Theatre in The Wings celebrates Pride Month with five thought-provoking short plays.
ACT ONE
Four (Very) Short Plays by Carolyn Gage: "Black Eye", "52-Pickup", "At Sea", and "The Ladies' Room"
Carolyn Gage is the author of twelve books and more than eighty-eight plays, including musicals, one-acts, one-woman shows, adaptations, and dramas. The winner of numerous awards, her work is widely published and performed. She tours in her own shows, offering lectures and workshops on lesbian culture and history.
ACT TWO
"The Allies Are Coming": a semi-autobiographical one-act comedy by Peter Paylor, directed by Candace Meeks
Allies come in all shapes, sizes, ages, and backgrounds. In his usual comic style, Peter brings the unique perspective of a male, cisgender, heterosexual senior citizen...a loving parent and ally...who's facing a much different world than the one he grew up in.
"He wasn’t his son at the time, Ruth. He had what they call a transition. He was his daughter back then. He was a girl. No, I’m sorry, I’ve got that all wrong. I read about this in the Chatelaine magazine. He was always his son, but no one knew because he had a vagina. He was trapped inside the wrong body. No, that’s not right…I mean “they” were trapped in the wrong body. That’s what it said in the Chatelaine magazine, right next to the recipe for gluten-free muffins"
Miss Marshall in “Black Eye”
Mr. Kent in “Black Eye”. Director of “At Sea”
Amanda in “Black Eye, Rae in “The Ladies Room”
Cil in “52-Pickup”and Lee in “At Sea”. Director of “52-Pickup” and “The Ladies Room”
Janiya in “52-Pickup”
Micky in “At Sea”
Nicole in “The Ladies Room”. Director of “Black Eye”
Kim in “The Allies Are Coming”
Brian in “The Allies Are Coming”
Agnes in “The Allies Are Coming”
Ruth in “The Allies Are Coming”
Ashley in “The Allies Are Coming”
Director of “The Allies Are Coming”
