All week, we’ll be previewing the shows
by MDC writers that will be featured in the upcoming Kansas City Fringe
Festival, July 16-26. Click here for
a complete schedule of Fringe shows by MDC playwrights (and staff!).
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By Kevin King, Cynthia Hardeman, Nick Sawin, and Raphael Isabella Tate
This hour of theater by playwrights
from Kansas City's LGBTQIA community includes Ace
of Leaves, a new play by MDC’s Nick Sawin in which
a man comes out to his boyfriend—as asexual.
“Stories of asexuality often go
untold and aren't given the same weight in LGBTQIA circles as other narratives,”
Sawin explains. “Ace of Leaves developed as a way of telling one
such story, a man's coming to terms with his identity and his disclosure of
this discovery to his boyfriend. It's about coming out for the second time and
facing a partner's sense of betrayal and confusion, with a strong vein of humor
and verbal sparring. I wrote this play because I don't think “A” should remain
a silent letter in the LGBTQIA family.”
Performances of Alphabet Soup,
including Ace of Leaves, will take place at Union Station’s City Stage (30 West Pershing) at the following times:
7/17- Friday- 9:00 pm
7/19- Sunday- 4:30 pm
7/22- Wednesday- 9:00 pm
7-24- Friday- 6:00 pm
7/25- Saturday- 7:30 pm
Purchase tickets HERE.
