MIDTERM GAY PLAYS

Drama

Comes from the root word “dran”: things done”," “Action accomplished”

Protagonist

Comes from greek word that means “The first fighter”

Martin Esslin Anatomy of the Drama

There is poetry in the theatre, and there is poetry of the theatre

Theatre

Comes from the root word “theatron”: “Seeing place” “A place to view”

Traditional Literature

1.) Written to be read by a reader

2.) Takes place in the past

3.) Highly detailed and specific

4.) doesn’t require conflict

Dramatic Literature

1.) Written to be preformed by an actor (in front of an audience)

2.) Takes place in the present

3.) Ambiguous with room for intepretation

4.) Absolutely requires conflict

Theme

An abstract concept which part or all of that play is about

The Madness of Lady Bright Playwright

Lanford WIlson

Jack Kerouac

Wrote On The Road, Was leader of the Beat Poets of the Beat Generation (Beatnik), Led the movement of Counter Culture

Counter Culture

Rejection of the mainstream culture

Joe Cino PAST

Living in Buffalo NY in the 1940s, wants to be on broadway so he moved to NYC but fails because of his stature and physique

Cafe Cino

Opened by Joe Cino as a safe space for his homosexual friends, birth of off broadway Closed in 1969

The Madness of Lady Bright

FIrst play of gay theatre movement, written by Lanford Wilson

Marshall Mason

Director of The Madness of Lady Bright

Spiderwoman Troupe

3 Native American Sisters troupe

Who did the Spiderwoman troupe go on tour with in Europe

Lois Weaver, and eventually they brought along Hot Peaches (Drag Group)

Women’s One World Festival

Festival opened by SPiderwoman troupe and Lois Weaver, based on feminist festivals

WOW Cafe Theatre

Permanent place based off of Women’s One World, offer classes on How to write comedy, Tricks of the trade

Holly Hughes

From Kalamazoo Michigan, moves to NYC in 1979, first play she did was The Well Of Horniness (directed by Lisa Kron) ft. PEGGY SHAW

Robert Mapplethorpe

Photographer of BDSM photography

Andres Serrano

Photographer behind Piss Christ

Sen Jesse Helms

Senator upset that the photographers received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts

Clit Notes PLAYWRIGHT

Holly Hughes

Narrator (Clitnotes)

Character of Clitnotes

Stanislavsky

Advocated to do things in a realistic viewpoint, want to see what people look and talk like in real life 

William Ball

creator of 3 Part objective

3 part Objective

• I want to do something

• To someone

• So something happens 

Super Objective

Main objective of a character throughout the play; Including all objectives that have gone into that Script

Hir PLAYWRIGHT

Taylor Mac

Which playwright went to the San Francisco Aids Walk

Taylor Mac

What is Taylor Mac’s pronouns

judy

What are the professions of Taylor Macs parents

Dad is a Vietnam vet, mom is art teacher

Where did Taylor Mac pursue his studies

American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Which playwright formed a relationship with “Machine Dazzle” (costume designer)

Taylor Mack 

Three Plays Taylor Mack worked on 

Hir, 24 Decade History of Popular Music, Gary: A sequel to Titus Andronicus 

Isaac Connor

Character in Hir, 24, cisgender son of Paige and Arnold

Paige Connor

Character in Hir, Mother to Max and Isaac, Wife to Arnold,

Max Connor

Character in Hir, Trangender Child of Paige and Arnold (Ze,hir) pronouns

Arnold Connor

Character in Hir, Father to Isaac and Max and Husband to paige

Where is Qui Nguyen From

El Dorado, Arkansas

Chuck Price

First person to teach Qui how to swear (read, write english), sci fi books, playwrights, to game dungeon and dragisn

What else is Qui Hguyen trained in/ taught

Stage Combat, Women’s self defense

What event resulted in Anti bullying campaigns all over the United States

Columbine Highschool Massacre

What was the birthplace of Geek Theatre

Vampire Cowboys Theatre in NYC

How many iterations does She Kills Monsters have and what are they

3:

• Young adventurers

• Online version

• OG

She Kills Monsters Playwright

Qui Nguyen

Agnes

Character in She Kills Monster, English teacher sister of tilly

Miles

Character in She Kills Monsters, Agnes’s boyfriend, is the gelatin cube in the DND game

Vera

Character in She Kills Monsters, Agnes’s best friend, school guidance counselor

Tilly

Character in She Kills Monsters, Agnes’s dead sister, Lilys secret gf

Lily/Lilith

Character in She Kills Monsters, Lily IRL and Lillith in the game,

Kelly/Kaliope

Character in She Kills monster, Kelly IRL (wheel chair bound), Kaliope in game

Evil Gabi and Evil Tina

Character in She Kills monster, Tillys bullies

Chuck

Character in She Kills monster, the dungeon Master

Orcus/Ronnie

Character in She Kills monster, friend of tillys, Kellys brother

Stop Kiss PLAYWRIGHT 

Diana Sun

Where did Stop Kiss premiere

The Public Theatre

What shows did Diana Sun write for

The West Wing

Star Trek

Law & order

Blue bloods

Rent PLAYWRIGHT

Jonathan Larson

Where did Jonathan Larson Live

White Plains NY

Where did Jonathan Larson study

Adelphi University on a 4 year acting scholarship but he shifts to Music writing

Victoria Leacock

Freshman whom Jonathan larson dated, they broke up but remained frien

Suan Wilson

Jonathan larsons off and on relationshop, she leaves him for another woman

What play is Rent based on

Puccini’s La Boheme

Billy Aronson

Person who had the idea of recreating La Boheme

Playwrights Horizons

Where billy aronson goes to develop his recreatment of La Boheme, where they give him Jonathan larsons name to work on this project

Where is playwrights Horizons

In the East Village (same as where the wow cafe theatre is

Which Songs written by Billy are credited in the final rendition of Rent

Santa Fe and a bit of I should tell you

Where was Rent first preformed and where did Jonathan Larson Work on it

New York Theatre Workshop

Lynn Thomson

Dramaturg who was hired to shorten the play of Rent

Where did Jonathan Larson Work to make ends meet and where did he meet Jesse L Martin

MoonDance Diner

What happened the night before the premier of Rent

Jonathan has an Aortic dissection and passes away before he ever sees his preview

Why did Lynn thomson sue

Bc she didnt  get money or credited after the success of rent 

Callie

Character in Stop Kiss, Traffic reporter

George

Character in Stop Kiss, Bartender

Sara

Character in Stop Kiss, Third grade teacher

Peter

Character in Stop Kiss, Sara’s ex Boyfriend from St. Louis 

Detective Cole

Character in Stop Kiss, police officer who investigates the attack on Callie and Sara 

Mrs. Winsely

Character in Stop Kiss, person who stopped the attack on Sara and Callie by calling the police and throwing a flower pot