Cleveland Public Theatre and Teatro Público de Cleveland Present Debut de Piezas Teatrales: Festival de Lectura (Festival of New Plays) Nov. 30 through Dec. 3, 2023 Teatro Público de Cleveland<https://teatropublico.org/> kicks off 10 years with a new play reading festival Debut de Piezas Teatrales: Festival de Lectura (Festival of New Plays)<https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/debut-de-piezas-teatrales-festival-de-lectura-a-festival-of-new-play-readings/> featuring two new plays that will be performed in rotation from Nov. 30 through Dec. 3, 2023. This bilingual reading series features plays by local and national Latine artists: Grandeza by Ernesto Luna Camargo, a founding member of Teatro Público de Cleveland; and Pilar and Paloma by Milta Ortiz of Borderlands Theatre in Arizona. Pilar and Paloma By Milta Ortiz Directed by Tania Benites Performed in English on 7pm on Thurs., Nov. 30 and Sat., Dec. 2, 2023 After the newly built wall, Desert mourns her fallen Saguaros as Lupe rushes to get across the border. One mother's grieving ripens another's pregnancy and Zuri steps in to help Lupe's twins. In a hurry, Zuri breaks desert convention and years later they must face the consequences. Grandeza By Ernesto Luna Camargo Directed by Obed Medina Performed in Spanish, with English supertitles at 7pm on Fri., Dec. 1, and 3pm Sun., Dec. 3, 2023. A teenager decides to come out of the closet and realizes that the entire world lives inside a closet, clinging to cultural traditions that have been wrong all their lives. In this black comedy the fight for acceptance will become a journey with no return towards an awakening in consciousness and for that we will need more than courage, we will need to shed ourselves as people. Tickets are Choose What You Pay starting at $1 with no handling fees at www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org>. Ticket also includes a pre-show reception with each performance featuring light appetizers from some of Cleveland's favorite Latin restaurants!