Pearl Necklace: A Gay Sexcapade at Under St. Marks Theater

Pearl Necklace is a new solo show written and performed by award-winning comedic storyteller Jamie Brickhouse. Jamie’s sex life gives new meaning to the term parks and recreation as he takes audiences on a hilarious, bawdy, and touching romp through his amorous adventures in bathrooms, beaches, bookstores, and appallingly decorated apartments. Called “a natural raconteur” by the Washington Post, this 5-time Moth champion’s darkly comic stories of his sybaritic journey reveal his struggle to shed shame and guilt, discover self-acceptance, and find one true love. It's part of the 2023 Gotham Storytelling Festival presented by FRIGID New York.

Award-winning writer and storyteller Jamie Brickhouse has recorded voices on Beavis and Butthead, appeared on PBS-TV’s Stories from the Stage and The Moth Podcast, and his daily #storiesinheels TikTok videos have over 5 million views, a million likes, and 75 thousand followers. He’s the author of the memoirs and solo shows Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother and I Favor My Daddy: A Tale of Two Sissies

Applause for Jamie Brickhouse

“Brickhouse is a natural raconteur [and] sharp writer”                                   

—Washington Post

“As funny as an evening with Carrie Fisher.”                                                

—Interview magazine

“Brickhouse writes with fiendish pith.”    

—San Francisco Chronicle

“Jamie is a top teller.”                                                                                      

—TimeOut New York

“Funny, touching, honest, insightful and most of all wonderful entertainment.”  

—Charles Busch, author of Leading Lady & drag legend

“Only one artist in a thousand can share such a personal tale with such polish and practiced precision.”                                                                     

—Orlando Weekly

“I was wholly captivated by Jamie’s lush storytelling. . . enthralling.”
—Critic’s Pick Cincinnati CityBeat