Description
Finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
Kelly K. Klarkson and Quentavius da Quitter are in love. Kelly K. Klarkson and Quentavius da Quitter skate and smoke and taste one another's fingers and snort molly and try to pick a name for their rap group. And then there's their personal demons: Kelly exorcized hers a long time ago, but Quentavius's is named Lemon Pepper Wings, and she-he-they is the patron demon of the intimate, and they-he-she created pheromones for their her his graduate thesis, and astrology and all the apps, and the concept of independence, and she-he-they force Kelly and Quentavius to face themselves, in an abandoned pool, alone, in the middle of the galaxy. With live skateboarding and original lyrics by Free Fool: Bowl EP.
Author: Nazareth Hassan
Publisher: 53rd State Press
Published: 10/13/2026
Pages: 150
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.80w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9798992283945
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | LGBTQ+
- Drama | African American & Black
- Drama | Contemporary
About the Author
Nazareth Hassan is a writer, director, musician, and performer. Performance and theater works include Bowl EP at The Vineyard Theater, Untitled (1-5) at The Shed (text published by 3 Hole Press), VANTABLACK at Theatretreffen Stückemarkt in Berlin, Security Theater at Judson Memorial Church, Practice at Playwrights Horizons, and Memory A at Museo Universitario del Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City. Their first interdisciplinary book, Slow Mania, will be published in 2025 by Futurepoem. In 2022-2023, they were the dramaturg at the Royal Court Theatre in London. They were a 2023-25 Jerome Hill artist fellow and the Tow Playwright in Residence at The Vineyard Theatre. Upcoming: Practice at Playwrights Horizons.