Turning Krasniqi: A Non-Binary Play by 2020 Commission Winner Jonathan Alexandratos will receive a developmental workshop at Off-Broadway's AMT Theater. Mika Kauffman (The Civility of Albert Cashier, Safeword) will direct four free performances of the work, presented by Parity Productions, November 3, 5, and 6.
The play follows the story of Hannah Krasniqi, a Kentucky high schooler "who transitions to become a burrnesha, a gender in his ancestral homeland of Albania." But, Hannah is faced with a transphobic principal, few friends, and no personal connections to anyone who can relate. With these challenges and a set of ancient rules that set how to come out in the burrnesha tradition, Hannah takes a journey which explores how old traditions can speak to modern truths.