About the Project
COMING TO HFF IN 2027 – Justice Sees No Gender: Trans Mom vs. Family Court Ensemble Edition is a gripping theatrical work drawn from a real custody case during the early years of a parent’s gender transition. Set in 1995, the story places the audience inside a family court where legal standards confront religious extremism, social pressure, and deeply held beliefs about identity and parenthood.
As arguments unfold, the stakes escalate beyond custody into questions of morality, credibility, and who gets to define what is “normal” or “acceptable.” The tension lies not in spectacle, but in watching systems, relationships, and convictions strain under scrutiny.
The piece balances intensity with restraint, weaving moments of introspection and vulnerability into a narrative shaped by endurance rather than victimhood. Rejyna’s live, original music amd the all trans cast, director and producer is integral to the experience, amplifying emotional shifts, internal conflict, and momentum in ways dialogue alone cannot.
This is not a retrospective or a lecture. It is a charged, human story that invites the audience to sit inside uncertainty and wrestle with what justice demands when belief and law occupy the same space.
The solo play, directed by and developed with Jessica Lynn Johnso, was selected for the Santa Monica Playhouse Binge Fringe Festival. The solo play debuted at and won two awards at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, which then brought the play to Venice’s Electric Arts ‘Daredevil Festival’ and to the Trans Stories ‘Joy Who Lived Festival’, where director Maddox Pennington and producer Blaire Battle helped reshape the play into the ensemble piece being presented at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Your support is activism in action. Right now, trans rights are under attack on a daily basis. Please come and bring family, allies and those on the fence.
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Production Team
