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.

NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT - PROCESS IS OUR PRODUCT

Upcoming shows

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

Oliver Mayer, playwright

Developed in DQT’s Classics in Color program, Yerma in Vitro is a modern adaptation of Lorca’s masterpiece: Yerma needs love. A custodian to rich undergrads at an elite university, she is part of an invisible underclass whose needs and desires are being silenced by fear and cruelty. But her yearning is bigger than anyone realizes. This new take on Lorca’s tale follows a childless young woman searching for love at any cost and places it in an ongoing Trumpian dystopia.

DQT Congratulates Maria Wirries

Maria Wirries (in yellow dress) pictured with cast of Old Friends

April 8-June 1st

Congratulations to Maria Wirries (An Evening With Maria Wirries, and The Bridge). Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends is now premiering at Manhattan Theatre Club from April 8th-June 1st, 2025. Maria is starring in this show alongside Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. Congratulations, Maria!

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DQT Congratulates Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj

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

April 24-27

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

DQT Congratulates Seshat Yon’shea Walker

April 25-26

Congratulations to Seshat Yon’shea Walker (Playwright, Playtime ’22) whose play Familial Comforts is featured in Hothouse New Play Block Party at Theater Alliance from April 25-26. Congratulations Seshat! 

https://dctheaterarts.org/2025/04/22/theater-alliance-reimagines-new-works-initiative-with-hothouse-new-play-block-party/

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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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