From: Joe W Marshall [mailto:joewmarshall@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: Dirty Secrets
Alternative Theatre Company continues its 2008-2009 season with
DIRTY SECRETS
A thriller by award-winning local playwright Joe Marshall.
A limited amount of : 'Starving Artist" discounted tickets available for September 5, performance (call for details 883-8246)
Note: Starving artist tickets are not available at the door!
DIRTY SECRETS is a smart, gender-bent thriller that pokes fun at brainless gay stereotypes. Right from the opening scene you know you're watching a play about homosexuals. Instead of boring us with platitudes about the evils of pigeonholing people, the characters skewer stereotypes by spouting spout earnest lines like, "You don't act gay — you're masculine!" It’s all about Tom, who shows up at the home of Nick and Shane Nick , a gay couple who live in Manhattan. Tom is depressed because he’s just discovered that his lover of eight years has had sex with another man. It turns out that Tom has come to torture Shane, to seek retribution for his messed up romance. It’s the ways in which Tom carries out his revenge — first demanding sex with Shane, later seducing Nick — that move the play along. He has a worthy opponent in the snaky Shane, who trumps Tom’s attempts at blackmail, but can’t keep up with his nasty house guest's vile temper.
DIRTY SECRETS has previously been produced in Phoenix, San Diego and Los Angeles.
Warning: Contains brief male nudity.
Reviews:
"Marshall’s script is bursting with red herrings: As soon as we’ve named our hero, he reveals himself as a scoundrel, and we’re back to square one, waiting for one of these tormented lovers to turn up a winner. Every one of these men is a sick ticket.” – Phoenix New Times
Evenings at 8:00 PM September 5-6, 12-13 Matinees at 2:00 PM September 7, 14
Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theatre 330 S. Scott Avenue, Downtown Tucson
ALTERNATIVE THEATRE COMPANY BOX OFFICE
(520) 883-8246 - Online Ticket Sales
Note: Starving artist tickets are not available online you must call box office!
SOME PERFORMANCES ARE CLOSE TO BEING SOLD OUT!!!
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