A TGNC Reading Festival - Program
Sacred Fools Theater Company and Rainbow Entertainment present...
A TGNC Reading Festival
This production is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors through the Los
Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. 
This production is supported, in part, by a grant from the
City of Los Angeles Department of
Cultural Affairs. 
This production is supported, in part, by a grant from
Council District 13, City of Los Angeles. 
Sacred Fools' educational projects are supported in part by the
California Arts Council, a state
agency. Block 1 - Opening Night
Thurs, 9/28 @ 8pm
Introductions by Rainbow Entertainment, The Queer 26 & Sacred Fools
Featured Play:
"Embers Borne West"
by Maddox Pennington (they/he)
directed by Marlene Luna Castañeda (she/they)
CAST:
- Christina Lujon (she/her/ella) Wenona/Joanna
- Maia Vik Villa (they/them) Jay/Opal/Nurse/Citrus Packer
- Daniel Bisuano (he/him) Duke/Inquisitor 1/Rev. Monroe
- Luis Cornejo (he/they) Henry/Big Isaac/Man on Beach
- Danielle Squyres (she/her) Cecille/ Inquisitor
- Krysta Gonzales (she/they) Lodie/Inquisitor 3/Foreman
- Zion Maria (All including elle, ve, it) Narrator/Stage Directions
Block 2 - Friday Night
9/29 @ 8pm
Opening Short:
"Letting Go"
written & directed by Diana Romo (she/they)
CAST:
- Sofie Khan (she/her) Maria 'Chuya'
- Desiree Marisol Carcano (they/she) Erica
- Adriel Berrnal (he/him) Armando
- Ginna Diaz (she/they) Diana
- Christina Lujan (she/her) Narrator/Stage Directions
Main Feature:
"They Want Me Dead So I Choose Breath"
by sophie sagan-gutherz (they/them)
directed by Socks Whitmore (they/them)
CAST:
- Yaya Vasquez-Lopez (she/her/ella) Narrator
- Elm Garland (they/them) Lil
- Ryan Baker (he/him) Zig
- Jude Kolitz (they/he) Stevie
- Ari Fromm (they/he) Moose
- Crystal Stull (she/her) Janie
- Orion Elis (they/them) Bug
- Emily Westheimer (she/her) Val
- Shan Hafez (he/they) Blue
- Socks Whitmore (they/them) Heart
- Ginna Diaz (she/they) Prune
- Adriel Bernal (he/him) Delivery Boy
Block 3 - Saturday Matinee Shorts Block
9/30 @ 3pm
"Kids at the Gayground" & "Polyester Playground (the Sequel)"
by Michi Fink (she/they)
directed by Asari Aibangbee (they/them)
CAST:
- Camille Ora-Nicole (she/they) Shanice
- Cameron Laventure (she/her) Dana
- Rae Gammage (he/him) Steven
- Matt Pasini (they/them) Diego
- Heather Muriel Nguyen (they/she) Cassandra ("Polyester")
- Amber Riat (they/them) Narrator/Stage Directions
"Alter"
by Lane St. Sebastian (he/they)
directed by Diana Romo (she/they)
CAST:
- Adriel 'Addy' Bernal (he/him) Paris
- Christina Lujan (she/her) Helen
- Rose Montoya (she/her) Mother
- Matt Pasini (they/them) Father
- Kaila Tacazon (they/them) Narrator/Stage Directions
"The Misguided Gay Odyssey"
by Alexandra Walker (she/her)
directed by Raina Pratto (she/they)
CAST:
- Lydia Tinsley (she/her) Valerie
- Kaila Tacazon (they/them) Jordan
- Rae Gammage (he/him) Xavier/Dylan/Leonard
- Camille Ora-Nicole (she/they) Madison/Isaiah
- Zion Pham (he/they) Preston/Eliot
- Heather Muriel Nguyen (they/she) Karina/Dominque/Tess
- Cameron Laventure (she/her) Savannah/Cherry
- Natalie Nicole Dressel (she/her) Narrator
"Granny"
by Natalie Nicole Dressel (she/her)
directed by Tyler Stilwill
CAST:
