Event Details
By Mateo Hernandez
Directed by Diamante Martinez
IGGY and OÑIO are two middle school boys who have a hard time fitting in with nearly anyone around them – peers at school, family at home and even each other. But, one night OÑIO decides to take IGGY on an intergalactic adventure into outer-spayce to figure out if they can actually become friends after constantly ignoring each other at school. Traversing through planets with friendly aliens, stardust meteor showers and even a lunar encounter, the boys start to see each other for who they really are and, in the process, see themselves too.
spayce boys will be presented as a reading as part of UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2024.
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READING DATES
March 3 at 11:00 a.m.
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About the Playwright
Mateo Hernandez (he/they) is a queer, Latinx theatre maker, applied theatre practitioner, pedagogue and scholar. They are a M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in drama and theatre for youth and communities at The University of Texas at Austin, where their research interests include queering pedagogies and performance through transgender epistemologies, queer feminist critique and abolitionist art-making practices. As a playwright, his play spayce boys has been chosen for the 2020 INGENIO New Play Festival (Milagro Theatre, Teatro Vivo, Cara Mía Theatre) and the 2021 New Plays for Young Audiences: BIPOC Initiative (New York University Steinhardt). Their creative writing revolves around topics of gender and sexuality within Latinx/Chicanx culture.
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- Meet the Casts of UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2024 - Off Book: A Theatre and Dance Blog
- UT New Theatre Festival highlights collaboration between graduate, undergraduate programs - The Daily Texan
- The Process Behind the Play: The UTNT 2024 Playwrights Speak on Their Plays - Off Book: A Theatre and Dance Blog
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