Written by Ty Defoe

Directed by Santiago Iacinti

Trans World Chapter 0: Obsidian - Asin-Giizis

Synopsis: It’s the summer of 1976. While Philadelphia celebrates America’s Bicentennial with parades and pageantry, Yarrow—a Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer, Trans Femme artist—moves quietly through the Gayborhood, making covert deliveries for her mob-connected lover. As she travels bar to bar, she unlocks hidden timelines and stumbles into a deeper resistance led by her trancestors—Indigenous queer spirits erased from history but still pulsing through the city’s bones. Yarrow’s obsidian-infused paintings become portals to the past, where ghosts rise not to honor America’s founding, but to resist its ongoing colonization. A drunken colonial reenactor named Ricky Saint Paul keeps appearing—part drag, part shapeshifter, part glitch in time. Caught between art, activism, and survival, Yarrow must choose whether to be repackaged as "Sage" for white collectors or stay true to a revolutionary legacy that glitters, laughs, and refuses to be tamed. Trans World: Chapter 0 – Obsidian (Asin-Giizis) is the radiant origin story of a trilogy where time-traveling art, queer futures, and Indigenous magic collide.

Trans World 1: Ozhitoon  (make it, build it, form it)

Synopsis: When seven transgender individuals are selected to live together under constant surveillance for a new reality TV show, the lines between performance and authenticity quickly blur. As cameras roll and tensions rise, the housemates are forced to confront what’s real, what’s staged—and what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real.
Inspired by the raw energy and humor of MTV’s iconic ‘90s reality shows, this play blends heart, chaos, and camp into a sharp, playful exploration of identity, spectacle, and truth.

Trans World 2: Madoodiswan  (place of nurturing)

How can a Trans Family, armed with science, tradition, and trancestral knowledge, overcome internal and external threats to build a better future in a climate-changed world? This is part of a larger trilogy by playwright Ty Defore, exploring the intersections of identity, trans family, survival, and the struggle to heal and build a safe space for the next generation amidst growing challenges.

On the 125th anniversary of  125th Annual Celestial  Queer impact Celebration, a Trans Youth seeks a science-based solution to heal the world from climate change and build the Mycelium Network for the trans community. Their trans parents—Magnificent Shulimyth, a pioneering politician writing groundbreaking legislation, and stay-at-home dad and holder of star lore knowledge, Tenderonis—are co-parenting to equip their child with traditions, rituals, and survival skills for when it’s time to leave the Madoodiswan. But when a cis white ghost disturbs the Transcestor spirits, creating havoc in Magnificent’s political achievements, the family must protect their newly created Utopia. In this second part of the Indigiqueer TransFuturism cycle of stories of trans joy, the trans family unites through rituals, star lore, science, and myth to protect their self-sovereign Utopia, cocooning together so that the next generation of trans youth are prepared to flourish and thrive in the Universe.

Trans World 3: Gwiingwa’anang (returning home star)

Synopsis: Seven generations into the future, as predicted by the Trans World 1 elder, a trans community has founded a new planet built on love and ancient wisdom, in another galaxy, lead their by the trans child. Or, has the community successfully healed the known Earth from scars and violence? Ancient giant birds, old growth tree wisdom, and the power of plant medicine all hold stories, yet will the eighth generation grow forward and flourish, or will they continue to be haunted by the past and perish?