Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at 2 BY FIERSTEIN, Opening This Week at Performing Arts Center at 32 Below

On Friday, November 3, the Performing Arts Center at 32 Below in New Milford will open 2 By Fierstein: The International Stud (part one of the multiple Tony Award-winning Torch Song Trilogy) and On Tidy Endings (from the award-winning Safe Sex). Both one act plays are written by Connecticut local, Harvey Fierstein. Scroll down for a sneak peek!

In The International Stud, the life of Arnold Beckoff, a lovable torch song-singing drag performer living in New York City in the late 1970s is told with humor, joy, and a few songs as he struggles through love, loss, and the challenges of walking in heels.

Set in the late 1980s, On Tidy Endings is a funny and ultimately poignant portrait of how the universal experience of losing a loved one is reexamined in the context of AIDS, when a gay man and a straight woman meet to tidy up loose ends following the death of the man they both loved.

The casts include: Aaron Kaplan (Bethel), Joseph Russo, Jacqueline Decho Holm, Patrick Fergus (all New Milford), and Beth Bonnabeau (Washington). Direction, scenic, lighting, and sound design are all by Bill Hughes.

2 By Fierstein: The International Stud and On Tidy Endings runs November 3,4 10,11,12 at 8:00 p.m. on Fridays & Saturdays and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 12. Tickets are $15 at the door for general admission. The plays are recommended for audiences over 13 years of age. For more information, visit "The PAC at 32 Below" on Facebook.

The Performing Arts Center (P.A.C.) at 32 Below is a new, non-Equity theatre company located in the lower level of CSA, 32 Still River Drive, New Milford, CT.

Joseph Russo as Arnold in The International Stud

Joseph Russo as Arnold in The International Stud

Joseph Russo as Arnold in The International Stud

Beth Bonnabeau as Lady Blues in The International Stud

Joseph Russo as Arnold in The International Stud

Joseph Russo and Jacqueline Decho Holm in On Tidy Endings

Joseph Russo, Patrick Fergus, and Jacqueline Decho Holm in On Tidy Endings