Check in to Brooklyn Rep's newest gay-basement comedy, These Gays! They're Trying To… playing at The Divine December 27-30, January 2-4.
A post-panto melodrama with cults, colonics and and Björk
Brooklyn Rep, The Divine’s award-winning resident (in the basement) theatre company, presents These Gays! They’re Trying To… - a celebration of queer tv meme culture which offers the rollicking colonic so often needed after Christmas.
The brief was simple. These Gays! They’re Trying To… sees four all-star, US and UK-based Brooklyn Rep writers - Nathaniel Foster, David Levesley, reid tang and Colin Waitt - imagine the inevitable Lindsey Lohan-led, Iceland-based fifth season of HBO’s The White Lotus. Also starring Björk, of course. From shamanic rituals to soundbaths, to Eurovision star-led cults, the wealthy worried descend on Reykjavik's finest spa to fix their bodies and their lives.
These Gays! They're Trying To…
Featuring
Alice Morgan-Richards, Shakeel Kimotho, AJ O’Neill Dan de la Motte, Jo Fraser
Directed by Charles Quittner
Conceived by David Levesley and Charles Quittner
Written by Nathaniel Foster, David Levesley, reid tang, & Colin Waitt
Art Direction, Graphic and Scenic Design by Maciek Worosilak
Publicist: Storytelling PR
Praise for prior Brooklyn Rep Shows
“Glorious direction from Charles Quittner makes use of every inch of the space. It's funny, it’s dark and most of all, it’s important: leaves you wanting to make a change, stand up and use your queerness in a way you never have before.”
-Theatricellie on Too Much Pills and Liquor
“Viewers may be left in a state of shock at the over-the-top, funny, silly, and violent power of this performance. This writer was utterly overwhelmed by this brilliant piece of theatre.”
-Ed Fringe Review on All the Fraudulent Horse Girls
“Bonkers, Batshit Brilliance…downright ostentatious in the best possible way”
-BingeFringe on All the Fraudulent Horse Girls
"Best Ensemble Performance" awarded by Theatre Weekly to All the Fraudulent Horse Girls's 2024 Fringe Run.
“Queer Performer Award Shortlist” awarded by Binge Fringe to the top 12 queer shows of Fringe '24
Offies Commendation for excellence in Short Run Shows
ACCESS INFO
- There are no toilets on the ground floor.
- There are 17 wide steps down to the basement with handrails on either side, this is where the show will take place.
- There are two sets of gender-neutral toilets downstairs, they are are not wide enough for wheelchairs.