Dillon Yruegas

Dillon Yruegas

Dillon Yruegas (he/él) is a queer trans mixed coahuiltecan/xicano theatremaker from his ancestral lands in Central Texas. He holds both a BFA in Theatre and a BA in Spanish from Texas State University. Currently, he is Program Administrator of the Center for Career Development at The New School and a steering committee member of the Latinx Theatre Commons.

Recently, he was the Assistant Director...
Dillon Yruegas (he/él) is a queer trans mixed coahuiltecan/xicano theatremaker from his ancestral lands in Central Texas. He holds both a BFA in Theatre and a BA in Spanish from Texas State University. Currently, he is Program Administrator of the Center for Career Development at The New School and a steering committee member of the Latinx Theatre Commons.

Recently, he was the Assistant Director of the Broadway Green Alliance, a HowlRound Theatre Commons fellow, a part of Company One Theatre's season 21 PlayLab cohort, a selected playwright for both the TransTheatreFest-Madison and Boston Theatre Marathon, and a company member of the VORTEX Repertory Theatre.

On stage, off stage, and online, Dillon has collaborated with American Indian Community House, Avante Theatre Project, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre, Capital T Theatre, De Corazón Consulting, Fresh Ink Theatre, Generic Ensemble Company, Ground Floor Theatre, Kalpulli Ayolopaktzin, History Matters, the Indigenous Cultures Institute, Inkwell Theatre, the Latinx Playwrights Circle, New Native Theatre, NYU Steinhardt, Parity Productions, the PlayGround Experiment, Primary Stages, Sparkhaven Theatre, Teatro Vivo, and telátulsa.

Plays

  • The Brunch Crowd by Dillon Yruegas
    Recommendations: 1
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    5
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Transgender, queer + 7 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Transgender, queer, bipoc, drag, proposal, Influencer, Texas, austin, multi-media
    FULL LENGTH VERSION: Always wanted to know how transgender people of color go about their daily lives? Spoiler alert: they don't talk about ~the surgery~ or anything else that the Cis seem to be so obsessed about; they go to brunch and drink too many mimosas, just like you! In The Brunch Crowd, four twenty-something queer trans artists meet at their favorite Mexican brunch spot in heavily gentrified Austin, Texas.
  • The Brunch Crowd (10 minute version) by Dillon Yruegas
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: austin, Texas + 5 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: austin, Texas, Mexican, black, afro-latinx, queer, brunch
    TEN MINUTE VERSION: Always wanted to know how transgender people of color go about their daily lives? Spoiler alert: they don't talk about ~the surgery~ or anything else that the Cis seem to be so obsessed about; they go to brunch and drink too many mimosas, just like you! In The Brunch Crowd, four twenty-something queer trans artists meet at their favorite Mexican brunch spot in heavily gentrified Austin, Texas.
  • alma vieja by Dillon Yruegas
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6–8
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    Genre: drama, young audiences
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    Keyword: bilingual, english/spanish
    Genre: drama, young audiences
    Keyword: bilingual, english/spanish
    Yasmine, a young mixed Indigenous Mexicana, questions the teachings of her family's Catholic faith and explores her gifts as a curandera. For audiences of all ages. Bilingual (Spanish and English).

Recommended by Dillon Yruegas

  • Red Rainbow by Azure D Osborne-Lee
    13 Jun. 2021
    “ Y'ALL! Red Rainbow is an amazing work that incorporates all of the best of Azure's brilliant skills: magic, storytelling, ancestral knowledge, queerness, color, and mystery. I cannot wait to be able to see a full production of this beautiful story. ”