Writing

Flood

FULL-LENGTH PLAY

As Hurricane Harvey’s landfall approaches Houston, Salomé Salas is stranded with their estranged Mexican immigrant family. Tensions are high as their parents, Humberto and Yolanda, grapple with their return, unaware that Salomé has been expelled from college after a violent mental breakdown. Magdalena, Salomé’s sister, tries to keep them from recklessly sabotaging their familial relationships. Jealousy and resentment permeate Humberto and Salomé’s interactions, while Yolanda falls deeper into despair and disgust. As Harvey rages on, Magdalena documents her family’s life, violence, and trauma in a series of audio recordings.

> Read it on NPX

Your Mileage May Vary

FULL-LENGTH PLAY

Mayel has been inside all summer. When she’s not too busy practicing her fencing skills, she’s haunted by the ghost of her favorite Mexican character actor, Lefty González. As she ventures outside her home for the first time, Mayel runs into her former best friend, Alaska. Throughout the day, they try rebuilding their friendship over music, movies, and aguas de melón. Your Mileage May Vary is a slice-of-life about masculinity, duty, Mexicanidad, respectability politics, and learning to bite back.

> Developed with the 2021-2022 Rec Room Arts Writers Group
> Read it on NPX

Count Yourself Among the Lucky

ONE-ACT PLAY

Belén and Andy, childhood friends-turned-lovers, find themselves stranded off of an abandoned South Texas highway on their way to Mexico. They’re trapped in a liminal space, where only the two of them exist without the need for food, water, or sleep. Soon enough, the couple’s buried resentments and secrets start to rise, culminating in one last celebration. Inspired by comic book aesthetics, Count Yourself Among the Lucky is a confrontation of violence, trauma, and, of course, love.

> Commissioned by AlterTheater Ensemble in San Rafael, CA
> Read it on NPX

aislamientos

ONE-ACT SOLO SHOW

Join The Protagonist—a self-described loser—in a Dublin Airport bar as she struggles with the complexities of human intimacy, white supremacy, and social isolation after losing a pair of headphones before a flight.

> Read it on NPX

Sprawl

FULL-LENGTH PLAY

Seven years after graduating high school, Dee is still reeling from the disappearance of Laurel after she was abused. Daniel and Veronica just want Dee to move on. As Dee begins a new play as a tribute to her, reality begins to fracture as the dubious ethics of bringing her back from the dead arise.

> Developed with the Company One Theater’s 2021 C1 PlayLab Circuit Volt Lab Writers Group and The Workshop Theater’s Spring 2022 Workshop Intensive
> Read it on NPX

Untitled W*ll*sl*y Play

FULL-LENGTH PLAY (in development)

A love story at the end of the world. May or may not be about a specific historically women’s college.

subliminal

SHORT PLAY

The dreams of two complete strangers, Ana and Nate, are intertwined after an ill-fated accident involving them.

> Read it on NPX

La Jaula de Oro

SHORT PLAY

A grizzled elderly Mexican woman crosses the border to see her ailing gay son, whom she had kicked out of her home decades earlier.

> Read it on NPX
> Excerpt published in The Wellesley Review

Tumba Falsa

SHORT STORY

You are a young child living in a small Mexican ejido. At your older sister’s funeral, you reflect on her murder as a series of supernatural events begin to take place in the chapel.

> Published in The Wellesley Review

PONME MINUTOS EN EL CEL PORFA

PROSE POETRY

A personal reflection reflection on cell phones, language, and disintegrating relationships and connections.

> Published in The Wellesley Review
> Published in Cavity Magazine