JAW Play Reading: Say Gay Plays
Curated by Wayne Maugans at Voyage Theater
In partnership with Fuse Theatre Ensemble
A not-to-be-missed rocking time of new short-plays by top American playwrights with something to say! Conceived in response to the 2022 passage of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Voyage Theater Company Founding Artistic Director Wayne Maugans’ SAY GAY PLAYS offers short plays by queer playwrights to for LGBTQ+ communities across America. In a collaboration between Say Gay Plays, Fuse Theatre Ensemble and Portland Center Stage, the JAW lineup includes a fabulous range of work from searing satire to heartfelt moments, featuring playwrights Fernanda Coppel, Marquis D. Gibson, Haruna Lee, Derick Edgren Otero, Harrison David Rivers, SMJ, Doug Wright, and the premiere of a new piece from Portland playwright, Carlos-Zenen Trujillo.

Carlos-Zenen Trujillo (they/them) is a Latine theatre artist from Bejucal, Cuba. Carlos' written work includes: The Island in Winter or La Isla en Invierno, and Our Utopia (Bag&Baggage Productions); Christmas, Contigo (Oregon Cabaret Theatre; Teatro de las Americas; TheatreWorks Tampa); Conchita (a play about a dog) and WILD/CAUGHT (Artist Repertory Theatre); The Image of the Black Madonna and Abundancia (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Long White Line (LimeArts Productions) and Queen of Deseret (FUSE/OUTWright). They are an ordained babalocha in Regla de Ocha and served as a Lucumí Religious Consultant for Dear Dead Drug Lord (Washington Ensemble Theatre; CRAVE Theatre) and The Brothers Size (Portland Center Stage). They have been seen on stage in Spinning Into Butter (Bag&Baggage) WILD/CAUGHT, Sube y Baja, Speech and Debate (ART) and Oculus Anubis (Pyramid Scheme). Carlos-Zenen holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University. They also hold a degree in Culinary Arts from the Northwest Culinary Institute and are a Certified Home Care Worker with the State of Oregon.
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