About the Project
Maya, a young Salvadoran-American woman, navigates trauma and family mythology through magic and folklore as she comes of age in Phoenix, Arizona. Her story explores mother-daughter relationships, mixed race identity, being the child of an immigrant, growing up without a father, and using fantasy as a coping mechanism, while featuring movement and dance. Owls, jaguars, and cacti also make dream-like and delightful appearances. *Trigger warning: This play references sexual assault and suicide.
Find out more about the story's characters here. Order the related books here. See the New Play Exchange listing page for the play here. Stream the film here. View visual art inspired by the play here.
Find out more about the story's characters here. Order the related books here. See the New Play Exchange listing page for the play here. Stream the film here. View visual art inspired by the play here.
Publication, Production & Screening History:
June 2024: Winner of two Talia Awards in Acting
May 12, 2024: Mother's Day YouTube premiere (streaming film)
Sept. 8-Oct. 1, 2023: The Tank, New York, NY (full production world premiere). Directed by Fiamma Piacentini.
June 9, 2023: FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (film screening)
April 19, 2023: Amazon book sales launch from AlienBuddha Press, Phoenix, AZ (book publication)
Dec. 9, 2022: Pine Box Rock Shop, Brooklyn, NY (film screening)
Oct. 21 & 22, 2022: Arts On Site, New York, NY (Act I excerpt)
Oct. 1, 2022: Chashama Festival, Pine Plains, NY (movement excerpt)
Sept. 22, 2022: Vimeo On Demand streaming film release
August 19, 2022: Fulton Theater, Lancaster, PA (developmental reading)
June 15-26, 2022: Gene Frankel Theatre, New York, NY (workshop run). Directed by Christine Stoddard. Read press and audience reviews.
December 2020: Two Plays: True Believer & Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares by Table Work Press (book publication of an early version of the play)
June 2024: Winner of two Talia Awards in Acting
May 12, 2024: Mother's Day YouTube premiere (streaming film)
Sept. 8-Oct. 1, 2023: The Tank, New York, NY (full production world premiere). Directed by Fiamma Piacentini.
June 9, 2023: FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (film screening)
April 19, 2023: Amazon book sales launch from AlienBuddha Press, Phoenix, AZ (book publication)
Dec. 9, 2022: Pine Box Rock Shop, Brooklyn, NY (film screening)
Oct. 21 & 22, 2022: Arts On Site, New York, NY (Act I excerpt)
Oct. 1, 2022: Chashama Festival, Pine Plains, NY (movement excerpt)
Sept. 22, 2022: Vimeo On Demand streaming film release
August 19, 2022: Fulton Theater, Lancaster, PA (developmental reading)
June 15-26, 2022: Gene Frankel Theatre, New York, NY (workshop run). Directed by Christine Stoddard. Read press and audience reviews.
December 2020: Two Plays: True Believer & Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares by Table Work Press (book publication of an early version of the play)
Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares won a national playwriting competition held by Table Work Press in 2019 and was published in the book Two Plays: True Believer and Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares (2020). The play is based upon the 2018 Semiperfect Press chapbook of poems by the same name. The entirety of that book (and then some!) appears is Stoddard's poetry and photography book Water for the Cactus Woman (SpuytenDuyvil). The stage play for Mi Abuela had its workshop run at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City in June 2022 and was produced by Quail Bell Press & Productions. Chosen as one of three national finalists in the Fulton Festival of New Works, the play was presented in a staged reading at the Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in August 2022. Excerpts have been presented at Arts On Site and Chashama Fest. The film premiered at Pine Box Rock Shop in December 2022 and screened at FiveMyles Gallery in March 2023, after earning a finalist award from WorldFest Houston International Film Festival. A standalone book of the script was published by AlienBuddha Press in April 2023. The play had its official world premiere at The Tank as part of the 2023/2024 season, beginning in September 2023.
Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares won a national playwriting competition held by Table Work Press in 2019 and was published in the book Two Plays: True Believer and Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares (2020). The play is based upon the 2018 Semiperfect Press chapbook of poems by the same name. The entirety of that book (and then some!) appears is Stoddard's poetry and photography book Water for the Cactus Woman (SpuytenDuyvil). The stage play for Mi Abuela had its workshop run at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City in June 2022 and was produced by Quail Bell Press & Productions. Chosen as one of three national finalists in the Fulton Festival of New Works, the play was presented in a staged reading at the Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in August 2022. Excerpts have been presented at Arts On Site and Chashama Fest. The film premiered at Pine Box Rock Shop in December 2022 and screened at FiveMyles Gallery in March 2023, after earning a finalist award from WorldFest Houston International Film Festival. A standalone book of the script was published by AlienBuddha Press in April 2023. The play had its official world premiere at The Tank as part of the 2023/2024 season, beginning in September 2023.
This project was funded with generous support from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Puffin Foundation, and The Tank.
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