Ama. Egg. Oyá. by Lori Felipe-Barkin @ The CORE at Esperanza Health Center
Sat, Jul 12
|The CORE at Esperanza Health Center
Ama. Egg. Oyá. follows Ama, a determined woman in Hialeah, Florida, on her relentless journey to motherhood. Weaving together Santería, the pulse of modern-day Miami, and the rich rhythms of Cuban culture, this powerful story explores infertility, faith, and the deep longing for creation.
Time & Location
Jul 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
The CORE at Esperanza Health Center , 3222 H St, Philadelphia, PA 19134, USA
About The Event
Childcare will be provided on a first-come come first-served basis. If you would like to sign up for free childcare onsite (ages 3-12), please use the link below to register for childcare:
This reading is presenting as part of PlayPenn's 2025 New Play Development Conference July 5 -20
Ama. Egg. Oyá.
by Lori Felipe-Barkin
Directed by Erlina Ortiz
Dramaturg: Aly Gonzalez
Resident Playwright Reading presented in partnership with Power Street Theatre
Ama. Egg. Oyá. follows Ama, a determined woman in Hialeah, Florida, on her relentless journey to motherhood. Weaving together Santería, the pulse of modern-day Miami, and the rich rhythms of Cuban culture, this powerful story explores infertility, faith, and the deep longing for creation.
Lori Felipe-Barkin is a playwright, performer and voiceover artist based out of NYC and Miami who works in English and Spanish. She is the Page 73 Fellow for 2025 and is part of their 2025 Writers Group. Flor Underwater, her three-act play, received a developmental reading at The Flea. It was also selected for the 2020 Play Penn New Play Conference, received an Honorable Mention for the 2021 Terrence McNally Award, and was a finalist for the 2023 Risk Theatre Award, the 2023 Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition, and the 2024 Royer Award. She has had play readings at Playwrights Horizons for Out There in the West, and at INTAR Theatre and Iati Theater for Ama. Egg. Oy Her short play, The Peepholeman, premiered at BAM as part of the 2024 Weasel Festival. She holds an MFA in playwriting from Brooklyn College.
About the 2025 New Play Development Conference
PlayPenn, a national new play development center based in Philadelphia, proudly announces the 2025 New Play Development Conference, taking place from July 5th to July 20th, 2025. For nearly two decades, PlayPenn has been a cornerstone of new play development, providing a vital platform for playwrights to create, collaborate and connect.
This year, the conference extends its reach beyond a single location to bring new plays into communities across four Philadelphia County districts, thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration with InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Power Street Theatre, Theatre in the X, and the Wilma Theater. The collaboration aims to foster greater sustainability in the arts by sharing resources and expanding audiences.