Smash Comedy GAY CAMP Plays Weekly Run at Duplex Cabaret Theatre, Now thru 4/25

It's gay; it's camp; it's Gay Camp!

After a sold-out run at NYC's Duplex Cabaret Theatre in 2013, the hit show Gay Camp will play a weekly run until April 25, 2014.

Gay Camp will also play this summer at Provincetown's Crown and Anchor in July and August, and play one night only at Fire Island's Cherry's on The Bay on August 4th.

The script - penned by co-authors Philip Mutz and Susan-Kate Heaney - has been updated since its previous run with newer, bigger laughs, and even more up-to-the minute punchlines. Phillip Fazio (Arizona premiere of Grey Gardens, Last Five Years, and August: Osage County) returns once again to direct this latest update.

Gay Camp is a quick-change farce that follows the stories of several young campers at a gay reform camp. They have been sent away by their parents to be 'fixed'. Instead, they learn how to love - themselves and one another.

Combining fast-paced writing, wildly imaginative direction, audience interaction, and razor-sharp comedic performances by three actors playing more than a dozen zany characters, Gay Camp is fast, funny, and not pulling its punches as it takes on anti-gay sentiment in America.

Start with a deliciously evil counselor facing off against a loud-and-proud young camper, throw in a few electrified fences, disco balls, Cher ballads, gay Twister, Michele Bachmann surprises, slow-motion fantasies, Straight vs. Gay lessons, whips, handcuffs, flannel, and more innuendos than you can shake a dildo at, and you've got Gay Camp.

Re-joining in the fun will be composer/musician Bradford Proctor (Bunked: The Musical), serving as Gay Camp's onstage accompanist and unassuming narrator.

Gay Camp was initially part of the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival and ran from August 11 - August 22 at the HERE Mainstage Theatre in SoHo.

Following its initial sold-out run, Gay Camp received the Overall Excellence Award from FringeNYC for "Best Ensemble 2012", and was selected as one of 19 shows (out of the 187 Fringe shows) to receive an extension as part of Fringe's Encore Series (subsequently playing at the Players' Theatre).

Gay Camp played scattered dates at the Duplex from August 17 - December 20, 2013, with cast members Philip Mutz, Ken Urso, and Christian Mansfield reprising their roles.

Gay Camp also served as the inspiration for this past June's My Big Gay 'Gay Camp' Talent Show, a one-night-only comedy cabaret, that played NYC's Laurie Beechman Theatre and featured Broadway's Nadia Quinn (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Mariand Torres (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812), and the entire Gay Camp cast. Additionally, Gay Camp received its West Coast debut on August 3, 2013, at the Interplayers' Theatre in Spokane, Washington.

Featured in this past September's OUT Magazine, Gay Camp has been playing to sold-out houses, and receiving rave reviews since its inception.

Some Buzz Surrounding Gay Camp:

WINNER: FringeNYC 2012 "Best Ensemble"
BACKSTAGE: "Critics' Pick"
TIME OUT NY: "Critics' Choice", "Christian Mansfield, Philip Mutz and Ken Urso are adorable, boundlessly energetic and rarely less than hilarious."

BISTRO AWARDS: "surprisingly sharp writing, breathless pace, and an incredible cast that can seemingly perform any task and any kind of character."
NYTHEATRE.COM: "Gay Camp, the screamingly funny show that is completely and utterly over the top - as it should be."

THEATER IN THE NOW: "three phenomenal comedic actors"
THEATERMANIA: "detail-rich staging from director Phillip Fazio"
THEATRE REVIEWS LIMITED: "the cast of three are absolutely hysterical"

TIMES SQUARE CHRONICLES: "One of the funniest, craziest and wildest shows I have ever seen"

Gay Camp was written by Philip Mutz and Susan-Kate Heaney and directed by Phillip Fazio.

Gay Camp performs at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, 61 Christopher Street (at 7th Avenue), NYC.

Gay Camp runs 75 minutes and performs Friday nights with the following performance schedule:

April 4 at 9:30pm

April 11 at 9:30pm

April 18 at 9:30pm

April 25 at 9:30pm

Tickets can currently be purchased via Brown Paper Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets are $12 in advance or $18 at the door, plus a 2 drink minimum.

For more information on Gay Camp, please visit our website at www.gaycamptheplay.com.