + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, horror, political
    Keyword: absurd, LGBTQ, dark comedy, Upstate New York, gay, Non-Binary, afro-latinx
    A Queer couple of color get more than what they bargained for when one of them decides to run for office in a small upstate NY town. Navigating passive aggressive town locals, a creepy neighbor, and a deer possessed by the demon spirit of Anita Bryant, they must decide if the campaign is worth losing their sanity.
  • Bruise & Thorn by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: queer, gender fluid + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, movement/physical
    Keyword: queer, gender fluid, gay, cockfighting, LGBTQ
    Bruise and Thorn work at a busted up old laundromat in Jamaica, Queens. Bruise dreams of becoming a chef and Thorn of changing the face of Hip Hop with his unabashed Queerness. When finances become strained, they get caught up in illegal activities sending them on a magical ride to make their dreams come true and...
    Bruise and Thorn work at a busted up old laundromat in Jamaica, Queens. Bruise dreams of becoming a chef and Thorn of changing the face of Hip Hop with his unabashed Queerness. When finances become strained, they get caught up in illegal activities sending them on a magical ride to make their dreams come true and get the hell out of Jamaica. Bruise & Thorn is an authentic look at a Nuyorican street family, not through bloodline, but rather the social and economic indicators that naturally selects them to one another.
  • ¡Oso Fabuloso & The Bear Backs! by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, gay bear + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, musical, verse
    Keyword: LGBTQ, gay bear, rock
    A Queer Latino bear named Oso Fabuloso has recently been dumped by a two-timing daddy bear. In order to overcome his depression, Oso seeks the help of his therapist Dr. Calvo who convinces him to use his gift of song to sing the blues away. Oso agrees to go on tour with his therapist/guitarist and his two best friends/backup singers, Gummy and Grizz, hoping it will cure him of his romantic woes!
  • Julio Ain't Goin' Down Like That by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    13–40
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: lgbtqia, LGBTQ + 3 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, tragedy
    Keyword: lgbtqia, LGBTQ, queer, hallucinations, community
    It is the morning after the brutal murder of Julio Rivera, a gay Puerto Rican man in Jackson Heights, Queens. The murder became the first gay hate crime tried in New York State during the 1990s. In JULIO AIN'T GOIN' DOWN LIKE THAT, the community reacts and is taken on a journey of self-discovery by a fabulously unapologetic queen personifying the beauty and brutality of Jackson Heights. The play is an...
    It is the morning after the brutal murder of Julio Rivera, a gay Puerto Rican man in Jackson Heights, Queens. The murder became the first gay hate crime tried in New York State during the 1990s. In JULIO AIN'T GOIN' DOWN LIKE THAT, the community reacts and is taken on a journey of self-discovery by a fabulously unapologetic queen personifying the beauty and brutality of Jackson Heights. The play is an examination of the political and societal environment of Jackson Heights. The play captures the fear and outrage of the LGBTQIA+ Community leading to the borough’s first public demonstrations against homophobia. Like many Queer stories, the play does not follow a traditional narrative, as LGBTQIA+ people are often forced to follow non-traditional lives due to laws and societal pressure. The play focuses on poetry, imagery, and Fabulism to take a hard look at how Queer bodies are seen as threats to the status quo; in this case, Julio Rivera, but also in the current political climate.
  • Locusts Have No King by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, queer + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, faith-based, fantasy, mystery/thriller, political, tragedy
    Keyword: LGBTQ, queer, priest, Latinx, Latino, Catholic, fabulism, thriller
    Two gay couples (Lucus/Matthew and Jonathan/Marcus) get together for a dinner party. They work together. They live in the same building. They are closeted. But when one ponders his resignation the others fear exposure of their hidden relationships. They cannot allow this to happen. They won't allow this to happen. All hell breaks loose... literally.
