Gay Fringe Fest NYC
New York’s International Fringe Festival is in full swing through August 29, and as usual includes several pieces with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered themes – so many this year, in fact, that the festival web site has a special "LGBTQ" section. In all, 46 works at 2010’s Fringe NYC will touch on gay themes.
Some of the highlights:
Ah Kua Show, Singaporean Leona Lo’s one-trans-woman show that tells the stories of three Southeast Asian transgender ladies.
More info: www.ahkuashow.wordpress.com
As I Am Fully Known, the story of a twenty-something Brooklyn Catholic in a secret lesbian relationship, written by and starring Emily Rieder. More info: www.the8oclocks.com
As You Like It, New York’s own BAMA Theatre Company presentation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy, with eight actors in 21 gender-bending roles. More info: www.bamatheatrecompany.org
The Boogyman Thumbs A-1-A, which follows an obituary writer as he crosses Florida telling the tale of his relationship with a serial killer. More info: www.gbtheater.com
BUNKED!: A New Musical, a LogoTV-sponsored production featuring the summer exploits of five counselors at Camp Timberlake. More info: www.bunkedthemusical.com
Dear Harvey, a collection of stories of about politician Harvey Milk, based on interviews with many people he knew and influenced. More info: www.diversionary.org
Friends of Dorothy: An Oz Cabaret, a burlesque version of the original Wizard of Oz, taking place in the Land of Bras.
More info: www.conatusproductions.com
Jen and Liz in Love, wherein childhood friends Jen and Liz find themselves trapped in a kissing booth at the county fair. More info: www.bbrproductions.org
Manon/Sandra, a multinational production uniting two unlikely women, one a devout Catholic and the other a sex-dedicated transvestite. More info: www.thetheoryofeverything.co.uk
Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetown, in which Southern debutante Miss Magnolia Beaumont becomes trapped in the body of a gay New Yorker visiting P-town. More info: www.MissMagnoliaBeaumont.com
The Mission, in which a conjugal visit between a priest and a convict turns into a dangerous game of lust and revenge. More info: www.curan.org
Missionary Position, based on his own journals, Confessions of a Mormon Boy’s Steven Fales tells of his exploits as a missionary to Portugal. More info: www.mormonboy.com
Mobius, the tale of a teen boy struggling with both his sexuality and his dysfunctional family. More info: www.mobiustheplay.com
open heart, which uses the words and stories of real men to explore modern gay polyamory*. More info: www.openhearttheplay.com
Over and Over, in which two former Fordham University roommates explore their sexual history. More info: www.nohopeproductions.com
The Secretaries, featuring the Five Lesbian Brothers as murderous big-haired secretaries at the Cooney Lumber Mill in Big Bone, Oregon. More info: www.thesecretariestosos.com
The Twentieth-Century Way, based on the true story of homosexual entrapment in 1914 Long Beach, California. More info: www.bostoncourt.com/events/64/the-twentieth-century-way
Veritas, also based on a true story, this time of the gay witch hunt against Harvard students in 1920. More info: www.VeritasThePlay.com
Viva La Evolucion!, comedian Diana Yanez’s one-woman show about growing up as a first-generation Cuban-American queer. More info: www.vivalaevoluciontheshow.com
When Last We Flew, in which a Midwestern boy’s life takes flight after he steals his library’s only copy of Angels in America. More info: www.WhenLastWeFlew.com
When Lilacs Last, the intense coming of age stories of two young men, both with abusive fathers; set against the backdrop of Walt Whitman’s poetry. More info: www.whenlilacslast.com
For showtimes and more information about all of Fringe 2010’s gay-themed shows, go to http://www.fringenyc.org/basic_page.php?ltr=num. At the pull-down menu on the bottom left of the page, click on “Cultural Cruise,” pick “LGBTQ,” then hit search.
Some of the highlights:
Ah Kua Show, Singaporean Leona Lo’s one-trans-woman show that tells the stories of three Southeast Asian transgender ladies.
More info: www.ahkuashow.wordpress.com
As I Am Fully Known, the story of a twenty-something Brooklyn Catholic in a secret lesbian relationship, written by and starring Emily Rieder. More info: www.the8oclocks.com
As You Like It, New York’s own BAMA Theatre Company presentation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy, with eight actors in 21 gender-bending roles. More info: www.bamatheatrecompany.org
The Boogyman Thumbs A-1-A, which follows an obituary writer as he crosses Florida telling the tale of his relationship with a serial killer. More info: www.gbtheater.com
BUNKED!: A New Musical, a LogoTV-sponsored production featuring the summer exploits of five counselors at Camp Timberlake. More info: www.bunkedthemusical.com
Dear Harvey, a collection of stories of about politician Harvey Milk, based on interviews with many people he knew and influenced. More info: www.diversionary.org
Friends of Dorothy: An Oz Cabaret, a burlesque version of the original Wizard of Oz, taking place in the Land of Bras.
More info: www.conatusproductions.com
Jen and Liz in Love, wherein childhood friends Jen and Liz find themselves trapped in a kissing booth at the county fair. More info: www.bbrproductions.org
Manon/Sandra, a multinational production uniting two unlikely women, one a devout Catholic and the other a sex-dedicated transvestite. More info: www.thetheoryofeverything.co.uk
Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetown, in which Southern debutante Miss Magnolia Beaumont becomes trapped in the body of a gay New Yorker visiting P-town. More info: www.MissMagnoliaBeaumont.com
The Mission, in which a conjugal visit between a priest and a convict turns into a dangerous game of lust and revenge. More info: www.curan.org
Missionary Position, based on his own journals, Confessions of a Mormon Boy’s Steven Fales tells of his exploits as a missionary to Portugal. More info: www.mormonboy.com
Mobius, the tale of a teen boy struggling with both his sexuality and his dysfunctional family. More info: www.mobiustheplay.com
open heart, which uses the words and stories of real men to explore modern gay polyamory*. More info: www.openhearttheplay.com
Over and Over, in which two former Fordham University roommates explore their sexual history. More info: www.nohopeproductions.com
The Secretaries, featuring the Five Lesbian Brothers as murderous big-haired secretaries at the Cooney Lumber Mill in Big Bone, Oregon. More info: www.thesecretariestosos.com
The Twentieth-Century Way, based on the true story of homosexual entrapment in 1914 Long Beach, California. More info: www.bostoncourt.com/events/64/the-twentieth-century-way
Veritas, also based on a true story, this time of the gay witch hunt against Harvard students in 1920. More info: www.VeritasThePlay.com
Viva La Evolucion!, comedian Diana Yanez’s one-woman show about growing up as a first-generation Cuban-American queer. More info: www.vivalaevoluciontheshow.com
When Last We Flew, in which a Midwestern boy’s life takes flight after he steals his library’s only copy of Angels in America. More info: www.WhenLastWeFlew.com
When Lilacs Last, the intense coming of age stories of two young men, both with abusive fathers; set against the backdrop of Walt Whitman’s poetry. More info: www.whenlilacslast.com
For showtimes and more information about all of Fringe 2010’s gay-themed shows, go to http://www.fringenyc.org/basic_page.php?ltr=num. At the pull-down menu on the bottom left of the page, click on “Cultural Cruise,” pick “LGBTQ,” then hit search.
