Autobiographical choreopoem following a gay boy who fell from a fifth floor window. Fundraising event for ACT UP's 40th Anniversary.
Ryan F. Casey is performing their autobiographical solo play, WHAT HAPPENS TO BOYS IN CHELSEA, as a fundraising event for ACT UP's (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) 40th Annivesary.
Ryan has performed their work on off-Broaday stages, at cabaret venues, and in the streets of New York. Credits include: Theatre Row, The Triad Theater, Club Cumming, The Stonewall Inn, and the NYC AIDS Memorial at St. Vincent's Triangle.
The play is a work of political theater; calling to dismantle the New York City Police Department's Freedom of Information Law Unit.
In 2006 New York, Foster Lawrence sets out on the town for a night out with friends. He ends up in a stranger's home. And then splattered, clinging to his life, on the New York City asphalt. Ten years later Foster sets out on the town once more- to find out what happened that night. We follow Foster navigate the New York City terrain and New York City Police Department as he begins to understand his trajectory juxtaposed to queer history, societal constructs - and as per the NYPD - What Happens To Boys In Chelsea.
“It's impossible to imagine the impact of their movement clashing with and elevating the words of the text. Ryan is riveting! The story still stuns even though I'd read it. I understand the power of the material. The claim of the choreopoem is earned, I'd say.” - Sydne Mahone, Original Dramaturg on For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf
The performance runs 50 minutes and will be followed by a Question and Answer session.
You can access more information about the play on Ryan's website. www.ryanfostercasey.com
More information about how to get involved with ACT UP New York on ACT UP's website. www.actupny.com
And more information about Judson Memorial Church on Judson's website. www.judson.org
Other organzitions in partnership with ACT UP at this event:
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC. www.tonyc.nyc
Theater Workers for a Ceasefire. www.theaterworkersforaceasefire.com
Radical Evolution. www.radicalevolution.org
Tickets are suggested donation: $10-$40
All profits will be donated to ACT UP New York.