We are Victor Salinas and Gabriel de la Cruz Soler, co-founders of La Pluma Theatre, a queer Latine–led theatre company based in Washington, DC.

Our First Production of the Year: The Lady Bird of Saint John

The Lady Bird of Saint John is a one-act play about two sisters who emigrated to the United States—one with documents, the other without. Set in 2018, during a moment of intensified immigration enforcement, the story unfolds over one night in a Chicago apartment as they confront everything that separates them: legality, privilege, sacrifice, fear—and love.

This play is intimate. It is uncomfortable. It is real, and because it is real, it is not always easy to fund.

We cannot easily pursue public funding for a story like this—one that directly addresses immigration, family separation, and the emotional cost of enforcement. The political climate makes projects like ours harder to support through traditional channels. So we are turning to our community.

We are asking friends, allies, and believers in the power of art to stand with us.

La Pluma Theatre exists to tell the stories that are urgent, vulnerable, and necessary. And we need your help to bring it to the stage.