My Co Nelu Is Not Gay | The Brick

The Brick, 579 Metropolan Ave, My Co Nelu Is Not Gay featur mgs on the immigrant experience, an timate dance wh a dis ball, two two-hundred-pound dogs, mgs on the butch experience, and an epic yet disappotg * my cousin nelu is not gay *

This is a two-person show performed by two butch actors. One plays Diana. The other, drag, plays Nelu and a host of other characters om his life. Both actors wear intil Adidas tracksus. My Co Nelu Is Not Gay featur mgs on the immigrant experience, an timate dance wh a dis ball, mgs on the lbian experience, two two-hundred-pound dogs, mgs on the butch experience, and an epic yet disappotg vs. showdown the space created at the ~thrhold of revelatn~. This is an absurdist edy buttg up agast a nfsnal monologue. This is a bilgual play which English clash wh Romanian and the gays wrtle the straights to take ntrol of the stage. This is what happens when factual fay history meets the stori we tell ourselv about how we grew up, or how we wish we had. Created by Diana Lobontiu Performed by Diana Lobontiu & Natalie Rich* Directed by Elissa Goetschi Stage Manager Dailee Morrone Producer Zoe Wohlfeld Assistant Director, Unrstudy Madison Tamayo Dramaturg Christa Marks Sound Digner Ellt Yokum Lightg Digner Vtoria Orlando Projectn Digner Taylor Elle Projectn Digner Robby Feffer *The Actors are appearg urty of Actors Equy Associatn * my cousin nelu is not gay *

* my cousin nelu is not gay *

The Brick prents My Co Nelu Is Not Gay by Diana Lobontiu March 9 – 12, 2023 $15-30 This is a dly to morately vengeful two-person show which Diana (a lightly fictnalized versn of myself) spills their guts a seri of solo-show-style nfsnal monologu about beg a lbian Romanian immigrant Ameri, while her Nelu (a massively fictnalized versn of my real ) tells the dience his story about beg a raspberry farmer the Transylvanian untrysi whose farm is a ont for the mafia. Nelu is NOT gay. Except this show. Director: Lyam Gabel Playwright, Actor, Producer: Diana Lobontiu Actor: Natalie Rich Scenic Digner/Projectns Digner: Sasha Schwartz Lightg Digner: Andre Segar Sound Digner: Marc Jablonski Productn Supervisor: Jab Halpern-Wezman Producer: Llie Gthier Lightg Assistant: Em Striplg Assistant Director: Kelleen Moriarty Assistant Set and Projectns Digner: Rachel Hos Microphone Effects: Travis Wright Scenic and Lightg Assistant: Travis Martez This is a play performed by two butch actors. One plays Diana. The other plays Nelu and a host of other characters om his life. Both actors wear intil Adidas tracksus. My Co Nelu Is Not Gay featur mgs on the immigrant experience, an timate dance wh a dis ball, mgs on the lbian experience, fully eatg cigarett as a display of masculy, mgs on the butch experience, and an epic yet disappotg vs. showdown the space created at the ~thrhold of revelatn~. This is an absurdist edy buttg up agast a nfsnal monologue. This is a bilgual play which English clash wh Romanian and the gays wrtle the straights to take ntrol of the stage. This is what happens when factual fay history meets the stori we tell ourselv about how we grew up, or how we wish we had. We’d like to thank The Puff Foundatn for their support of this project. CW: discsn of alholism, sexual asslt, some homophobia Follow them: @mynelu @go_di9 * my cousin nelu is not gay *