New Plays Festival: Koi-Coy - Arts Initiative at Columbia University

About the Festival

Columbia University School of the Arts presents an expanded festival of new plays written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Students. The esteemed faculty who have nurtured these students, including Tony, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners such as James Ijames, Rebecca Taichman, Sarah DeLappe, Steve Martin, Will Eno, Karey Kirkpatrick and David Henry Hwang invite you to experience these innovative new playwrights.

Event Details

A love letter to Puerto Rican womanhood and a condemnation of medical racism. After Ivera falls into a coma due to doctors’ negligence during the birth of her first child, she grapples with not only the impending loss of herself, but the decay of everyone around her. From her hospital room, she relives her happiest moments, and comes face-to-face with her saddest ones.

Location

Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W 129th St
New York, NY

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About The Performance

Em returns home wearing an eyepatch to find her stepsister has joined a cult. Wylie’s been skinning wild animals in the California high desert, and a mysterious figure is on the loose again. In a surreal version of Los Angeles in late spring, a group of young people are forced to contend with their inability to tell the truth while embracing their nostalgic obsession with the LA literary arts scene of the 90s.

About the Playwright

Lillian Mottern is 23-year-old playwright from the Eastside of Los Angeles. Her plays have been produced at the Chain Theater, North Hollywood Actors’ Studio, Pasadena City College, and Columbia University. When she is not writing plays she dabbles in prose and essay-writing. Her work can be found in Waif Magazine, Wigleaf, Westwind, and The Foundationalist. She writes about the desert, the end of Western civilization, and trains.

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