Plays
Tara’s Crossing
Tara’s Crossing is one of the first plays ever to deal with the little known issue of asylum for sexual minorities in the U.S. a remedy that has been available only since 1994. Inspired by a true story, this full-length play recounts a transgendered asylum-seeker’s remarkable flight from Guyana and her uphill battle to prove her claims of persecution from within the confines of U.S. Immigration Detention.
De Novo
On the streets of Guatemala City, gangs were his only family.
All he ever wanted was a real home.
To leave the gang was a death sentence.
Coming to the USA was his last hope.
– Or so he thought…
This new play from Houses on the Moon Theater Company chronicles the gripping true story of Edgar and other undocumented youth, many thousands of whom make the harrowing journey across the border and through the U.S. system of justice each year.
Building Houses On The Moon
This award winning production, inspired by hundreds of real internet posts, tells the remarkable untold stories of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youth in America and is being embraced by educators and student groups as powerful tool to create safer, more inclusive campuses.