HOWARD CRABTREE'S

WHEN PIGS FLY

Generously sponsored by HORSESHOE CASINO & HOTEL

Victor Jory Theatre @ Actors Theatre Louisville

September 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 @ 7:30 p.m. & September 5 @ 2:00 p.m., 2010 

Side-Splitting Musical & Costume Extravaganza

Howard Crabtree’s dream-autobiography in which his career counselor Ms. Roundhole recommends plumbing, watch-making, chicken farming or gardening supplies as Howard’s only career choices since he would only be a success in theater “when pigs fly.” Mark Waldrop’s sketches and lyrics set to Dick Gallagher’s music keep up with Crabtree’s imagination. Brilliantly comic and wild scenes:  “Not All Man” as sung by a Centaur.  Torch songs “cocktail style” for the love of the Conservative Coalition. The head of a small time community theater called “Musical Barn” (with coming attractions that include a new musical called “Quasimodo” with the song “I’ve Got a Hunch I'm In Love”).  “Bigger Is Better” with a Mae West type strutting around.

 

MEASURE FOR PLEASURE

by David Grimm

Victor Jory Theatre @ Actors Theatre Louisville

December 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 @ 7:30 p.m. & December 12 @ 2:00 p.m., 2010

Naughty Restoration Romp Meets Contemporary Sex Farce!

Restoration comedy, Sir Peter Lustforth has had enough of his wife’s amorous ways and casts his eye on the virginal Hermione — setting off a series of chaotic chases and couplings among a womanizer, a transvestite, a puritanical dame and a helplessly romantic valet. Richly endowed with mistaken identities and abundant verbal delights, Measure for Pleasure is a saucy, silly, foul and filthy treat.  Set in 1751, Measure for Pleasure, concerns the romantic couplings of a host of nobles and servants.  Obstacles to Lustforth's pursuit include Hermione’s strict guardian, Dame Stickle and a friendly rival, Captain Dick Dashwood.  Grimm has the gift for clever wordplay, frequently resulting in mischievous sexual double-entendres that are too risqué, and occasionally adding dialogue in rhymed couplets.  The result is an hilarious play that will feel familiar to veteran theatergoers, but which benefits from the freedom to go far beyond the boundaries of the historical comedies Grimm lovingly apes.

THE DINNER
by Sandy Richard
Generously sponsored by IROQUOIS EYECARE
MeX Theatre @ Kentucky Center for the Arts
March 31, April 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 @ 7:30 p.m. & April 3 @ 2:00 p.m., 2011

Love, Friendship and Mutual Respect - with Lamb and a little Mint Sauce of course! 

The Smiths and the Jones are gay in this warm hearted comedy about two couples who have been friends for years.  The recent break up of Amy and Chris after twelve years together has put a strain on the four for the last three months and the Jones have grown weary of being in the middle of the split. Amy's new romance with a local DJ and a single Chris constantly moping around their home, doesn't help. In an effort to get Chris off the couch and back into the dating world, Kevin and Todd invite Lauren,  a cute single co-worker to dinner to meet her.  When Amy and her new amour show up with a bottle of wine in hand and crash the dinner party unexpectedly, trouble follows as words, emotions and food flies.

 

THE NEW CENTURY

by Paul Rudnick

Victor Jory Theatre @ Actors Theatre Louisville

May 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 @ 7:30 p.m. & May 22 @ 2:00 p.m., 2011   

A Provocative and Outrageous Comedy with Heart.

The one liners fly like rockets!  Helene brags on her three gay sons at her Long Island chapter of POLGBTQCCCO: Parents of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, The Transgendered, The Questioning, The Curious, The Creatively Concerned and Others. Mr. Charles, on the other hand, after the new gay order of NYC exiles him, now spends his time with a hunka-hunka burnin’ love named Shane, with whom he produces a cable TV show called Too Gay? On the other side of the world Midwestern Barbara, a competitive cake decorator and craftswoman, creates cute crafts to honor her gay son. When the three drastically different characters collide, expect a lot of laughs tossed with a hefty dose of poignancy.  Light cultural commentary from the author of Jeffrey and The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told comes this hilarious collection of four short gay-themed comedies.

ZANNA DON'T!

Book, Music & Lyrics by Tim Acito

Thrust Theatre @ UofL

June 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 @ 7:30 p.m. & June 19 @ 2:00 p.m., 2011

Just the ticket to make the world seem fabulous again.

Set in a world where homosexuality is the norm, and heterosexuals are considered an oddity.  The town is called Heartsville, the story is a fairy tale; at least that's what the audience is told by the glitter-bedecked fey lead, a love sleuth with a magic wand. He's a student at Heartsville High where the male heroes are chess players and the "in" girls are on the mechanical-bull-riding team.  In Heartsville, boys fall in love with boys, girls with girls, and heterosexual affairs are disgusting.  It’s a new school year at Heartsville High, matchmaker Zanna is doing what he does best – matching up couples to make sure that no one suffers from extra love, but things go tragically wrong when the school’s two closeted heterosexuals realize their feelings for each other. Knowing that their forbidden love will make them outcasts, they turn to Zanna for help, and Zanna is forced to put his own happiness on the line to make the world safe for those he loves.  A world much like our own and the chaos that ensues when people love who they want to, gay or straight.  It's a clever device that moves us poignantly away from fairy tale and into the real world.

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

Book, Music & Lyrics by Richard O’Brien

Generously sponsored once again by NICKERS by CHRIS AVERY

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT EXTRA - TICKETS SOLD SEPARATELY BUT SUBSCRIBERS SAVE!!

The Eifler Theatre @ Clifton Center

October 28, 29, 30 & 31, 2010

Let’s do “The Time Warp” again...AND AGAIN…

You’ve danced to it in your living room, performed it at parties, dressed as the characters for Halloween, now live it in the theater! The Rocky Horror Show is the madcap story of an ordinary, middle-class couple and one unforgettable night at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transexual. Lead characters Brad and Janet have arrived on a very special night, that of the creation of Dr. Furter's ‘beautiful creature’ Rocky, the Adonis humanoid created specifically for the release of the good doctor’s tension’. This cult classic is a non-stop, action-packed package of twisted romance, thrills and chills, and 16 sensational songs including “Dammit Janet,” "Sweet Transvestite," "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?” and the now-classic karaoke anthem, "The Time Warp".

YOUTH PROJECT

EXTRA AND FREE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Walden Theatre on Payne Street

January 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2011

a Pandora Original Staged Reading

Playwright Kevin DelPrincipe and Pandora's Artistic Director envision a piece of theatre that will enlighten the broader community on issues that face GLBTQ Youth.  Through meetings, conversations and writing workshops this project will feature youth from partnering organizations who have committed their members and their time.  The Louisville Youth Group and students from the University of Louisville LGBT office will unite to share their stories.  The writing from the workshops and interview will then be taken and formulated into a staged reading piece that will eventually be created into a full stage production.