MIsfit, America

Misfit, America written by Nelson Diaz-Marcano Directed by Rebecca Aparicio Workshop Lab Reading of MISFIT, AMERICA by Nelson Diaz-Marcano on Thursday, May 28 at 3pm Houghton Hall Arts Community 22 East 30th Street (between 5th and Madison Avenues).  Tickets (Pay What You Can) Blending the mythic pulse of the land and its spirit with the stark landscape of the American Western, Misfit, America follows a diverse community led by an unlikely couple as they are forced to protect a Native American teen from the men who once shaped their lives. But before they can fight, they must make peace with their past and learn to trust the future and each other. Living on the outskirts of the last free place in America, this community must decide to give everything, or run. with Sean McIntyre* Carmen Alvarez Esteban Andres Cruz* Daniela Gonzalez y Perez* Brandon Meeks* Cristina Pitter* Danny Borba* - Stage directions *Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production. Nelson Diaz-Marcano Rebecca Aparicio (she/her/ella) is a Cuban American, bilingual director and writer of socially driven work. Recent Directing: Las Borinqueñas (EST, 6 Hola Award nom.) Jardín Salvaje (GALA Hispanic Theatre), Beastgirl (Kennedy Center-Helen Hayes Nom), In Pieces (Joe’s Pub), and Songs for Slutty Girls (Parkside). She also served as Asst. Director on Hell’s Kitchen on Broadway and First National Tour. Awards: 2024 Barbara Whitman SDC Award, Roundabout Directing Group, MTC Directing Fellowship. She is a member of Latinx Playwrights Circle, Board Member Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, and Artist Ambassador with NYCLU. RebeccaAparicio.com Sean McIntyre is a New York based theater-maker/educator. He has worked on and off-broadway, teaches at multiple universities, and spends an inordinate amount of time talking to himself in his voiceover booth. He is a teaching artist with Rehabilitation Through the Arts, and is currently directing a production of EVERYBODY by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Green Haven Correctional Facility. Carmen Alvarez is a Mexican-Japanese actress and dramaturg from San Francisco. She is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned her BFA in Drama from the Meisner Studio, and a member of INTAR Theater’s Unit 52 Class of 2025. Stage credits include Lupe Vélez in With Deepest Regrets, Lupe Vélez at INTAR and Niña in Todas las mariposas negras mueren en el mar at IATI. Film credits include Dissonance, directed by Kalani Angel, and They’re Here for You, directed by Justin Wang Daniela Gonzalez y Perez (they/them) is a queer actor, playwright, and filmmaker from Brooklyn, NY. Currently in post-prod. of their debut short film in their Revolution Trilogy, ESPERANZA Y YO, filmed in Puerto Rico. They were recently part of Pipeline Theatre Company’s PlayLab, Clubbed Thumb’s Early-Career Writer’s Group, LAByrinth Intensive Ensemble, and The Latinx Play...