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GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM

By Martin Sherman

Directed by Charley Lang

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When: Tuesday, March 31 at 7:30PM

Where: The Matrix Theatre, MainStage

What: A fundraiser reading of a new play

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Starring: 

David Marshall Grant

Tonatiuh

Jimin Moon

 

Stage Directions: Derek Brooks

Talkback Moderator: David Román

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Beau, a pianist expat living in London, meets Rufus, an eccentric young lawyer, at the dawn of the internet dating revolution. After a life spent recovering from the disappointment and hurt of loving men in a world that refused to allow it, Beau is determined to keep his expectations low with Rufus. But Rufus comes from a new generation of gay men who believe happiness is as much their right as anyone else’s, and what Beau assumed would be just another fling grows into one of the most surprising and defining relationships of his life. A remarkably moving, brilliantly funny love story, Gently Down the Stream reflects the triumphs and heartbreaks of the entire length of the gay rights movement, celebrating and mourning the ghosts of the men and women who led the way for equality, marriage and the right to dream.

 

Gently Down the Stream premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theater in April 2017. Directed by Sean Mathias, the production featured Gabriel Ebert, Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sears.