Stage Left Studio
Left Out Festival
presents

SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS

YESTERDAY WAS DRAMATIC
Written & Performed by ALEX BECK
Directed by CASSANDRA SANDBERG

OLD MAN IN SORROW
Written & Directed by WILLIAM LoCASTO
Performed by DESMOND DUTCHER & KC WEAKLEY

SHERILYN FENN AT THE HAMBURGER HAMLET
Written & Performed by JOE HUTCHESON
Directed by CHERYL KING

Board Operator: ALEX CHMAJ

Stage Left Studio
214 West 30th Street
6th Floor
New York, NY 10001
April 18 & April 23, 2014
www.stageleftstudio.net

This three-for-the-price-of-one gift box of short plays touches on four gay men and their processes for dealing with love and life.

YESTERDAY WAS DRAMATIC lets young, cheerfully neurotic Charlie tell us all about his latest love. His thoughts are much like the standard high-school variety: Does he like me? Will he love me? Do these jeans look funny? Through a series of subway rides, he over-thinks everything, frets about imaginary problems, but somehow remains a happy, and optimistic, little camper.

The second play, OLD MAN IN SORROW, was inspired by Van Gogh’s painting of the same name. Partners Jeff and Gregory are in the car, about to leave on a ten-hour drive to a very sad destination, one we all know too well. Home. In this case Gregory’s home, where his widowed, dying father is fading away. Stuck in traffic, Gregory & Jeff get into a heated discussion about age, sexuality, acceptance, and baggage from the past. Playwright WILLIAM LoCASTO has outdone himself on this one. The play is short, to-the-point and, surprisingly, incredibly sweet.

SHERILYN FENN AT THE HAMBURGER HAMLET involves a B-list actress and a wanderer named Joe, who ends up waiting tables in Los Angeles. OMG! Celebrity sightings! Glamorous, post-surgical, drunk, with make-up, without make-up. Joe is in heaven. And then, one magical day, his love, his idol, his dream girl, Sherilyn Fenn walks in and takes a seat in his restaurant. (Not to confuse things too much, but Joe is gay.) Joe breaks out his very rusty praying skills and asks God for help and advice. Funny, funny, funny all the way, this play serves up lots of tequila and some bittersweet truths about Hollywood crushes and love a first sight.

-Karen D’Onofrio-