4-Star solo show Festival
A New Show every week
Performance Dates: June 4-June 27, Thursday-Saturday at 7pm
Prisontown
by Lee Osorio
Performances June 4-6
How much of an activist are you? After receiving this text message from his immigration attorney brother, a Writer finds himself haunted by a very persistent and troubling ghost. Before long, the Writer finds himself on a journey back to his hometown of Lumpkin, Georgia … now the home of Stewart County Immigration Detention Center. As he talks to those trapped in the prison – both literally and figuratively – the ghost makes a simple but incredibly hard request – see.
BETH
by Marty Miller
Performances June 11-13
In his debut solo performance Beth Marty Miller uses anecdotes from his past and moments from his current reality as a server in NYC to explore his own queer experience, loss, and the difficult but necessary need to keep on…keeping on. A major departure from his online, brain-rotted, content—BETH is good (gay) grief!
Black Bastard
by Jon Gentry
Performances June 18-20
Queer... Southern... Creole... Black Bastard transports audiences to 1990s Houston in a humorous, heartfelt coming-of-age tale. Jon, an inquisitive Black boy, develops a love for literature until his family fractures, thrusting him into the role of "man of the house." A comedic spiral ensues as Jon grapples with his identiy(ies). When a bully confronts him at school, Jon begins to search for his absent father, but is he ready for what he may find?Confronting stereotypes about absent Black fathers, the show explores broader themes of identity, expression, and our collective search for belonging and ultimately home.
Fair State
by Megan Gogerty
Performances June 25-27
When comedian Megan Gogerty loses her charming, unreliable, alcoholic father, she unearths evidence of her family’s ancestral ties to the founding of the state of Iowa. Were they hearty immigrants making a new life on the frontier? Or a collection of self-satisfied boot-strappers complicit in destruction and erasure? (Why choose?) As she examines Iowa’s past, she lays bare the secrets that haunt her and her sisters. What do we do with our problematic relatives? With our problematic history? We tell the truth.
