A Comedic Performance Piece by Alan Reade
Friday & Saturday, September 9 - 10, 2005 at 8:00pm and Sunday, Sept 11 at 6:00
Friday & Saturday, September 16 - 17, 2005 at 8:00pm and Sunday, Sept 18 at 6:00
Friday & Saturday, September 23 - 24, 2005 at 8:00pm and Sunday, Sept 25 at 6:00
Friday & Saturday, September 30 - October 1, 2005 at 8:00pm
"I have this fuck buddy who looks like Jimmy Kimmel...except with a really hot ass...."
And so begins BAD GAYS!, Alan's latest performance piece, with a crew of characters, all played by Alan, who discuss their lives while "doing time" in an urban bathhouse. In stark contrast to the so-called "good gays" of the gay-marriage issue that is front and center in the mainstream media of late, Alan's characters are not the marrying kind. From a hooker who works his tricks at one end of the room while he chats up his next customer to a Judy-Garland-obsessed top who complains about how much work it is to have sex, Alan's characters go to the heart of what it means to be sexual and beyond society's reach, at least for the hours spent inside the baths. Is the only difference between "good gays" and "bad gays" the time of day?
CHARACTERS
Carlito the Happy Escort: "One night in his bedroom when his parents were away, we're in a beanbag, and he's telling me, 'You're so different.' And yeah, I'm thinking, 'Sure I'm different to you...because I swallow.'
Harvey the Older Gentleman: "So here's something to write down in your notebook. Write this: The worst STD you can get at the baths is attitude! There, I said it. Yeah. These guys who when you walk by, fifty feet away, they have to shut their doors. Well, I have a theory: I think they are so self-absorbed they think they are still on the Internet! So when they shut their door, they're thinking of it as just blocking some popup ad. I AM NOT A POPUP AD!"
Chad the Tweaker: "And this hot guy with a beard who I met in the video room was on me. Cursing. Sweating a lot. And before he starts to, you know, he starts foaming at the mouth and his eyes get all wide. And he makes this sound like eck-eck-eck, and I'm thinking, 'German?'...and then his eyes go blank and he falls on me. Dead weight. Phoom. And I'm like, 'What number do I call for this?'"
This performance will be preceded by Mz. J doing "Confession Concession," hearing your gayest sins, snack-bar style.
BIOGRAPHY
Alan Reade is a performance artist whose comedic piece "Bear-A-Go-Go!" took on body image and gay identity from 1999 through 2002. His work examines how body image, language, and mass media are internalized. Alan's work has appeared all over the United States and Canada, and his spoken-word CD, "4 Seasons in a Day," was released in the spring of 2002. You can find a selected history of Alan's past performances here.
(his website is http://www.alanreade.com)
Ticket Reservations: 415.554.0402
Admission Cost: $10 - $15 (sliding scale - no one turned away for lack of funds)
