Dorothea Gloria, Joe Staton, Natasha Jain, Francesca Bolam, Kevin Rios, Jandel Camilo, Mila Besson, Nicholas Bompart, and Pablo Gatto of The Immigrant Short Play Festival Go See a Show!

Listen in as Dorothea Gloria, Joe Staton, Natasha Jain, Francesca Bolam, Kevin Rios, Jandel Camilo, Mila Besson, Nicholas Bompart, and Pablo Gatto of RiffRaff NYC‘s Immigrants in New York short play festival discuss mother-daughter relationships, unpacking baggage, why clowns, the superpowers bestowed by costumes, personifying statues, and wearing masks over masks.

“…I wanted to show their lives, their dreams, their feelings…for me, it was important to show these professions, also…sometimes we take for granted, there are people who do it for passion, and some of them, they do it because they need to bring in money…”



RiffRaff NYC presents

Immigrants In New York,

a showcase of 5 short plays

Dream Card

written by Francesca Bolam

directed by Joseph Fusco

Funland

written by Russell Legaspi

directed by Guelan Luarka

Lady Liberty

written & directed by Nicholas Bompart

Pizza From Nowhere

written & directed by Cara Ronzetti

Raw

written by Kevin Rios

directed by Mila Besson

March 8–10, 2024

Court Square Theater

44-02 23rd Street

Long Island City





photos by Hraban Luyat