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A story about a young teen, a young statistic in suburban middle class America whose aspirations for college are ripped short by the financial burden that it poses to get an education in this country.
The piece focuses heavily on the lower middle class of America, the families who are stuck in a never ending struggle of spending every last bit of money in order to stay exactly where they are stuck. It deals with the slow, clawing nature of depression, mental illness, and generational trauma, with a heavy emphasis on the hefty burden of the college admissions economics. And, most importantly, it is all seen through the eyes of a teenager on the cusp of gaining the college experience.
Gwendolyn Felton in Delivery Boy
Photo Credit: Paola Nogueras, @pnogueras, Equinox New Play Festival in Philadelphia, 2023
Gwendolyn Felton in Delivery Boy
Photo Credit: Paola Nogueras, @pnogueras, Equinox New Play Festival in Philadelphia, 2023
Emma Price & Gwendolyn Felton in Delivery Boy
Photo Credit: Paola Nogueras, @pnogueras, Equinox New Play Festival in Philadelphia, 2023
Gwendolyn Felton in Delivery Boy
Photo Credit: Paola Nogueras, @pnogueras, Equinox New Play Festival in Philadelphia, 2023
JADEN ALVARO GINES they/them (Playwright) is a Genderqueer, Latino playwright from working class New Jersey, currently based out of Philadelphia. Their work focuses heavily on the issues plaguing middle class America, touching on topics such as economic strife, the American dream, Trans and Queer bodies, and the attempt at life as an everyday working person. They attempt to reflect the people from their communities that would otherwise be forgotten in the theater world, and produce work that has been put to the side in the craft in recent years. Most recently, their monologue piece, Delivery Boy, was produced through the Equinox New Play Festival out of Philadelphia. Their work has been produced by Theatermania.com, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and they have had the pleasure of collaborating with other fine artists and collectives in and around New York.
