Cesario Tirado-Ortiz

Cesario Tirado-Ortiz

Cesario Tirado Ortiz (they/he) is a nuyorican neurodivergent nonbinary menace ready to deconstruct what it truly means to be a human being. A SUNY New Paltz graduate, Rio bases most of his work around queer and trans activism, while refusing to sanitize his work to appeal to cishet audiences. They're also a successful drag artist performing under the name Scam Likely (it/its), and utilizes drag frequently...
Cesario Tirado Ortiz (they/he) is a nuyorican neurodivergent nonbinary menace ready to deconstruct what it truly means to be a human being. A SUNY New Paltz graduate, Rio bases most of his work around queer and trans activism, while refusing to sanitize his work to appeal to cishet audiences. They're also a successful drag artist performing under the name Scam Likely (it/its), and utilizes drag frequently in their work as an actor, playwright, and barista. When not being a menace to society, you can find Rio watching horror movies, drawing, or creating intricate PowerPoints on niche topics.

Plays

  • it's been ten years since everyone died (a play about final girls) by Cesario Tirado-Ortiz
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4–6
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: horror, centers a LGBTQ character + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror, mystery/thriller, romantic comedy, tragedy
    Keyword: horror, centers a LGBTQ character, queer horror, transgender character, dark comedy, Toxic love, Female toxicity, full length, no intermission, evil femme and her pathetic butch
    [FULL LENGTH] ten years ago, four girls were hunted down by cold blooded killers and miraculously survived. today, three people are forcibly reunited at a therapeutical retreat for women to cope with their collective trauma. this examination of the slasher final girl trope asks the question: does all trauma make equal?
  • 2XYX by Cesario Tirado-Ortiz
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: robot, Sci Fi + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, political, science fiction
    Keyword: robot, Sci Fi, professor, future, family, gender, nonbinary character, nonbinary, genderfluid
    [TEN MINUTE] In the far off future of 2XYX, the Professor and her lab Assistant are at work crafting the newest model of the popular LR line of robots. What they don't expect is the Robot to have a bit more to say about society, gender, and family than either of them ever expected.
  • Transcendent by Cesario Tirado-Ortiz
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, young audiences
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    Keyword: angel, queer angels + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: angel, queer angels, features LGBTQ characters, nonbinary, religion, coming out, gender transition
    [TEN MINUTE] Angel, a normal guy, sits on a park bench while being lectured by an Archangel.
  • A Ghost Story by Cesario Tirado-Ortiz
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: ghost, ghost story + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: ghost, ghost story, rom com, Victorian, bury your gays, Closeted gay man, MLM
    [TEN MINUTE] Alex was having a great time coasting through life up until his unceremonious death in his apartment. Now, in this deconstruction of the "bury your gays" trope, he has to learn about life, love, and how to forgive himself with the help of the foppish Victorian ghost who haunted him in life.
  • Bones by Cesario Tirado-Ortiz
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: transmasculine, trans man + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, experimental
    Keyword: transmasculine, trans man, surgery, top surgery, monologue, long form monologue
    [MONOLOGUE] A trans man, asleep during his top surgery, reminisces about what happens after death and what becomes of us after all our hard work is done.