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Winner of two Hollywood Fringe Festival 2025 awards (Transcendent Craft Award, Daredevil Award), this true story dramatizes a 1995 trans custody battle. When a Los Angeles mother transitions while fighting for her daughter, “best interest of the child” becomes a weapon. Set inside family court where legal standards confront religious extremism and social pressure, this workshop ensemble reading features new songs, live music, and expanded scenes.

Based on creator/composer/performer Rejyna Douglass-Whitman’s own case, one that helped establish that gender identity does not define parental fitness. In 2026, as trans parents face renewed legal threats, this charged story offers both history and hope.