Caribbean King

by AZ Espinoza

Caribbean King is a de-colonial, trans-gressive, adaptive confrontation with Shakespeare’s King Lear in which Cord(elia) fights to survive against a catastrophic hurricane barreling towards his family’s resort, and his hotelier father’s unshakeable belief that he is a daughter, not a son. A love letter to found family and queer community building, the play features a chorus of drag performers who play the role...

Caribbean King is a de-colonial, trans-gressive, adaptive confrontation with Shakespeare’s King Lear in which Cord(elia) fights to survive against a catastrophic hurricane barreling towards his family’s resort, and his hotelier father’s unshakeable belief that he is a daughter, not a son. A love letter to found family and queer community building, the play features a chorus of drag performers who play the role of the hurricane, and has Black, Queer, Diasporic liberation at the eye of its storm.

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Caribbean King by AZ Espinoza
    “

    The Playwrights Foundation Bay Area literary council readers advanced Caribbean King as a finalist for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

    Our readers responded strongly to the daring, audacious nature of this project! We especially leaned in to the queer love present in the script, and to the manifestation of Lear’s storm as a drag hurricane spectacular.

    We hope this play is considered for further development and finds dedicated collaborators in its journey towards production.

    The Playwrights Foundation Bay Area literary council readers advanced Caribbean King as a finalist for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

    Our readers responded strongly to the daring, audacious nature of this project! We especially leaned in to the queer love present in the script, and to the manifestation of Lear’s storm as a drag hurricane spectacular.

    We hope this play is considered for further development and finds dedicated collaborators in its journey towards production.

    ”