Village Playwirghts Present TAKING ISSUES 6/11, 6/12

Taking Issues is an evening of short plays written by the Village Playwrights, New York's LGBTQ playwrights collective. Taking Issues takes a look at some of the issues that are beginning to effect today's LGBTQ community.

The plays include:

"Quicksand" by Ross Hewitt examines the medical and emotional implications of the crystal meth in the Gay community.

After thirty years of dealing with life through movies, the reality of cancer strains a gay relationship in Jim Piazza's "Modern Screen."

"Transference By Any Other Name" is a new comedy by Gwen Baer about the futility of dating, the awesomeness of Jennifer Beals and the vagaries of the patient-therapist relationship.

George Bistransin's "In Sickness and In Health" examines what happens when the honeymoon is over for a Gay couple who have a surrogate child.

In J. Stephen Brantley's "Shiny Pair of Complications," Kevin's wedding is days away and his Dad needs a decent tuxedo. But before making their final purchases, the two have a few things to get straight.

"One Man Show" by Dahn Hiuni is about a Jewish artist who returns to his childhood Poland and is distracted by ancestral ghosts and his local assistant's unexpected crush.

With his BFF Flo by his side, Peaches has a Pre-Op conference with Sexual Reassignment Surgeon in "Peaches' Pre-Op" by Debbra Liverman.

Emanuel Gavales' "Prelude" traces the mercurial nature of modern Gay relationships as three men wait outside a Chelsea restaurant.

Presented at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, 208 W. 13th Street, NYC in Room 310 at 7 PM on Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12. Tickets are $15. Students and seniors are $10. For reservations or information call 718-381-1487 or e-mail VillagePlaywrights@gmail.com

Tickets can be bought on line at www.gaycenter.org/node/5213.

ABOUT THE VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS
The Village Playwrights has been meeting at the LGBT Center for many years and is open to all playwrights and screenwriters. It is a place where playwrights can take risks, find one's voice and speak from the heart. It is especially support to LGBTQ writers.