Breaking the Binary Theatre has revealed complete casting for its fourth annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival, set to continue the company’s mission of producing work created and developed by transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) theatre artists October 20-26. The company has revealed complete casting for the event.

As previously announced, the festival will open October 20 with a one-night-only concert of The Drowsy Chaperone at Carnegie Hall, featuring a star-studded all-trans and non-binary cast led by Laverne Cox, Alex Newell, Betty Who, Jonathan Van Ness, Dylan Mulvaney, and more. All net proceeds will benefit Trans Lifeline, Black Trans Liberation, and Breaking the Binary Theatre.

The Festival will continue at Open Jar Studios October 21-October 25, with 10 readings of five new plays. The festival will then conclude at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center October 26, with the organization’s annual commissioning project with partners Concord Theatricals.

AriDy Nox's Death Comes in Threes, directed by Cooper Howell, will be read October 21. Set in a bedroom on the edge of a meadow on the edge of a cliff on the edge of a shoreline, two people, Me and Myself, (im)patiently wait for Death as they try not to kill each other first. Samora La Perdida and Taylor Iman Jones will star.

Legendary by Cheeyang Ng, directed by Emilio Ramos, will be read October 22. The piece is a solo ritual-musical that follows a queer Asian immigrant in the U.S. as they wrestle with inherited legacies and imagine new ones. Ng will star.

Dane Figueroa Edidi's The Lady of M Street, directed by Sharifa Yazmeen, will be read October 23. The piece is a retelling of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in the cut-throat climate of 1980s Washington DC and the world of elite prep schools. Chasity Moore, Dane Figueroa Edidi, Grant Evan, Jayae Riley Jr., Leo Sheng, Sis Thee Doll, and TL Thompson will star.

Hiraeth Or, When Pluto Was a Planet by Jayne Deely, directed by Mack Brown, will be read October 24. The piece is an exploration of lifelong friendship, taking place during a wedding weekend that is haunted by 1990s throwbacks, childhood flashbacks, and emotional landmines. Arturo Luíz Soria, Bekah Zornosa, Janice Amaya, Nicola Gorham, and Vico Ortiz will star.

Genevieve Simon's Punch Back, directed by Kedian Keohan, will be read October 25. Set in Ohio, the piece follows seven trans college students as they fall in love, care for one another in secret, and learn to protect themselves via boxing. Punch Back is presented in association with Ten Toes Theater Collective. Ashil Lee, Ashton Muñiz, Che Kabia, Daphne Always, Sagan Chen, Smith Alfieri, and Vann Dukes will star.

All readings will be offered at 3 and 7 PM on their performance day.

Lastly, October 26 at 5 PM, the Limitless series will be staged at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. Co-conceived by L Morgan Lee and George Strus, the 2025 series will feature 12 commissioned monologues or short scenes created by TBA TNB2S+ artists including Adrian Einspanier, Audley Puglisi, Barsha, Bazeed, Chris Bush, Dom Martello, Emmanuelle Mattana, JJ Maley, Jordan Ramirez Puckett, Sam Mueller, Travis Alabanza, and Utkarsh Rajawat. They will be performed by Brian Michael Smith, Justin David Sullivan, K.O. (f.k.a. Karen Olivo), Reed Northrup, and Sandra Caldwell.

For more information, visit BTB-NYC.com.