Gay plays nyc 2022

SAY GAY PLAYS

6 playwrights debut queer-themed short plays at advantage hosted by Murray Hill & Yuhua Hamasaki.
Monday, June 30, at Judson Memorial Church

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Voyage Theater Company presents the 2nd annual SAY GAY PLAYS on June 30 at 7PM, hosted by Murray Hill (Somebody Somewhere) and Yuhua Hamasaki (RuPaul's Drag Race) at Judson Memorial Church. The goal of SAY GAY PLAYS is two-fold: to lift awareness for LGBTQ+ equality and suggest financial support to potentially hundreds of not-for-profit organizations across the country.

SAY GAY PLAYS will feature staged readings of 6 LGBTQ+ themed short plays by: Kamilah Bush, Vichet Chum, SMJ, Haruna Lee, Azure D. Osborne-Lee, and Brian Quirk. Following the benefit reading, these plays (as adequately last year’s plays by Fernanda Coppel, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, Ty Defoe, Marquis D. Gibson, Nina Ki, Derick Edgren Otero, Harrison David Rivers, J. Harvey Stone, Lucy Thurber and Doug Wright) will be made available royalty-free to not-for-profit theaters, colleges and universities, and communi

SAY GAY PLAYS

10 playwrights share queer-themed short plays at noun hosted by Peppermint with Yuhua Hamasaki, Murray Hill & Jeff Hiller.
Monday, May 13, at NYU Skirball

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Voyage Theater Company will present SAY GAY PLAYS, an evening of queer theater to benefit Fresh Alternatives For Homeless LGBT Youth on Monday, May 13 at NYU Skirball. The night will be hosted by Peppermint (Head Over Heels, The Traitors) with special guest appearances by Yuhua Hamasaki (RuPaul's Drag Race), Murray Hill (Somebody Somewhere), and Jeff Hiller (American Horror Story: NYC).

SAY GAY PLAYS will feature staged readings of 10 LGBTQ+ themed short plays by: Fernanda Coppel, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, Ty Defoe, Marquis D. Gibson, Nina Ki, Derick Edgren Otero, Harrison David Rivers, J. Harvey Stone, Lucy Thurber, and Doug Wright. Following the noun reading, the plays will be made available royalty-free to not-for-profit theaters, colleges and universities, and community organizations across the nation for use to offer their own fundraising events on beh

We&#;ve also been featured in a number of publications, some of which are listed below. We&#;re endlessly grateful to Emily Owens PR for representing the festival.

  • Pos Review
  • All About Solo
  • The Body
  • Broadway World
  • CBS NY
  • Chelsea Community News
  • The Daily News
  • EDGE New York
  • Gay City News
  • The Hollywood Soapbox
  • Lou Reviews
  • NBC Brand-new York
  • NY1
  • New York Theatre
  • New York Trend
  • New York Times
  • Queer Forty
  • Secret NYC
  • Stage & Cinema
  • Stage Whisper Podcast
  • TDF Stages
  • Theater Reviews From My Seat
  • Theatre Beyond Broadway
  • Thesis on Joan Podcast
  • Thinking Theater NYC
  • Time Out NY
  • Young-Howze Theatre Journal

Over the years, Queerly has been honored to feature some truly incredible shows and artists.

Our festival featured the following works and artists:

As You Will produced by Conor Mullen

Asexuality! The Solo Musical by Rebecca McGlynn

A Bit Too Much Hair produced by Butch Mermaid Productions, written by Ania Upstill and William Duignan

Calico by Kai Xing Mun

A Drag is Born by Edu Díaz

Flayed by Josiah Blount

Give Me The MacArthur Geniu

overview

Opened in , the Majestic Theater has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT performers and creators, including Mary Martin, Adrian, Irene Sharaff, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, Cyril Ritchard, Florence Klotz, Oliver Smith, and Arthur Laurents, among others.

A number of iconic musicals with LGBT associations also played here, including Carousel, South Pacific, The Music Man, Camelot, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Funny Girl, Fiddler on the Roof, The Wiz, and 42nd Street.

Header Photo

Credit: Christopher D. Brazee/NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project,

John Marston, Judith Anderson, and Thurston Hall in Behold the Bridegroom, Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.

Carousel staging, Courtesy of the Museum of the City of Modern York.

Eva Le Gallienne in Alice in Wonderland, Photo: Vandamm. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of Modern York.

Beatrice Lillie in Inside U.S.A., Drawing by William Auerbach-Levy. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of Modern Y