DQT's mission is to develop and present work by BIPoC and Female-identifying writers; concurrently, cultivate and maintain a diverse audience who is in routine discourse with them. 

DQT envisions an American theatre wherein the population of professionally produced playwrights is as diverse as America.

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Yerma in Vitro by Oliver Mayer, directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo.

Oliver Mayer, Playwright

Tatyana-Marie Carlo, Director

DQT Congratulates Lee Cataluna

June 13th-22nd

Congratulations to Lee Cataluna (Playwright, PlayTime ‘24) for her play Stuck in Honolulu being selected for the SparkFest performing arts festival New Play Development premiering from June 13th-22nd. Congratulations Lee! 

https://sparkfestfwtx.com/#services

Oliver Mayer, Playwright discussing Yerma in Vitro

News

DQT Congratulates Desi Moreno-Penson and KM Jones 

May 13th-18th

Congratulations to Desi Moreno-Penson (Playwright, El Bacalao: The Catfish Man) on the premiere of Genesister at EstreoGenius 2025 Short Play Festival from May 13th-18th. KM Jones (Director, El Bacalao: The Catfish Man) will once again direct Desi’s play.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/brooklyn/article/Desi-Moreno-Pensons-GENESISTER-to-Premiere-at-EstroGenius-2025-Short-Play-Festival-20250427

DQT Congratulates Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj

Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (Playwright, Classics in Color ’24)

April 24th-27th

Congratulations to Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (Playwright, Classics in Color ’24) for being featured in Livingston County News. Rajendra’s play Little Rock, which he directed and wrote will premiere at Robert E. Sinclair Black Box Theatre at Brodie Hall on the SUNY Geneseo campus from April 24-27. Congratulations Rajendra!

https://www.thelcn.com/lifestyles/professor-s-15-year-journey-brings-little-rock-to-geneseo-stage/article_dc03a663-ab43-4aa7-a97c-00c0561c23c1.html

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📣Meet The Director 📣 Tatyana-Marie Carlo was named a “Broadway 2023 Industry Woman to Watch” by Broadway Women's Fund. We are so excited to have her direct our staged reading of Yerma In Vitro, a modern twist on Lorca’s classic!
🎭Meet The Playwright 🎭 We are thrilled to present a staged reading of Yerma In Vitro, a new play by Oliver Mayer! In addition to being an award-winning playwright, Oliver is also a published poet, frequent essayist, renowned professor, and he has
We're so excited to present Yerma In Vitro, written by Oliver Mayer and directed by @tatyanamariec! A drama for our times, Yerma In Vitro draws us into the harrowing experiences of immigrants and mothers with compassionate storytelling. Get your ti
BIPoC and Female-identifying artists to the front! DQT is proud to be part of a long tradition of artists who have relied on the power of community to keep going. Here's what you can do to help: 🎁Give: Any donation helps! 🎟See a show: The best wa
NEW SHOW ANNOUNCED! 📣📣 DQT Presents… Yerma In Vitro! Based on Lorca’s iconic character, Yerma In Vitro is a new play written by Oliver Mayer and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo that follows a childless young woman searching for love at
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