Havan is a young biracial girl navigating race. She speaks in long poetic monologues as she reflects on her inner world. On stage, she is surrounded by white sock puppets that represent White people and structures in her life. They speak quickly and calculated. Havan I was born in the South but that day happened…
Read More
“When I look at you, I don’t even see Asian. You’re so ambiguous, you could play anything!” These actual words were spoken to me by a white professor at Northeastern University, where I was earning my undergraduate degree in Theatre. But let’s backtrack a bit. How did I get here? How did I get to…
Read More
Love, Victor is Hulu’s spin-off of the successful film Love, Simon and follows a similar narrative; a high-school-aged boy and his coming out journey. The major difference between the show and it’s predecessor is the main character of Love, Victor is Latinx. This is particularly exciting as there are many nuances to Latinx culture, one…
Read More
Interview by Maya Renee Castro & Carolina Meurkens Photography by Joana Meurkens Iris Beaumier is a proud New Yorker and first generation immigrant of French and Ghanaian descent. She is an actor/ singer/ filmmaker with a passion for environmentalism and social change. Iris and I met as freshmen at LaGuardia High School Music & Art…
Read More
CHARACTERS Kate Joan Becca TIME Present PLACE A mountain overlook (KATE, JOAN and BECCA, on the edge of a clifftop) KATE …It’s a short walk…Just a few short steps and you’re… BECCA Off the cliff. JOAN Splat. KATE …This is where I go when I need peace. I sit here, on this rock, look out…
Read More
by Maya Renee Castro I wanted to include an editors’ pick so y’all, our beautiful viewers, can get to know us, your amazing editors. I also wanted to showcase our TV/Film/Theater picks because although it may feel like all you see are white stories or stories of the oppressor, our stories have been here for…
Read More