Bowery Poetry Club is thrilled to present Novelitas de Niñas, a new interactive bilingual soap opera by Niña, as the inaugural performance of “Bowery Live,” a new series of events exploring the liminal spaces of language, performance and theater.

308 Bowery, New York, NY.

Please note that doors open promptly at 7:30pm.

Novelitas de Niñas is written and performed by Liz Ferrer and Bow Ty, set within a quinceañera party, where music and storytelling explore the intersections of fem, queer, Latinx identity.

Within the theater of the quinces, Niña has been hired as the evening’s entertainment. The band members, Liz Ferrari Ouch (Liz) and Maripussssy (Bow), act as interlocutors, addressing the audience directly with original reggaeton songs that reflect upon the evening’s events. Novelitas de Niñas celebrates the Latinx fem experience, queering environments and genres traditionally associated with latinidad such as the quinces, the telenovela and reggaeton, to create an opportunity for greater understanding, acceptance and fun. 

This production has received support from Franklin Furnace Fund, LMCC Creative Engagement and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants. 

Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace annually awards grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance art works in New York City.

Bowery Poetry Club and Bowery Live are produced by Bowery Arts & Science, a 501 C3 Nonprofit Arts Organization established in 2002, committed to the public programming of poetry, language and performance.

We encourage guests to dress up for the quinceañera party.

No guest will be turned away for financial hardship.

Please email A.G. (Executive Director) for any required assistance or accommodations at officexoag@gmail.com.

We would like to acknowledge that this event is being held on the traditional lands and waters of the Lenape people, and give respect to the Lenape and their elders past, present and future.