- Kristi Mclean (she/her) Granny
- Natalie Nicole Dressel (she/her) Grandchild
- Bowie Starr (they/he) Murk
- Amber Riat (they/them) Anamnesis
- Jen Winslow (she/her) Narrator/Stage Directions
Block 4 - Saturday Night
9/30 @ 7pm
Opening Short:
"#Fangirl"
by Jazz Pierre (she/they)
directed by Sunday Jupiter (they/them)
CAST:
- Jazz Pierre (she/they) Fangirl
- Brian Michael Smith (he/him) Brian Michael Smith
- Emily Westheimer (she/her) Fangirl #2
- Morgan O'Sullivan (they/he) Hanson
- Brynn Allen (she/her) Debra
- Jase Alan (they/them/she/her/girrrrrrl) Narrator
Main Feature:
"Sea Legs"
written & directed by Ariel Mahler (she/her/they/them)
CAST:
- Jase Alan (they/them) Narrator
- Sasha Forests (she/her) Gemini
- Zion Pham (he/they) Kyle
- Maze Felix (they/them) Pan
- Georgea Regout (she/her) Salacia
- Jazz Pierre (she/they) Ensemble
- Danielle Squyres (she/her) Ensemble
- Jack MacCarthy (he/they) Ensemble
- Morgan O'Sullivan (they/he) Ensemble
Block 5 - Sunday Matinee Shorts Block
10/1 @ 3pm
"Julie-Esque"
by Ashley Lauren Rogers (she/her, they/them)
directed by River Ensslin (they/he)
CAST:
- Lydia Tinsley (she/her) Julie
- Tee Vaden (they/them) Laurence
- Jude Kolitz (they/he) Narrator/Stage Directions
"Ties That Bind"
by Soleil Burgess (they/them)
directed by Victoria Xashara-Prescott (she/they)
CAST:
- Rae Gammage (he/him) Yaya
- Sinistra Black (she/her) Leila
- Sofie Khan (she/her) Claudia
- Camille Ora-Nicole (she/they) Jana
- Lee Johnston (they/them) Narrator/Stage Directions
"Once More with Feeling"
by Cameron Laventure (she/her)
directed by Malik Ever (they/them)
CAST:
- Tee Vaden (they/them) Narrator/Stage Directions
- Sasha Forests (she/her) Riley
- Jeffrey Jay (he/they) Jude
- Diana Gutierrez (she/they) Vanessa/Automated Voice
- Bowie Starr (he/they) Shaun/Stoner #1
- JL Perkel (she/her) Luna/Stoner #2
- Ames Miyako (they/them) Des/Game Announcer
- Lee Johnston (they/them) Austin/Wine Man
- Michi Fink (they/she) Stoner #3/ English Grandma/Pedestrian
"The Traveler"
by Naomi Markman (any/all)
directed by Ari Sells (they/them)
CAST:
- Socks Whitmore (they/them) Iz
- Jen Winslow (she/her) The Doctor
- Ames Miyako (they/them) Narrator/Stage Directions
"I'll be Damned"
by Misha Osherovich (she/they)
directed by Theo Dudley (he/him)
CAST:
- Lydia Tinsley (she/her) Dana
- Maze Felix (they/them) Julie
- Ser Anzoategui (they/them) Virgil
- Rose Montoya (she/they) Beatriz
- Wes Spaulding (he/him) Cato/Robber 1
- Jasmine Pierre (she/they) Cleo/ Flight Attendant
- J.L. Perkel (she/her) Rave Girl/Sue/Mrs.Mankowitz
- Theo Tiedemann (he/they) Demon Bouncer/Bronco
- Lalo-Félix Caldera (he/him) Demon Guard/Robber 2/Thief
- Zion Pham (he/they) Narrator/Screen Action
Block 6 - Closing Night
Sun, 10/1 @ 7pm
Closing Comments
Featured Play:
"When Jupiter Returns, Mahal"
written & directed by Rain Valdez (she/her)
CAST:
- Rain Valdez (she/her) Mahal
- Sumeet 'Sammy' Dang (he/him) Aurush
- Sydney Viengluang (she/her) SIA
- Reese Fernandez (they/she/he) Lulu Belle
- Tess Paras (she/her) Argenta/The Universe
- Morgan O'Sullivan (they/he) Jake/Newscaster 2
- Nick Cutler (he/him) Patrick
- Jase Alan (they/them) Rising Star/Crimsoniac
- Jen Winslow (she/her) Shelly Anne Cordova/Newscaster 1
- Ari Fromm (they/he) Narrator
