Javier Rivera DeBruin

Javier Rivera DeBruin's work explores queerness, gender, race, diaspora, and family. LUCIÉRNAGAS was a semi-finalist for the 2019 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award and World Premieres with National Queer Theater at the 14th St Y. Javi is a co-writer on a six-part podcast play THIS IS WHERE WE GO (MCC Theater/The Parsnip Ship) and a member of the Parsnip Ship’s inaugural Radio Roots Writers Group where their play HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL DEAREST is in development.

Javier Rivera DeBruin's work explores queerness, gender, race, diaspora, and family. LUCIÉRNAGAS was a semi-finalist for the 2019 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award and World Premieres with National Queer Theater at the 14th St Y. Javi is a co-writer on a six-part podcast play THIS IS WHERE WE GO (MCC Theater/The Parsnip Ship) and a member of the Parsnip Ship’s inaugural Radio Roots Writers Group where their play HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL DEAREST is in development.

Scripts

Happy Birthday Angel Dearest

by Javier Rivera DeBruin

Cast Size
6—7
Genre
drama,
fantasy,
radio drama

It's Angel's 33rd birthday and it's time to celebrate! As the party unfolds Angel and her sibling Girlie find themselves tangled in a mixed-tape of nostalgia, gender-euphoria, psychosis, and reality. Lured into the family basement by a time traveling pirate and a walkman, Angel and Girlie must confront their darkest and most secret memories. Will Angel and Girl free themselves from a time-knot and find the...

It's Angel's 33rd birthday and it's time to celebrate! As the party unfolds Angel and her sibling Girlie find themselves tangled in a mixed-tape of nostalgia, gender-euphoria, psychosis, and reality. Lured into the family basement by a time traveling pirate and a walkman, Angel and Girlie must confront their darkest and most secret memories. Will Angel and Girl free themselves from a time-knot and find the connection and liberation they seek?

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Luciérnagas

by Javier Rivera DeBruin

Cast Size
5—6
Genre
drama,
fantasy

LUCIÉRNAGAS is a story about heritage, legacy, and forgiveness. When Mal’s maternal grandmother Lupe dies, she inherits a mysterious cabin in the woods. While visiting this small house for the first time, Mal encounters her estranged mother Silvia, the ghost of her grandmother, and a bioluminescent child named Xara who lives in the walls. Silvia declares ownership of the cabin, Mal struggles to break free from...

LUCIÉRNAGAS is a story about heritage, legacy, and forgiveness. When Mal’s maternal grandmother Lupe dies, she inherits a mysterious cabin in the woods. While visiting this small house for the first time, Mal encounters her estranged mother Silvia, the ghost of her grandmother, and a bioluminescent child named Xara who lives in the walls. Silvia declares ownership of the cabin, Mal struggles to break free from old patterns, and Xara demands to be seen. All the while they parse through possessions, secrets, and family dynamics, over a weekend they won’t soon forget.

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