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Gay Play Tuesdays: POOR SUPER MAN (1994)

Poor Super Man
by Brad Fraser

August 19th at 7pm

“One of the Top Ten Plays of the Year”” – Time Magazine

“An unflaggingly witty and often moving slice of life . . . explodes on to the stage like a bold comic strip, complete with snappy captions and hard, bright, witty dialogue” – Edmonton Journal

Join us for our next edition of Gay Play Tuesdays, on August 19th at 7pm, when we will read Poor Super Man by Brad Fraser (1994). It’s 1993 and DC Comics has just killed Superman. Frustrated with his stalled career, once-celebrated gay painter David McMillan returns to his humble beginnings as a waiter where he hopes to find his lost creativity. He finds that and more in the arms of his married male employer. However, the affair forces David to face new realities about himself and tests his friendships with a straight female columnist and his HIV-positive transgender roommate. In a world where even his superheroes are dying, who will save David from himself?

 

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What makes a “gay play?” Is it dependent on the identity of the author or characters? The reception of the play by LGBTQIA+ audiences? The play’s politics or aesthetics? Or is there something else, less definable, that might make a play a gay classic?Join our Resident Dramaturg, Jesse Marchese, for a monthly free play reading salon where we will investigate some of the most impactful, provocative, and fearless “gay plays” from the 20th and 21st centuries. Being a “salon,” this is not a professional performance. Rather, we treat each session as a classroom where the plays are our teachers.We will treat every session as a first read through, assigning parts on a first come, first served basis. You are welcome to come and read a role out loud or just listen along – no experience necessary! Once we finish reading through the play we will engage in a short discussion of its themes and ideas.

Date

Aug 19 2025

Time

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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Location

Mainstage Theatre
Diversionary Theatre
Jesse Marchese

Organizer

Jesse Marchese
Email
jesse@diversionary.org
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