About

A grantee of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Curious Elixirs: Curious Creators, and Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation, Drew Pisarra was also a participating poet at The Whitney Biennial 2022 as part of a two-day event hosted by A Gathering of the Tribes. His first book of sonnets Infinity Standing Up was favorably reviewed in The Washington Post, The Washington Blade, Gertrude, and other publications. His subsequent books of poetry include Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems and Periodic Boyfriends. He has also authored two short story collections You're Pretty Gay and Publick Spanking.

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Additionally, his work as a playwright ranges from radio plays (The Strange Case of Nick M.  and Price in Purgatory) to the one-act farce "Tea Towels" at Theater for the New City to two interdisciplinary works with Imago Theatre's Co-Founder Jerry Mouawad: the dance-theater piece Voiceover and the experimental puppet show My Bedroom Is an Installation.

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