MY QUEER YOUTH, Directed by Pawk, To Have March Premiere at the Beechman

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is very pleased to announce the world-premiere production of Phil Geoffrey Bond's My Queer Youth, directed by Tony Award-winner, Michele Pawk. The solo performance piece, a humorous look at growing up queer amidst the cornfields of southern Indiana, will play the midtown venue for four performances only.

My Queer Youth is a humorous look at growing up queer in Farmland, USA. From invading the showtune section at the public library to asking a boy out on a date, the solo performance piece is set amongst the rolling cornfields of Southern Indiana, following our hero and his awakening to not only sexuality, but manhood.

Directed by Tony Award-winner Michele Pawk, My Queer Youth features MAC, Bistro and Nightlife Award-winning performer Phil Geoffrey Bond. Bond and Pawk reunite, having collaborated last year on Bond's play, The Disney Diaries, also at The Beechman.

Phil Geoffrey Bond (Playwright) is a six-time MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets) Award winner, and is also the recipient of the Backstage Bistro and the Nightlife Award. His first book, My Friend, the Cat, is available from Xlibris press, and his second, All the Sad Young Men, was released in January and is currently available on Amazon.com as well as at Barnes and Noble. In 1993, he was awarded the Presidential Medallion from President Clinton when he was named Presidential Scholar in the Arts. He is also the recipient of the TimeOut New York Award as well as the Roger L Deakins Award, the largest creative writing award bestowed at NYU, his alma mater. His play, The Citadel, was workshopped at the Sundance Theatre Lab prior to its New York debut in 1998. Other works include The Other Side of Darkness (Bleecker St. Theatre, '07), My Roaring 20's: How I Learned to Drink Fast (The Laurie Beechman Theatre, '08) and The Disney Diaries (The Laurie Beechman Theatre, '09). He is a graduate of Tisch School of the Arts and a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Michele Pawk (Director) Broadway credits include Hairspray, Losing Louie, Mamma Mia!, Hollywood Arms (Tony Award) Chicago, Seussical, Cabaret (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations, FANY Award), Triumph of Love, Crazy for You (Drama Desk nomination) and Mail. Off-Broadway credits include A Prayer for My Enemy, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Paris Letter (Drama Desk nomination), After the Fair, Hello Again, Merrily We Roll Along and john & jen. On television, Michele has appeared in guest starring roles on various episodes of all of the Law and Orders and many beloved 80's sitcoms. A former Walt Disney World singing performer, she recently directed the NY premiere of Phil Geoffrey Bond's The Disney Diaries.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located at 407 West 42nd St., in the heart of New York's theatre district. My Queer Youth is playing Fridays March 19 & 26 @ 7pm and Sundays March 21 & 28 @ 7pm. For reservations, please call 212 695 6909. Tickets are $18. Please note there is also a $15 food/beverage minimum, and full dinner and bar menus are available.