Written by Roger Q. Mason
Directed by Carly DW Bones
Devised by Donna Simone Johnson, Camila Rozo, Rylie Covone, Kacie Rogers, Danny Cron, Lefty Yale, Joseph Baca, Roger, and Carly
Co-Presented with Los Angeles LGBT Center
FRI NOV 6 at 7:30pm
The Renberg Theatre // 1125 N. McCadden Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90038
Step inside the creative process of Roger Q. Mason & Carly DW Bones as they develop Untitled Lysistrata Project, a new play about sex work, AI, and performative liberalism…
About the play:
A regional theater near collapse sells its soul to a corporate tech company in exchange for a Digital Innovation & Equity grant. To secure the loot – and buy instant “authenticity” – the theatre hires a cast of Queer and Trans sex workers to perform a live-streamed, AI-integrated adaptation of the classic Greek play, Lysistrata. When rehearsal footage leaks, sensitive information is exposed about the lead actor, and the play’s classic sex strike stops being just a script and gets real as hell.
Roger Q. Mason’s radical new exploration of Lysistrata is a metatheatrical examination of data protection, the dangers of performative liberalism, and the radical decision to log off from our extractive world.
Runtime:
~70 mins, no intermission
Suitability Suggestions:
16+ for strong language & sexual content
Starring:
Donna Simone Johnson as Kaya/Lysistrata
Camila Rozo as Femme 1: The Radical
Rylie Covone as Femme 2: The Skeptic
Kacie Rogers as Femme 3: The Pragmatist
Danny Cron as Masc 1: Director/The Corporate Zealot
Lefty Yale as Masc 2: The Fragile Ally
Joseph Baca as Masc 3: The Appeaser
Commissioned by Coin & Ghost, and originally developed at the Pasadena Playhouse with devisors R.M. Aranda, Joseph Baca, Carly DW Bones, River Collins, Roger Q. Mason, Julia Nejman, Rylie Rising, and Camila Rozo
