Two queer Sri Lankans of different nationalities and from different warring ethnic groups, haphazardly meet at a gay bar in Lancaster, California.

Two queer Sri Lankans, of different nationalities and from different warring ethnic groups, haphazardly meet at a gay bar in Lancaster, California. Craving comfort, they form a tense though loving friendship, but sometimes new bonds aren't strong enough to hold against the world.

Contains themes of suicide.

About the Artists

D'Lo Srijaerajah is an actor/writer/comic and also happens to be queer/trans and also Tamil/Sri Lankan/American. He's never used the forward slash this often.

His performance work, whether in theater, stand up, storytelling or short-form content, is created to make folks laugh and think in no particular order, and as an offering to his QTBIPOC community. His 3 solo plays have toured both nationally and internationally, and he is currently working on his latest play Queer Noise. https://www.dlocokid.com/.

Photo credit: Kim Newmoney


Adelina Anthony (Audio play director, editor, designer & mixer, she/they/elle) is a critically acclaimed Two-Spirit, Xicana, Lesbian artist, whose theater/film works center characters/stories from 2SPLGBTQ+ Latinx and QTBIPOC communities. For many years she worked and toured as a prolific solo performer and was twice nominated for the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for Theatre. Adelina has participated over the years at Pangea World Theater and Art2Action's National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation (NIDEC). She was also invited as a playwright for CTG's Writer Salon (2019-2021). Adelina has collaborated with D'Lo for fifteen years in various capacities. She most recently served as dramaturge and director of his solo play, To T or Not To T, which was produced by Jon Imparato and had a successful extended run in L.A. at The Village. (www.adelinaanthony.com)



Aderisa Productions was founded in 2012 by Adelina Anthony and Marisa Becerra. The company is dedicated to producing bold, entertaining and educational Two Spirit, LGBTQ+POC films with an emphasis on Xicana/o/x, Chicanx, Mexican and Latinx stories. Their projects have won the Latino Public Broadcasting Public Media Fund, the Imagen Award, and they have been screened nationally and internationally. In 2019, they most recently co-produced and Adelina directed D'Lo's latest short film, Ro & Shirelle. (www.aderisa.productions)