Trans Plantations, a one-woman show written and performed by Janis Astor del Valle and directed by Carolyn Kirsch explores her lifelong struggle with cultural and sexual identity as a New York-born Puerto Rican uprooted from her Bronx barrio and transplanted to rural Connecticut at age 7.

A 1986 Graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, Janis was also a member of the Primary Stages Wrister' and Directors' Project and the Latino Writers Lab at the Public Theatre.She is a founding member of She Saw Rep, a lesbian feminist troupe which made its debut at the National Lesbian Conference in Atlanta in 1991. She is also a cofounder of Sisters on Stage (S.O.S.), a multicultural trio of lesbian theatre professionals dedicated to fostering the development of aspiring lesbian playwrights.