There’s a lot of buzz about this weekend’s performance of Straight by David Schmader. In fact, I am amazed there are still tickets available.
STRAIGHT is David Schmaders hilarious and subversive solo play about the world of conversion therapy, where gays and lesbians are reputedly cured of their homosexuality and made straight. Plunging into the heart of this highly charged territory–from going undercover at ex-gay support groups to an intensive crash course in Christian heterosexuality deep in the heart of Texas–Schmader blends an essayist’s insight with the spark of stand-up comedy to confront difficult questions, reject easy answers, and get to the bottom of what it means to be straight.
In 1999, a version of Straight directed by Dan Savage had a “smash six-month run in Seattle” just before Schmader toured a new production of Straight around the country.
Schmader is renting the Annex Theatre on Capitol Hill for just two showings of this production before it jets off to the Dallas WaterTower Theater in March 2009. I strongly think that you will want to go see one of the two shows this weekend. The Stranger’s blog mentions it here.
You will find tickets for $15 on BrownPaperTickets.
