BUA ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 SEASON

 

THE PRIDE, by Alexi Kaye Campbell 
September 24 – October 16

Oliver, Philip, and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion in this innovative new drama. The play took London by storm last season winning an Olivier award and made its American premiere at MCC Theater in New York earlier this year.

THE TEMPERAMENTALS, by Jon Marans 
November 12 – December 4

Temperamental was code for “homosexual” in the early 1950’s, part of a created language of secret words that gay men used to communicate. The Temperamentals tells the story of two men – the communist Harry Hay and the Viennese refugee and designer Rudi Gernreich – as they fall in love while building the first gay rights organization in the pre-Stonewall United States, The Mattachine Society.

ANITA BRYANT DIED FOR YOUR SINS,  by Brian Christopher Williams
January 14 – February 5
                                                                                          
It's 1977, and 15 year-old Horace Poore is trying to make sense of the tumultuous events surrounding him -- and the tumultuous events within him. Horace's sexual awakening is hastened by images of Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz and former pageant queen/orange juice promoter/anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant in this unconventional look at a young man's coming-of-age.

NEXT FALL, by Geoffrey Nauffts
March 4 - 26

In this contemporary love story, sparks of genuine humor lighten even the most difficult moments. The characters speak and act like authentic human beings; they have irrational phobias… conflicting beliefs… and lingering secrets. Next Fall weaves the story of two men in love, two parents in denial, and two friends on speed dial.  Nominated for the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, it’s as funny and infuriating and unpredictable as life itself and will make you smile, laugh and perhaps even cry.  

FIT TO BE TIED, by Nicky Silver 
April 29 – May 21

Arloc Simpson is fabulously wealthy but desperately lonely, living a solitary life for many years.  He’s  become enamored of Boyd by watching him portray an angel in the Radio City Music Hall Christmas show. Boyd arrives in full angel regalia, and in short order is strapped hands and feet into a chair equipped for more earthly activity. Arloc’s disinherited mother Nessa arrives, determined to move in with Arloc, having left her somewhat abusive second husband. Playwright Nicky Silver wrestles these seemingly irreconcilable differences to a hilarious, yet touching resolution.

 

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