Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singkil | 2009 | Catherine Hernandez | Buy |
| 2 | Kilt Pins | 2012 | Catherine Hernandez | Buy |
| 3 | The Femme Playlist | 2018 | Catherine Hernandez | Buy |
Catherine Hernandez’s plays explore identity and community. Singkil (2009) draws on Filipino-Canadian experiences, Kilt Pins (2012) examines belonging, and The Femme Playlist (2018) centers queer femme stories.
Singkil takes its title from a traditional Filipino dance and uses performance to examine the immigrant experience in Canada. Kilt Pins followed three years later, continuing Hernandez’s interest in how people build a sense of home. The Femme Playlist arrived six years after that, turning to queer identity and what it means to be femme.
Hernandez’s plays have been produced in theaters across Canada. Readers who know her novel Scarborough (2017) will find the same attention to marginalized voices in her dramatic work, though the stage format allows her to be more experimental with structure.