Life Jacket Theatre Co. Announces Commission for Trans Playwrights
The commissioned playwright will use Life Jacket’s ethnographic research approach to create a play about trans people in the U.S.
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The commissioned playwright will use Life Jacket’s ethnographic research approach to create a play about trans people in the U.S.
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