WE'VE GONE GLOBAL
Nuestro Planeta is rooted in research around ecological concerns in Latine countries and the U.S. and how Latine American families are directly affected.
Meet the Commissioned Artist
Phanésia Pharel
Phanésia Pharel is a Haitian-American playwright from a dragon fruit farm in Miami. The daughter of an immigrant teacher and farmer, she writes to honor people. Her full-length plays include Dead Girl’s Quinceñera, The Waterfall,R&B, Lucky, and Black Girl Joy.Her honors include recognition from The Kilroys, finalist status at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, five Kennedy Center awards, two-time Bay Area Playwrights Festival finalist/honorable mention, Jane Chambers Prize finalist, A is For Playwriting Award recipient, and a Frank Moffett Mosier Fellowship for Works in Heightened Language finalist.
She has received commissions from Atlantic Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Miranda Family Fund, Hero Theatre, City Theatre Miami, and Latinx Playwrights Circle. A member of the Obie Award-winning EST/Youngblood and The Wish Collective, her play the wish has been performed in over 20 states since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Her work has been developed by The Old Globe, Playwrights’ Center, New York Stage and Film, SolFest, Thrown Stone, Shattered Globe, and Echo Theater Company.
Phanésia is pursuing an MFA in Playwriting at UC San Diego, mentored by Naomi Iizuka and Deborah Stein. She is the incoming Emory University Playwriting Fellow for 2025-2027.
She has received commissions from Atlantic Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Miranda Family Fund, Hero Theatre, City Theatre Miami, and Latinx Playwrights Circle. A member of the Obie Award-winning EST/Youngblood and The Wish Collective, her play the wish has been performed in over 20 states since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Her work has been developed by The Old Globe, Playwrights’ Center, New York Stage and Film, SolFest, Thrown Stone, Shattered Globe, and Echo Theater Company.
Phanésia is pursuing an MFA in Playwriting at UC San Diego, mentored by Naomi Iizuka and Deborah Stein. She is the incoming Emory University Playwriting Fellow for 2025-2027.
NEWS
The Miranda Family Fund commissioned Everything You Need to Know About Abortion in One Hour or Less a play by The Wish Collective. The new play, written by The Wish Collective’s five playwrights – Justice Hehir, Dena Igusti, Phanésia Pharel, Nia Akilah Robinson, and Julia Specht – is now available for FREE to the public to download, perform, stage and adapt without any additional licensing thanks to this generous contribution and commitment to make important art accessible to all in partnership with, and through, The Wish Collective.
Set in an Oklahoma high school in December 2023, Everything You Need to Know About Abortion in One Hour or Less follows an educator on her last day, as she risks her career to educate students on medicated abortions, crisis pregnancy centers, and how to support someone having an abortion, all while navigating the limitations of her state's abortion ban and with the consent of her students.
Click here to download the play.
Set in an Oklahoma high school in December 2023, Everything You Need to Know About Abortion in One Hour or Less follows an educator on her last day, as she risks her career to educate students on medicated abortions, crisis pregnancy centers, and how to support someone having an abortion, all while navigating the limitations of her state's abortion ban and with the consent of her students.
Click here to download the play.
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