IF “GAY THEATER” is fed as beg by, for, and about uncloseted gay people, then 2014 arguably marks the 50th anniversary of the genre’s existence.
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1964: THE BIRTH OF GAY THEATER
* gay theater monologue *
” Artie is by herself at a mixer (a party for sgle people lookg to meet other sgle or available people) for the gay muny.
Michelle is gay.
Peter’s father is dyg, and his fay do not accept that Peter is gay. Soldiers Ivey and Dolan are alone a small bunker, and Dolan has jt e out to Ivey as gay. In this monologue, Eric bemoans the transactnal and thng support of the morn gay muny.
GAY MOSW · CY GUI
When was the last time any of actually hung out at a gay bar? Gay bars ed to be safe spac for people like to be ourselv and to fd others like . If beg gay only scrib who we love and who we fuck but not also how we enunter the world, then gay culture and gay muny would start to disappear.
Henry reunts an stance when, as a teen, he felt isolated emotnally as a gay youth. Frank has jt fished the song, “Take Care of Your Own Sh, ” implorg the dience to stop potg fgers at the gay muny and their “problems” and al wh your own issu—which are ually far greater—first.
IF “GAY THEATER” is fed as beg by, for, and about uncloseted gay people, then 2014 arguably marks the 50th anniversary of the genre’s existence. In 1964, spe a social climate of homophobia that pervad Amerin life for the send third of the 20th century, two one-act plays prented Off-Off-Broadway at the Caffe Co revolutnized how gay characters uld be reprented theatrilly. Produced a readg of “Hnted Host” 2008 an eveng honorg Robert Patrick for his ntributn to gay theater over the past five s.