07 Jun

15:00

Theater Bellevue

Leidsekade 90, Amsterdam

A public reading of the new play 'Tomboy Theory' by Steff Geelen. The afternoon also includes the award ceremony for the 2026 TheaterTextTalent Stipendium.

Tomboy Theory

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Theatrical Reading

Theater Bellevue regularly organizes public readings of new theater texts. No pretense and distraction, just the story, the word art, and the voice of experienced actors in an intimate setting. A great recipe for lovers of language and theater texts. This time: Tomboy Theory by Steff Geelen, winner of the TheaterTextTalent Stipendium 2025. The 2026 Stipendium will also be awarded on this festive afternoon.

About the Play

Tomboy Theory is a performance about Francis, Leslie, and Roxy. Three queer and trans characters who are each in a different place in the world and in a different time. Yet they meet in a magical waiting room guarded by the three-headed receptionist Cerberus. There, New York 1969, London 1990, and Amsterdam 2028 come together. Can they help each other in the fight against exclusionary systems, against bullies and police officers, against a deadly virus and endless waiting lists in transgender care? And what does their meeting change about the queer past and the future?

Tomboy Theory is about finding beauty in the most unexpected places and about forming a community beyond the laws of space and time.

TheaterTextTalent Stipendium

Tomboy Theory is a text that Steff Geelen can develop thanks in part to the TheaterTextTalent Stipendium 2025. On this afternoon, the 2026 Stipendium will also be festively awarded. An initiative of Fonds De Versterking in collaboration with the Cultuurfonds with the aim of supporting writers of new theater texts and stimulating the writing and performance of new theater texts within the contemporary Dutch theater sector.

Credits

Text: Steff Geelen
Text Supervision: Jibbe Willems
Performance: Roan ten Cate, Kimberly Thompson, Anne Chris van Doesburg, Denzel Goudmijn, Nadia Amin
Direction: Gable Roelofsen
With thanks to: Likeminds, Cultuurfonds, Fonds de Versterking