Eteya Trinidad

Eteya Trinidad

Eteya Trinidad (Eh-TAY-yuh, she/her/hers) is a playwright, stage manager, and theater artist based in San Francisco, California. She is a resident playwright at PlayGround and a member of the 2021-22 LezWritesBTQ Cohort at 3 Girls Theatre. Her writing has been recognized in the 2021 Best of PlayGround Festival with the June Anne Baker Prize and as a finalist for the 2019 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Companies...
Eteya Trinidad (Eh-TAY-yuh, she/her/hers) is a playwright, stage manager, and theater artist based in San Francisco, California. She is a resident playwright at PlayGround and a member of the 2021-22 LezWritesBTQ Cohort at 3 Girls Theatre. Her writing has been recognized in the 2021 Best of PlayGround Festival with the June Anne Baker Prize and as a finalist for the 2019 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Companies she's worked with include Berklee College of Music, SF Olympians Festival, Ross Valley Players, and Amios West, among others. www.eteyatrinidad.com

Plays

  • Mirror Face by Eteya Trinidad
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: queer, coffeeshop romance + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: queer, coffeeshop romance, 2000s, homophobia, childhood trauma, coming of age, Magic Realism
    ONE ACT: Jackie has a crush on her barista, but when her nightmares start invading her reality, Jackie must examine her past – right down to the cringy middle school days – in order to move forward with her future.
  • A Cow Named Bo by Eteya Trinidad
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: fable/folktale, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Nursery Rhymes, cat + 6 more
    Genre: fable/folktale, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: Nursery Rhymes, cat, cow, theater for young audiences, fiddle, Magic Realism, childhood fantasy, artist's creating meaning
    10-MINUTE: By the light of the full moon, a naïve young cow helps a curmudgeonly cat retrieve his fiddle spirit.
  • In Antici- by Eteya Trinidad
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: rocky horror picture show, apocalypse + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: rocky horror picture show, apocalypse, backstage comedy
    10-MINUTE: At a midnight showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, a shadow cast prepares to do the Time Warp one last time.
  • Union Square by Eteya Trinidad
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: holiday, movement/physical
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    Keyword: ice skating, COVID-19 pandemic + 3 more
    Genre: holiday, movement/physical
    Keyword: ice skating, COVID-19 pandemic, new year's eve, winter holidays, slice of life
    10-MINUTE: Five strangers prepare to bring in the New Year at the Union Square ice skating rink - but are they really ready for the next chapter in these pandemic times?
  • La Planchada by Eteya Trinidad
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 1 more
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    Keyword: ghost story, COVID-19 pandemic + 4 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, zoom
    Keyword: ghost story, COVID-19 pandemic, Hospital, magical medical realism, Magic Realism, Chicanx
    10-MINUTE: At the height of the pandemic, a Mexican ghost woman pays a visit to a sick man in a COVID-19 ward. His niece doesn't believe in miracles, but could "La Planchada" have the cure?
  • and the moon, she saw by Eteya Trinidad
    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: Experimental format, free verse + 2 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, zoom
    Keyword: Experimental format, free verse, poetic language, Magic Realism
    10-MINUTE: we are on a nighttime walk. A mountain lion interrupts our path. You let me down.
  • my last two brain cells by Eteya Trinidad
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: experimental, mystery/thriller + 1 more
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    Keyword: experimental, song lyrics + 1 more
    Genre: experimental, mystery/thriller, zoom
    Keyword: experimental, song lyrics, magical medical realism
    10-MINUTE: Kit is stuck somewhere, and all that's left are lyrics on repeat.
  • Sirona Slick by Eteya Trinidad
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: bedroom, Effects of trauma + 2 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, romantic comedy
    Keyword: bedroom, Effects of trauma, intimacy issues, adult relationships
    10-MINUTE: A boy, a girl, and a magical bottle of lube. It’s time for some sexual healing.
  • The Lizard Women by Eteya Trinidad
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: cannibalism, angry feminists + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, horror, satire
    Keyword: cannibalism, angry feminists, maneaters
    10-MINUTE: Two women get ready for a night out on the town of eating boys and becoming lizard dragons.
  • La Sirena by Eteya Trinidad
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: sexual assault, class race and gender politics + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, political, tragedy
    Keyword: sexual assault, class race and gender politics, tsunami, rural, metoo, magical realism
    FULL-LENGTH: Thelxi, a struggling artist in a rural seaside town, takes a job as a dishwasher at the local Eatery where her roommate Chim works. Soon, both their friendship and their instincts are put to the test when the men of the Eatery show Thelxi attention, wanted or not.