  • Alligator Mouth, Tadpole Ass by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, fantasy
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    Keyword: memory play, queer + 2 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy
    Keyword: memory play, queer, LGBTQIA+, fortune teller
    Alligator Mouth, Tadpole Ass is a twistedly queer memory play about a troubled man in 1985 looking for answers at Miss Chelley's Fortune Shop. Instead of the answers he craves, he connects with a young man working there whose memory is constantly triggered by their incredibly intense connection. They cruise and dance their way through the past leading them to a dangerous night of improper role play.
  • Animals Commit Suicide by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    5–6
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, Contemporary gay male life + 5 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: LGBTQ, Contemporary gay male life, queer, HIV/AIDS, bug chasing, Sex, Drugs
    Chance, a gay man who has almost everything, dives deep into Chicago’s seedy sexual underbelly looking for something more. He picks up a drug habit while beginning a relationship with a handsome HIV-positive baker, claiming falsely to be positive as well. But when those close to him begin to call his motives into question, Chance is forced to decide what he values most in a dangerous world.
  • Bundle of Sticks by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, gay conversion therapy + 2 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, political, satire
    Keyword: LGBTQ, gay conversion therapy, queer, Global
    Gay men from across the globe go deep into the outback of Australia for a secret gay conversion therapy retreat. When they arrive, they are not only challenged by Otto, their toxically masculine group leader, but also by an underground Rainbow Serpent responsible for the protection of water and erections.
  • Man Boobs by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 13
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Man Boobs, Moobs + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Man Boobs, Moobs, gay bear, Bear, LGBTQ, gay romance, body issues, overweight
    Two men begin to share a night of passion until issues of obesity and self-esteem overpower their sexual and emotional connection.
  • The Guilt Mongers or Los Traficantes de Culpa (for those not willing to submit to the Anglicization of our people) by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    10
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Latino, Latinx + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Latino, Latinx, family, afterlife, supernatural, large cast, LGBTQ, open relationship
    Bruno Santiago is estranged from his family. They never accepted his unapologetic Queerness. But when his mother is admitted to a Bronx hospice, he rushes to her bedside with his partner of 10 years… and their new 23-year-old Mexican boyfriend. His disapproving Boricua family is outraged by Bruno’s flaunting of an amoral three-way relationship. Bruno defends his relationship and confronts a half-uncle stirring...
    Bruno Santiago is estranged from his family. They never accepted his unapologetic Queerness. But when his mother is admitted to a Bronx hospice, he rushes to her bedside with his partner of 10 years… and their new 23-year-old Mexican boyfriend. His disapproving Boricua family is outraged by Bruno’s flaunting of an amoral three-way relationship. Bruno defends his relationship and confronts a half-uncle stirring up unsettled feelings from his past. Fights, tears, and heartbreak abound while a hospice nurse juggles to deal with the family drama and the matriarch’s spirit using her as a sounding board for life-long resentments.
  • Nico was a Fashion Model by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, young audiences
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    Keyword: Latino, Levittown + 6 more
    Genre: drama, young audiences
    Keyword: Latino, Levittown, Suburbs, Race, teenagers, punk rock, Nico, Patti Smith
    Levittown teenagers, Luís and Jesse, will do anything to get into closing night of CBGB. But just when they realize their fake IDs are a bust, Luís meets his muse who becomes their ticket into the club. A series of events force Luís to examine his own identity and the character of those around him.
  • Walter Mercado Saved My Life by C. Julian Jiménez
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: freestyle, pop music + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, musical
    Keyword: freestyle, pop music, Walter Mercado, queer, LGBTQ
    It's 1989. Maritza wants to be a freestyle music pop star. Her brother Cesar, after suffering massive head trauma, thinks he is Walter Mercado, the eccentric Puerto Rican astrologer.  Maritza hides who she is to make her dreams come true. Cesar tries to prove who he thinks he is to be taken seriously. When both of their desires collide, they end up altering their future, pop music, and the universe... forever.
