Press Mentions
Recommended by the New York Times
The New York Times recommended our Criminal Queerness Festival as one of the best ways to experience NYC Pride in 2019.
Mentioned by The Advocate
In an article titled, "For the Activist: 6 Ways to Resist at WorldPride"
Featured by Thrillist
"National Queer Theater is giving a censorship-free voice to four international playwrights..."
Featured by Stonewall Community Foundation
"NQT develops and produces socially-conscious plays by queer playwrights that examine and uplift stories in our communities"
Included in Must-Do Events by Broadway.com
National Queer Theater's partnership with The New Group is recommended by Broadway.com
What Our Audiences Are Saying
"Excellent and Powerful!"
"Amazing show!"
"Loved the show, thank you so much for what ya'll do!"
"I really loved this and wish my students (high school) could see something like this (I'm a teacher in NYC)."
"Beautiful show."
"Thank you so much for your work."
Reviewed by Hi! Drama
"Drowning in Cairo is staggeringly beautiful in the levels of suffering to which its protagonists sink, and the audience tumbles down with them."
"Mwaluko has given us a beautiful and compelling exploration of the intractable conflict of contemporary life."
"Charming, funny and sentimental, the play lacks the omnipresent wall of oppression overshadowing the action. "
"Mr. Liu’s play offers us a nuanced approach that acknowledges queer difficulties, while suggesting that the current gay rights response may be inadequate."
