AMERICAN THEATRE | Voyage Theater Firm ‘Say Homosexual Performs’ Occasion to Profit Homeless LGBT Youth

NEW YORK CITY: Voyage Theater Firm will current SAY GAY PLAYS, a night of queer theatre to profit New Alternate options For Homeless LGBT Youth on Monday, Might 13 at 7 p.m. on the NYU Skirball Middle. The occasion might be hosted by Peppermint (Head Over Heels, The Traitors) with particular visitor appearances by Yuhua Hamasaki (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Murray Hill (Anyone Someplace), and Jeff Hiller (American Horror Story: NYC). After the staged readings, the SAY GAY PLAYS might be made accessible royalty-free to nonprofit theatres, faculties and universities, and neighborhood organizations throughout the nation to be used to current their very own fundraising occasions on behalf of LGBTQ+ organizations of their communities. The night can even characteristic the presentation of the Say Homosexual Performs New Voices Awards to 2 finalists from the Kennedy Middle’s Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards program.

SAY GAY PLAYS was conceived by Voyage Theater Firm in affiliation with Tectonic Theater Mission, Miami New Drama, and Provincetown Theater, in response to the 2022 passage of the Parental Rights in Training invoice in Florida, generally generally known as the “Don’t Say Homosexual” invoice. In 2023, greater than 520 state payments attacking LGBTQ+ rights have been launched, with greater than 75 turning into legislation. The Human Rights Marketing campaign formally declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ folks in america for the primary time in historical past. And it’s getting worse. Based on the ACLU, in 2024 alone, greater than 300 anti-LGBTQ+ payments have been launched in 35 state legislatures across the nation. SAY GAY PLAYS is about sharing queer tales of braveness, triumph, and pleasure to counter the dangerous narratives used as justification for the passage of those discriminatory payments.

The occasion goals to lift consciousness for LGBTQ+ equality throughout this election yr and supply monetary assist to doubtlessly a whole lot of nonprofit organizations throughout the nation. The venture’s web site, SayGayPlays.org, will function a hub for candidates and individuals, whereas monitoring the venture’s impression nationwide. Discover out extra concerning the playwrights right here and buy tickets for the occasion right here.

The checklist of performs consists of:

• The Greenhouse by J. Harvey Stone, directed by Joseph Megel, a couple of group of homosexual undergraduate males who meet clandestinely every week at a campus greenhouse within the early Seventies.
• Principal’s Workplace by Fernanda Coppel, directed by Lisa Rothe, a couple of lesbian Latinx mother confronting one other guardian’s bigotry at her little one’s college.
• Swann Tune by Marquis D. Gibson, directed by Raz Golden, by which an undergrad performs his senior thesis in homage to William Dorsey Swann, historical past’s first self-proclaimed drag queen.
• Blissful Endings For Folks Like Us by Nina Ki, directed by Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li, a couple of younger lady leaving dwelling for school, main her queer non-binary sibling to really feel deserted and susceptible.
• Two-Spirit F(l)ag by Ty Defoe, directed by Jayna Shoda Meyer, by which a two-spirit, Indigiqueer/trans scholar seeks counsel and connection from their elder in preparation for the Chicago State College Liberation Pow Wow.
• i really like the s**t out of you by Harrison David Rivers, directed by Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, a couple of younger homosexual man who will get dumped through Put up-it.
• Weight loss program Delight by Derick Edgren Otero, directed by Matthew Pezzulich, by which a advertising and marketing govt at a smooth drink firm reveal her true colours throughout Delight month.
• query (ˈkwɛs.tʃən) vb., the crucial kind by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, directed by Lisa Rothe, described as “a choral meditation on gender, language, and our shared humanity.”
• Late Night time Drink by Lucy Thurber, directed by Jenna Worsham, a couple of lady who rides her rebuilt Triumph Bonneville 1959 T120 motorbike from New Hampshire to hunt solace and security in an NYC lesbian bar.
• An Deal with to the Florida Legislature by Doug Wright, directed by Raz Golden, by which an outspoken conservative provides some pragmatic options for strengthening Florida’s “Don’t Say Homosexual” payments.

Voyage Theater Firm is an Off-Off-Broadway performing arts group that seeks to current new and unheralded performs by playwrights from around the globe, creating alternatives for collaboration between theatremakers of numerous cultures and disciplines.

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