  • The @s by C. Julian Jiménez
    Cast: 
    12
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    Genre: immersive, radio drama
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    Keyword: social distance, podcast + 2 more
    Genre: immersive, radio drama
    Keyword: social distance, podcast, radio play, modern radio play
    Through the exploration of technology and digital media, this theatrical experience will examine intimacy in a moment of disconnect. How do we share intimate moments when circumstances do not allow? The play asks its witnesses to contemplate whether intimacy is dependent on in-person interaction or if the heart can extend through a computer screen.
  • anOTHER by C. Julian Jiménez
    Cast: 
    9–10
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: college, other + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fable/folktale, immersive, political, satire
    Keyword: college, other, otherness, ganesha, hanuman
    An exploration of what it means to be "other" in America. Crafted with the students of Queensborough Community College, anOTHER is a celebration of difference in a society that is more comfortable navigating within the status quo. (with Devised Material by Queensborough Community College theatre students: Jhoel Centeno, Scarlat Fang, Joseph Fiscaletti, Geovanny Guzman, Krismarie Logue, Lang Qi,...
    An exploration of what it means to be "other" in America. Crafted with the students of Queensborough Community College, anOTHER is a celebration of difference in a society that is more comfortable navigating within the status quo. (with Devised Material by Queensborough Community College theatre students: Jhoel Centeno, Scarlat Fang, Joseph Fiscaletti, Geovanny Guzman, Krismarie Logue, Lang Qi, Toluwalope M. Shokunbi, Ksenia Volynkina, Yineng Ye, and Maite Zuniga)
  • Alligator Mouth by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: tarot, LGBTQ + 7 more
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: tarot, LGBTQ, queer, gay, 1980s, The Smiths, new wave, HIV/AIDS, Sex
    A violently tender story about a troubled man in 1985 looking for answers. Instead he finds a young boy, brand-spanking new to NYC. 
  • Horny Orderly - A Symphony of Sex and Sorrow in 11 Minutes & 47 Seconds by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    4–7
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: cancer, Sex + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: cancer, Sex, LGBTQ, gay
    A man deals with his mother's chemotherapy treatments by cruising a horny orderly at a Cancer hospital.
  • Hubris or A Very Sorkin Holiday by C. Julian Jiménez
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Sorkin, comedy + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, holiday, parody/spoof, political, satire
    Keyword: Sorkin, comedy, spoof, holiday, christmas, hallmark
    Three Hallmark TV executives discuss how to save the holidays after their star, Lori Loughlin was indicted for college admissions bribery.
  • Imaginariness by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3–9
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: puppets, Fantasy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, movement/physical, verse
    Keyword: puppets, Fantasy, imaginary friend, Greek chorus
    Nicki's imaginary friend, Diane, is frustrated with being ignored. With the help of a Greek Chorus subconscious, Diane fights to be noticed.  
  • Metro Psalm by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3–12
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 2 more
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    Keyword: Icelandic folktale, The Seal's Skin + 3 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, faith-based, fantasy
    Keyword: Icelandic folktale, The Seal's Skin, subway, NYC, evangelical
    A man revisits his past through an evangelical preacher on the NYC Subway system.
  • Rebel Judy by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: Stonewall, LGBTQ + 4 more
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: Stonewall, LGBTQ, gay, gay rights, 1969, Judy Garland
    Tito meets a disheveled Allyn on the street in front of his apartment building in Greenwich Village. They form and instant bond having just both been at the Stonewall Inn on the night of the riots. They help each other through the pain of the riots and the death of Tito’s forever muse, Judy Garland.
  • Two to Make an Accident by C. Julian Jiménez
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: great gatsby, Sex + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: great gatsby, Sex, violence
    Inspired by The Great Gatsby, Two to Make and Accident is a twisted sexual humiliation game in which infidelity and broken noses are the stuff of erotic fantasies. 
  • Mind and Ass by C. Julian Jiménez
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: immersive, radio drama
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    Keyword: Listen, love + 3 more
    Genre: immersive, radio drama
    Keyword: Listen, love, queer, gay romance, play for the ear
    An experiential deep dive into the subconscious of love at first sight. Mind and Ass is a play for the ear.