IAMA Theatre Company presents staged readings of six new plays written by members of the company’s 2024-25 Emerging Playwrights Lab. Readings will take place over the course of two weekends, July 18 through July 27, at the Atwater Village Theatre. Admission is free and open to the public; reservations are recommended.

FRIDAY, JULY 25 AT 8 P.M.: 

I Think I Was Born Missing You by Nico Pang. Directed by H. Adam Harris.

A trans equestrian fights for his place in the elite world of English riding that has never embraced him or his Chinese Malaysian father. When Western circuit’s golden boy crosses his path, their rivalry ignites a reckoning with desire, family, and tradition. A queer, poetic reimagining of the Butterfly Lovers legend, I Think I Was Born Missing You asks how we carve out a life amid the legacies we inherit and the dreams we long for.