OAKLAND, Calif. - TelAve -- As part of Pride Month celebrations in New York, Escobar will perform The Underdog Shinesat
The ONE Festival, the world's longest-running solo theatre festival. The solo performance follows a transgender protagonist navigating identity, survival, cultural expectations, and self-discovery through movement, storytelling, and theatrical transformation.
In addition, Escobar's original work Out of Sync has been selected for the 2026 Technicolor Play Festival in Chicago, a festival dedicated to uplifting trans playwrights, performers, and stories through new theatrical works that challenge, celebrate, and expand representation on stage.
Audience members unable to attend in person may purchase virtual tickets to view performances online through The ONE Festival's streaming platform. Virtual attendees may also have
opportunities to participate in audience voting and festival recognition programs.
"These festivals create space for stories that are often pushed to the margins. I'm honored to share work that reflects the complexity, resilience, and humanity of queer and transgender communities,"said Escobar.

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A first-generation queer Filipino Salvadoran artist, Escobar's work explores identity, memory,
survival, cultural inheritance, and belonging through movement, storytelling, and lived experience.
Through a blend of movement, bilingual storytelling, and autobiographical inspiration, his work
seeks to amplify voices frequently underrepresented in mainstream theatre.
ABOUT JR ESCOBAR
JR Escobar is a Bay Area-based playwright, performer, and advocate whose work centers identity, resilience, and the body as a site of memory. Drawing from Filipino and Salvadoran heritage, Escobar creates theatrical experiences that blend movement, language, and lived experience to explore belonging, visibility, and transformation. Their work has beenrecognized through national theatre festivals and community-centered artistic initiatives focused on equity and representation.
For more information, interviews, or media inquiries, please contact JR Escobar using the
information below. Press Materials, Artist Bio & Headshots:
www.jrescobar.org
Support Travel to NYC:
https://gofund.me/d05445d43
Tickets & Festival Information:
The ONE Festival: https://theonefestival.com/
Technicolor Play Festival: https://events.humanitix.com/technicolor-play-f...