lily gonzales

lily gonzales (they/them) is a writer from Texas, based in NYC. Their work has been supported by The John F. Kennedy Center, New Product Company, The Bushwick Starr, AlterTheater Ensemble, Shotgun Players, Crowded Fire Theater, Colt Coeur, and Latinx Playwrights Circle, among others.

B.A UT Austin, Theater / English

lily gonzales (they/them) is a writer from Texas, based in NYC. Their work has been supported by The John F. Kennedy Center, New Product Company, The Bushwick Starr, AlterTheater Ensemble, Shotgun Players, Crowded Fire Theater, Colt Coeur, and Latinx Playwrights Circle, among others.

B.A UT Austin, Theater / English

Scripts

PLAY:BODY

by lily gonzales

Synopsis

Your boss is no longer human. Your non-monogamous relationship is faltering. You’re searching for what makes you feel alive. Immaterial is committed to creating a virtual reality that satisfies your material deficiencies. All we need now is you.

Your boss is no longer human. Your non-monogamous relationship is faltering. You’re searching for what makes you feel alive. Immaterial is committed to creating a virtual reality that satisfies your material deficiencies. All we need now is you.

Five Women and Five Funerals

by lily gonzales

Synopsis

A son, a woman's brother dies. And then a mother, and then a sister, and another sister, until there is nothing left but land.

A play about forgiveness and the american dream.

A son, a woman's brother dies. And then a mother, and then a sister, and another sister, until there is nothing left but land.

A play about forgiveness and the american dream.

I must belong somewhere

by lily gonzales

Synopsis

A classroom presentation about memory, anger, and sometimes Joseph Gordon Levitt.

A classroom presentation about memory, anger, and sometimes Joseph Gordon Levitt.

(trans)formada

by lily gonzales

Synopsis

Sam is queer, a little trans, and a child of Mexican immigrants living in the Texas Hill Country. They're trying to figure out how to express their gender -- to themselves and to the world. Just as Sam is building the courage to present their gender to their mother, they go to a high school party. Everyone is way too into each other and drinking way too much. Amidst the debauchery, a brave and strange set of...

Sam is queer, a little trans, and a child of Mexican immigrants living in the Texas Hill Country. They're trying to figure out how to express their gender -- to themselves and to the world. Just as Sam is building the courage to present their gender to their mother, they go to a high school party. Everyone is way too into each other and drinking way too much. Amidst the debauchery, a brave and strange set of rituals ensues.

"(trans)formada" is a practice in healing. It is about redefining and coming back to family.

no me dejas

by lily gonzales

Synopsis

After twenty years, Perla's, the last lesbian bar in San Antonio, is closing down. Three queers, across generations, try to figure out what's next for their city and themselves as the bar has its very last call.

After twenty years, Perla's, the last lesbian bar in San Antonio, is closing down. Three queers, across generations, try to figure out what's next for their city and themselves as the bar has its very last call.