Tara’s Crossing
PREMIERED 2004
Written by Jeffrey Solomon
Inspired by Veemala V. Persaud
Directed by Steven J. Satta
An acclaimed play about a transgender woman seeking asylum in the U.S.
The remarkable odyssey of a Trans woman who flees persecution in Guyana, only to wind up incarcerated in U.S. Immigration detention, where she struggles to win her freedom. The play was inspired by interviews with LGBTQ+ asylum seekers from around the globe. TARA’S CROSSING is one of the first stage works ever to deal with the subject of political asylum for gay, lesbian, bi and transgender refugees, a remedy that has been available in the United States only since 1994.
“Remarkable, Moving and Captivating!” – NyTheatre.com
“Revealing and Tender” – Village Voice
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Artistic Team
Jeffrey Solomon
Playwright
Jeff is the co-founder of Houses on the Moon Theater Co. Playwright: Tara’s Crossing (Tenement Theatre, NY), Building Houses on the Moon (City Theatre, Pittsburgh), and De Novo, which he also directed (New York Theatre Workshop/Next Door and 59E59 St. Theaters, Palacio Tecleño, El Salvador). Writer/Performer of MotherSON (HERE Art Center), Fourth Floor (Mumbai, India), The Barefoot Café (Colombo, Sri Lanka), The Cultural Center of the Philippines, New End Theatre and Oval House Theatre (London, UK), Edinburgh Fringe and Theater Works in Melbourne, Australia. Joseph Jefferson Nomination for Best Actor (Bailiwick Rep, Chicago). Audience Favorite, Best Playwriting, and Best Male Solo Performer (National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival). Best Male Performance (Absolut Gay Theatre Festival in Dublin, Ireland). Jeff’s other solo play, The Santa Closet (formerly Santa Claus is Coming Out), premiered at the Kirk Theatre on Off Broadway’s Theatre Row (Penguin Rep), revival Houses on the Moon Theater Co (Teatro Circulo). Diversionary Theatre (San Diego), Celebration Theatre (Los Angeles), and the Dublin International Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. The play received the Award for Best of the National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. Jeff wrote the Television pilot for Jim Henson’s CityKids, which received an Emmy nomination for Best Children’s Special and an Ollie Award for Excellence in Children’s Programming and was a staff writer for the same program. Jeff is a MOTH Grand Slam Champion and has been featured on NPR’s The Moth Radio Hour. He is the host, director, and co-producer of the Houses on the Moon Podcast, available on all podcast platforms.