Pablo and Bill Make A Baby is the lesbian love story of Pablo Neruda and William Shakespeare told from the perspective of their child, a sarcastic, intelligent powerhouse with a god-complex. Spanning over decades, across time, and through universes Pablo and Bill’s love always seems to prevail through the toughest of times, until the birth of their Baby. The soul that’s been split in two over and over so they could keep fucking unfazed is now planning on living life to the fullest, and might be taking their parents down in the process.
A bi-lingual story of love, lust, greatness, and culture that transcends science, time, and the canon, this play will make you wonder: would I be worse off if my parents were artists?
Contributors & Collaborators.
This project was made possible with support from the Paprika Festival (Why Not Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts Centre), Merlin Simard, and queer people everywhere.
Augusto Bitter was a mentor supporting this project.
Zoe Marín and Andrea Grau (my mother) helped with some translations and Spanish grammar.
Workshop performers for this project were isi bhakhomen (Baby), Amaka Umeh (Bill), and Monica Garrido (Pablo).
Ameer Idreis and Mina Zaghari were also present in the development of their own plays.
