directing & choreography
a woman among women
It's a summer day in Northampton, Massachusetts and Cleo, founder of the local women’s wellness center, holds court in her backyard. As friends, family and neighbors pass through, the air hums with a tension that may destroy the community she's worked so hard to build. Presented by LCT3 in partnership with New Georges and the Bushwick Starr (2026).
Playwright
Julia May Jonas
Director
Sarah Cameron Hughes
Music
Brian Cavanagh-Strong
Movement Consultant
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
Stage Manager
Siena Yusi
Scenic
Brittany Vasta
Costumes
Wendy Yang
Lights
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound
Kate Marvin
gooey’s toxic aquatic adventure
A new puppet musical about an orphaned sorta mermaid living in Newtown Creek in her search for family. GOOEY disgusts and delights in equal measure as it examines the difficulty of finding true belonging in a gentrifying New York City. Presented by The Bushwick Starr in association with ¡Oye! Group (2026).
Concept, Book & Lyrics
La Daniella
Music, Arrangements & Lyrics
Ben Langhorst
Director
SammyZeisel
Choreographer
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
Performers
Amanda Centeno, La Daniella, Sushma Saha, Jon Schneidman, & León Ramos Tak
Stage Manager
Sarah Jones
Assistant Stage Manager
Anica Acuña
Set
Cat Raynor
Costumes
Hahnji Jang
Lights (and this picture)
Kyle Stamm
Sound
Kathy Ruvuna,
Puppets
Gaby Febland
Props
Jonathan Schatzber
Line Producer
Leigh Honigman
Associate Line Producer
Leah Plante-Wiener
access. movement. play.
The Access. Movement. Play. (AMP) Residency at Movement Research provides time, space, and caring resources, specifically designed BY and FOR disabled artists, to further their practices and artistic works.
Resident Artist
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
Collaborating Artists
Alex Gibson & Ron Ragin
The A.M.P. Residency was designed through support of the Mellon Foundation, by Kayla Hamilton and a Disability Dance Working Group which includes Joselia Rebekah Hughes, Elisabeth Motley, India Harville and Petra Kuppers.
carpal tunnel
It’s the vaguely present day in the year 20XX and master-of-the-novel Manna Benes wants you to meet her at the Roxbury Motel. Is this the worst thing that ever happened to you? Or is that writer’s block? Presented at Experiments Play Reading Series, La Mama (2025).
Performers
Aly Hernandez, Katherine Humes, Gavin McKenzie, Andrew Lesnett, Jess Jaffe, Natalia Shane, & Viola Albright
Playwright
Cori Diaz
Director
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
can you dance the merengue?
In San Francisco in 2006, two lesbians have a chance encounter at The Cafe Club's Latina Chess Night event. Finalist at Concord Theatrical’s Off-Off Broadway Festival (2025).
Performers
Aly Hernandez & Arleth Ruvalcaba
Stage Directions
Elisa Tarquinio
Playwright
Cori Diaz
Director
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
the word of the day
Nicolet Diana is known for winning the International Linguistica, a spelling competition as rigorous as the Olympics. But after a world-famous linguist is found dead, Nicolet is put under house arrest, and is convinced someone is communicating with her through her local newspaper’s word-of-the-day segments. Concerned she may be a danger to herself, the police send in Magdalena, a hairstylist turned crisis counselor…who happens to be Nicolet’s ex-girlfriend. Presented at SheNYC (2025).
Playwright
Cori Diaz
Director
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
Stage Manager
Ari Richardson
Scenic Design
Delaney Teehan
Assistant Scenic
Connor Gallerani
Performers
Elisa Tarquinio, Paris Adorno, Elizabeth Lauren Reynolds, & Sebastian Zuniga
Producer
Emma Mueller
Sound Design
Max Van
Intimacy & Fight
Caroline Parker
lottie and the deep blue sea
A new Queer folk-rock pirate musical presented at Judson Arts/PRISM Fest (2024).
Creator
Beth Golison
Choreographer
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
Director
Cam Pileggi
to grandmother’s house
A “SigSpace” cabaret of artists venturing into their own relationships with their grandparents, presented in relation to Three Houses. Presented at Signature Theatre (2025).
Producer
George Strus / Signature Theatre
Curator
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
somewhere in the desert
Creator / Performer
Beth Golison
Director / Choreographer
Maya Quetzali Gonzalez
A post-apocalyptic exploration of disability and climate change presented at The Brick (2023).
UCLA’s dancing disability lab
An immersive engagement in disability studies scholarship alongside movement exploration and choreographic inquiry.
Facilitators & Program Support
Kayla Hamilton, India Harville, Victoria Marks, & JJ Omelagah
Cohort
Saira Barbaric, Suzanne Cowan, Maya Quetzali Gonzalez, Shireen Hamza, Antoine Hunter (Purple Fire Crow), WillYum LaBeija, Zahna Simon, Akhila Vimal C., & alx velozo