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3:00 pm EST
September 21, 2026

Main Stage on Borough Hall Plaza

Columbus Park Brooklyn NY 11201 United States

Fiction

Free

The Unconventional Playbook

In Kristen Arnett’s Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One, a down-on-her-luck professional clown meets a successful older lesbian magician who provides a way to improve her act, but at what cost? In Kashana Cauley’s The Payback, a woman pursued by the Debt Police decides to take matters into her own hands with two other debt-burdened mall workers. In Benedict Nguyễn’s Hot Girls with Balls, two Asian American trans women take the men’s pro indoor volleyball league by storm, but a sudden tragedy forces them to make a public statement to their rabid fans. What’s the worst that could happen with bands of riotous characters and a bit of mischief? Moderated by Temim Fruchter, author of City of Laughter.

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