GayCo Presents 'Whitney Houston, We Have a Problem!'

GayCo Productions remounts their inaugural sketch comedy revue, Whitney Houston, We Have a Problem, exactly eleven years after it was first created at the Second City. Whitney Houston launched GayCo Productions and became the first of fourteen comedy revues.  

Performances begin April 18th at the Hoover- Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted (located at Halsted and Waveland). 

Back when gay marriage was even more theoretical than it is now, there was Whitney Houston, We Have a Problem! Originally produced through the Second City Outreach Program, Whitney Houston is a hilarious, fascinating and somewhat subversive barometer of how GLBT culture and issues have changed in a decade…and how so much stays exactly the same.  

Originally directed for the stage by Jeff Richmond (now a Producer and Musical Director of 30 Rock), Whitney Houston blurs the line between sketch and musical revue, borrowing Second City's format of intricately interwoven sketches, short blackouts and pointed political satire. 

Taking its cues from the struggles of its namesake, Whitney digs in: Ad Execs struggle to reach the gay demographic;  Terrified parents struggle to avoid their gay kids; James Bondage struggles to top his nemesis, Octoclitty; a trio of nuns struggle with body image; and the gay community struggles with whether there is any such thing as a 'gay community.'  The humanity of it all.

About the Cast:
Whitney Houston, We Have a Problem! is directed by GayCo artistic director and ensemble member Mary Beth Burns. Performed by:  Kelly Beeman, Jim Bennett, Andy Eninger, Judy Fabjance, Mandy Price, Homer Marrs, Steve Hnilicka, Cyndi Ferkol and Clay Goodpasture.  Technical direction by Heather Elam & Blaine Mason. Choreography by:  Ed Garza 

Written by: Kathy Bianchi, John Bonny, Mary Beth Burns, Ed Garza, Andy Eninger, Judy Fabjance, Rick Morrissey, Sean Murphy and Kristy Nolen.  Music by Jeff Richmond and Michael Thomas. Originally directed for the stage by Jeff Richmond.

Runs:
April 18 - May 25
Fridays and Saturdays, 8 PM,
Additional performances scheduled during IML:
Thursday, May 22 & Sunday, May 25

Tickets $20
Run-time:  60 minutes

More Information:  www.gayco.com.  Tickets:  1-800-838-3006 or www.gayco.com. Groups/ Special Performances:  773-531-5086

Performance at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted • 3656 N. Halsted, 3rd Floor •  Chicago, IL 60613 

 

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