FACT: Maria was last seen at her Quinceañera.
FACT: The party ended early due to an unknown emergency.
FACT: Maria has not responded to any messages in 36 hours.
Now, Maria’s three best friends must race against the clock to find out what, exactly, happened at her Quince—and bring her home alive—in this comic thriller about secrets, sisterhood, and solving crime
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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Phanésia Pharel
Phanésia Pharel is a Haitian-American playwright & screenwriter from a dragon fruit farm in Miami. She is the daughter of an immigrant teacher and farmer. She will make her Off-Broadway debut at WP Theater with her play The Waterfall, running January 31–March 1, 2026.
She is the incoming Playwriting Fellow (2025-2027) at Emory University, where she will serve as a visiting professor and have a new play produced by their repertory company.
Her full-length plays include THE WATERFALL, DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEÑERA, BLACK GIRL JOY, and REFUSE IT: A BLACK WOMAN’S GUIDE TO 21ST CENTURY RAGE.
Her plays have been developed at the Eugene O’neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, New Harmony Project, Playwrights’ Center, New York Stage and Film, SolFest, Thrown Stone, Shattered Globe, and Echo Theater Company.
She has received commissions from the Atlantic Theater, Lucille Lortel (Alcove), La Jolla Playhouse, Miranda Family Fund, Hero Theatre, City Theatre Miami, and the Latinx Playwrights Circle.
Phanésia is a member of the Obie-winning EST/Youngblood group and The Wish Collective. As a screenwriter, she is a member of Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Screenwriting Lab.
Her honors include The Kilroys Web, five awards from the Kennedy Center, and an A is For Playwriting Award recipient. She holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Barnard College of Columbia University and an MFA in Playwriting from the University of California San Diego.