In 2015, two people with the same genitals were permitted to marry each other in all fifty United States. With a great deal of emphasis put on the “equality,” queer people are left to figure out exactly what “marriage” entails, sorting through 10,000 years of recorded nuptial baggage. Doing just that, this real-life engaged American couple wades through their personal and cultural histories to investigate what marriage even means for a white lesbian and an Asian American non-binary bisexual. Marrying a pan-historical interrogation of “traditional” wedding practices with a combined thirty years of performance art training, the couple leaves no stone unturned in their attempt to define and refine what gay marriage is before signing on the dotted line. Concocting deeply weird takes on everything from ancient Greek threshold crossing and sixteenth century European bridal journeys to the obscured history of American miscegenation law and 21st century cake smushing debates, the performers disassemble, and perhaps ruin, the wedding as it is currently understood. From the aisle walk to the first dance to the confounding queer wedding night, the couple pontificates, playacts, and pirouettes their way to answering: “is this a wedding?”
Christ Church Neighborhood House is at 20 N American St, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, NY.
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Gene Frankel Theatre (9/19 - 10/6) | ||
Kiss Me While We Have the Chance
The Green Room 42 (10/28 - 10/28) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
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Tin Church
Chain Theatre (10/23 - 11/23) NEW PLAY | ||
Harry reems Goes to Hollywood
Little Red Light Theatre (9/20 - 9/21) NEW MUSICAL | ||
Tom Blanc Fing Dies
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The Music of the Bard: Words & Music of Shakespeare in the Park 1956-1967
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The Joni Project featuring Katie Pearlman & her band - Court and Spark 50th Anniversary Tour
The Iridium (9/14 - 9/14) | ||
21st Night of September
The Players Theater (9/21 - 9/21) | ||
Fertile Ground New Works Showcase: September
Green Space (9/22 - 9/22) | ||
Black Boys Cry
Manhattan Arts and Movement Center (10/19 - 10/19)
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Olivia O, The Musical
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